Cincinnati CityBeat explained

Cincinnati CityBeat
Type:	Alternative weekly
Format:	Tabloid
Foundation:	1994
Owners:	Big Lou Holdings LLC
Publisher:	Tony Frank
Circulation:	30,000
Circulation Date:	June 2014
Circulation Ref:	^[1]
Headquarters:	811 Race St., 4th Floor Cincinnati, OH 45202 United States

Cincinnati CityBeat is an independent local arts and issues publication covering the Cincinnati, Ohio area.

History

CityBeat was founded in November 1994. It was backed by local entrepreneur Thomas Schiff and co-founded by John Fox, who left his editor position at Everybody's News (at that point Cincinnati's only print source for independent news) to start the paper. CityBeat has won numerous national, statewide and local journalism and design awards, most recently being named Best Weekly Paper in the state of Ohio in 2005 by the Society of Professional Journalists.

In 2012, CityBeat was acquired by SouthComm Communications.^[2] In 2018, it was sold to Euclid Media Group.^[3] The company dissolved in August 2023 the newspaper was sold to Chris Keating, operating under the name Big Lou Holdings LLC.^[4]

Affiliations

CityBeat is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

Notable people

• Kathy Y. Wilson

References

https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180117/news/148856/euclid-media-group-acquires-cincinnati-alt-weekly

External links

• CityBeat
• CityBeats Best of Cincinnati
• Ryan Greis, one of CityBeats award-winning Illustrators

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cincinnati CityBeat. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. 2014. December 29, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20100615115035/http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A11. June 15, 2010. dead.
2. Web site: CityBeat Acquired by SouthComm . 2012-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120713062217/http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-3074-citybeat_acquired_by.html . 2012-07-13 . dead .
3. Web site: Magaw . Timothy . January 17, 2018 . Euclid Media Group acquires Cincinnati alt-weekly . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180117224558/https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20180117/news/148856/euclid-media-group-acquires-cincinnati-alt-weekly . January 17, 2018 . January 5, 2024 . Crain's Cleveland Business.
4. Web site: August 10, 2023 . The RFT Has a New Owner, and He's Based in St. Louis . 2024-01-06 . Riverfront Times . en.