Type | Alternative weekly, then monthly |
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Format | online cultural |
Owner(s) | Newcity Communications, Inc. |
Publisher | Brian Hieggelke, Jan Hieggelke, Mike Hartnett (associate publisher) |
Editor | Brian Hieggelke |
Founded | 1988[1] |
Headquarters | 47 West Polk Street Chicago[2] |
Circulation | 70,000 (2000-2010)[3][4] |
Website | Official website |
Newcity is a media company based in Chicago, founded in 1986 by Brian and Jan Hieggelke."[5] It started as the Newcity independent, free weekly newspaper in Chicago. Effective March 2017, the founders changed the newspaper into a glossy monthly free magazine, using the same Newcity name.[6] As of March 2018, the firm also "publishes a suite of content-focused web sites", also under the Newcity name, and creates custom publications to order.[5]
Newcity specializes in music, stage, film and art and is notable for launching the careers of numerous cartoonists and writers and art critics.[citation needed] The publication was described by the Chicago Tribune in 1995 as "sophisticated"[7] and as an "alternative weekly" which was a niche publication in the digital space in 2005.[8] Between 2000 and 2010, It reported its newspaper circulation within Chicago to be about 70,000 per week.[3][4] A popular issue is its Best of Chicago feature in writers assign the best and worst of Chicago culture and politics. It covered issues such as traffic congestion; for example, a 2010 editorial called for the city to value walkers as much as drivers.[9]
The newspaper was one of the first to publish the work of cartoonist Chris Ware[10][11] as well as Harvey Pekar and his collaborator Tara Seibel.[12] Newcity also published comics by Ivan Brunetti and non-fiction graphic journalism by Patrick W. Welch and Carrie Golus. Newcity's senior editors included Tom Lynch[13] as well as writer Nate Lee.[14][15] Newcity also publishes writers including Michael Nagrant who also writes for The Huffington Post.[16] It also had movie reviews by critic and photographer Ray Pride.[17]