Columbus Alive
Columbus Alive, is a free online news site serving Columbus, Ohio. The site focuses on local music, art, dining, film and culture. Formerly distributed in print form each week on Thursdays, the final print version of the alternative-weekly newspaper was published on July 3, 2019. The publication was acquired by The Columbus Dispatch in the first half of 2006 and the circulation at that time was approximately 55,000. In 2015, the Dispatch was acquired by New Media Investment Group. Circulation had fallen to 32,000 copies by 2019, which according to editor Andy Downing made the newspaper "no longer sustainable" in print form.
Before the paper was sold, the publisher was Sally Crane. In the early 2000s, while still operated by Ms. Crane, the paper had significant gay & lesbian, environmental, and political reporting and commentary, including the columns of Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis.
Columbus Alives coverage of the local music scene includes artists who have spread their influence beyond the city, such as Angela Perley and the Howlin' Moons, , Lydia Loveless,, and Erica Blinn. ,
