Newcity is a media company based in Chicago, founded in 1986 by Brian and Jan Hieggelke." 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. 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.

Content

''Newcity'' specializes in music,

stage Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * St ...

, film and

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

and is notable for launching the careers of numerous cartoonists and writers and art critics. The publication was described by the '' Chicago Tribune'' in 1995 as "sophisticated" and as an "alternative weekly" which was a niche publication in the ''digital space'' in 2005. Between 2000 and 2010, It reported its newspaper circulation within Chicago to be about 70,000 per week. 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. The newspaper was one of the first to publish the work of cartoonist

Chris Ware Franklin Christenson "Chris" Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American cartoonist known for his '' Acme Novelty Library'' series (begun 1994) and the graphic novels '' Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth'' (2000), '' Building Stories'' (2 ...

as well as Harvey Pekar and his collaborator

Tara Seibel Tara Seibel (born February 4, 1973) is an American cartoonist, graphic designer and illustrator from Cleveland. Her work has been published in '' Chicago Newcity, Funny Times, The Austin Chronicle, Cleveland Scene, Heeb Magazine, SMITH Magazine ...

. ''Newcity'' also published comics by

Ivan Brunetti Ivan Brunetti (born October 3, 1967) is an Italian and American cartoonist and comics scholar based in Chicago, Illinois. Career Noted for combining blackly humorous taboo-laden subject matter with simplified and exaggerated cartoon drawing sty ...

and non-fiction graphic journalism by

Patrick W. Welch Patrick W. Welch (July 1, 1965October 16, 2008) was an English painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and art professor who lived in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He billed himself as "Patrick W. Welch, Painter of Hate," a spoof/homage to Thomas K ...

and Carrie Golus. Newcity's senior editors included Tom Lynch as well as writer

Nate Lee Nate Lee is an American author and former senior editor at Chicago's ''Newcity'' weekly magazine who advocated passionately for live theater. At Newcity, Lee wrote features, a weekly column called ''Urbanitie'', theatre and film reviews as wel ...

. Newcity also publishes writers including Michael Nagrant who also writes for '' The Huffington Post''. It also had movie reviews by critic and photographer Ray Pride.

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*{{official website, http://newcity.com/ Newspapers published in Chicago Magazines published in Chicago Free newspapers Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States 1998 establishments in Illinois Newspapers established in 1998 Magazines established in 2017