The Pitch

www.pitch.com
  • 1701 Main St.
  • Kansas City, Missouri 64108
  • Phone: (816) 561-6061
  • Fax: (816) 756-0502
  • Circulation: 52,587 (as of June 2009)
  • Audited By: Audit Bureau of Circulation
  • Publication Day: Every Thursday
  • Market Served: Metropolitan Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka
  • National Advertising: Voice Media Group
  • Publishing Group: Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC
Kansas City leaders may have shuttered the brothels and torn down the stockyards that once defined the town--and the mobsters may have blown themselves up in disco bombings back in the '70s--but there are still plenty of stories to tell about this metropolitan area of nearly two million sturdy Midwesterners. The Pitch tells those stories. Over more than 25 years, the paper has developed a reputation as a source of sophisticated, in-depth information Kansas City readers know they can't get anywhere else, whether it's news about crime and corruption, coverage of the area’s spirited arts and music scenes, or all the juicy info on the latest barbecue joint.

The Pitch counts more than 258,000 readers who pick up the paper at more than 1,500 locations throughout western Missouri and eastern Kansas; readers across the world also look to our Web site, pitch.com, to keep up with what’s happening here or to make plans whenever they’re goin' to Kansas City.
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Recent AAN Awards

2009 Arts Feature, 3rd Place (Circulation Above 50000) by Jason Harper
2008 Innovation, 3rd Place (Circulation Above 55000) by Eric Barton
2008 News Story-Long Form, 2nd Place (Circulation Above 55000) by David Martin
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Demographics

Age

 18-34 (41.9%)
 25-49 (59.5%)
Gender

 F: 50.4%
 M: 49.6%
Education
Attended College:
73.90%

Graduated College:
65.50%
Occupation Professional/ Managerial:
56.20%

Median Household Income:
$52,956

Source: Media Audit, Winter 2002

Staff

Title Name Email address*
Publisher Joel Hornbostel ---
Director of Marketing and Operations Jason Dockery ---
Advertising Director Britton Hunter ---
Circulation Director Andrew Vihstadt ---

* email addresses available to members only

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Recent Articles

No Thank-You Card?

Seven women say a Hallmark contractor fired them for cheap labor.
The Pitch  |  David Martin  |  06-09-2010  |  Business & Labor

When You Get in Bed With the CDC-KC, You Get Screwed

At its peak, City-Wide Auto Repair had eight employees on its payroll and kept three bays busy with repairs. "We used to do more inspections than anybody in the state of Missouri," boasts Steve Frisbee. Now his business has become a dumping ground.
The Pitch  |  Carolyn Szczepanski  |  03-02-2010  |  Business & Labor
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Recent Blog Posts

Lou Engle, Kansas City's gay-bashing preacher, gets political at this weekend's TheCall

​TheCall is billed as an event centered on prayer and fasting, a place where you can wash away your sins...
The Pitch  |  09-02-2010  |  Plog

Lawrence schools, worried about teacher wages, consider providing cheap housing for teachers

​Lawrence school officials are so worried about dwindling coffers and stagnant teacher pay, they're having a serious conversation about something...
The Pitch  |  09-02-2010  |  Plog

Six illegal immigrants arrested after motel gang fight; Kris Kobach feels a tingle

​When cops responded to the America's Best Value Inn in Independence at 2 a.m. on August 15, they found a...
The Pitch  |  09-02-2010  |  Plog
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