The City Wire, re-launched in November 2008, is a news website that covers business, politics and culture in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas regions. News on The City Wire also includes statewide business and political news. More than 685,000 visited the website between Nov. 1, 2008 and Dec. 30, 2011, and logged more than 4.456 million pageviews.
As part of the expansion push, The City Wire editor and co-owner Michael Tilley was in late 2011 promoted to TCW Media president, and Patricia Brown was named the chief operations officer.
The City Wire is a news source that cuts through the clutter of bank robberies, house fires and meth busts to deliver timely, detailed and accurate business, political and arts & entertainment news.
At The City Wire, we deliver today’s news now, and tomorrow’s headlines today.
In addition to providing daily a wealth of news and information, The City Wire also provides a platform for visitors and Registered Users to post info in our Events Calendar, write blogs, post classified ads, post comments — just to name a few of the FREE options available on The City Wire.
The City Wire also formed and continues to benefit from content partnerships with KFSM 5 News, Little Rock-based Talk Business and Fayetteville-based KUAF 91.3 FM.
Advertising
The City Wire also provides a unique and innovative platform for advertising and sponsorship opportunities. Specialized ads and ad campaigns can easily be targeted to the higher income, higher education demographic who frequently visit The City Wire.
More than 85 companies and organizations — and that number continues to grow each month — have found value in advertising their products, services and messages on The City Wire. Link here to learn more about our advertising opportunities.
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If you have coverage ideas, suggestions for content or any other info to pass along to The City Wire, please call us (242-2800) or e-mail at admin@thecitywire.com
Who we are
Following are The City Wire full-time staff and freelancers:
Adam Brandt, restaurant critic
Daelene Brown, TCW business manager
Patricia Brown, TCW chief operations officer
Amanda Carson, freelance writer
Ruby Dean, freelance writer and photographer
Debbie Foliart, account executive
Roy Hill, freelance writer
Luke Hobbs, freelance writer
Linda Kaufenberg, freelance writer and photographer
Cyd King, TCW arts & entertainment editor
Peter Lewis, movie and music reviews
Ruth Ann Lucker, administrative support
Shayne McKinney, technical consultant
Jake McTyre, TCW technology manager
Aric Mitchell, part-time news and High School sports writer
Joel Rafkin, freelance writer and photographer
Brittany Ransom, freelance writer and photographer
Chris Rushing, freelance writer Southeastern Conference sports
Kim Souza, TCW editor, Northwest Arkansas
Michael Tilley, TCW president and managing editor