Pittsburgh City Paper on Wednesday announced it is cutting its weekly print edition.
Executive Editor Ali Trachta in a letter posted to the paper’s site said the alternative newspaper would continue posting content to its website and social media pages and will publish four print editions annually.
“Like many newspapers — especially the free alt-weekies across the nation — for a while now, we’ve been battling hard times,” Trachta wrote. “And it’s not because we lack the drive. We’re facing rising costs and less revenue, but also, misinformation, hostility towards media, a rough economy, and a loss of talent to more stable industries.”…