800px-praha_jiriho_z_podebrad_vystup.jpgThis morning, as I was getting to the yellow line station, I was surprised to see a new face at the entrance.  For the past 10 years, the Post-Gazette has been printing a short Metro edition which was distributed free at most of the train stations around town every morning.  It’s been a big success for the PG, and has helped get the paper a lot more readers and advertisers.

As with all business, though, with success comes competition, and this morning I saw a small booth setup outside the station with a representative from the Pittsburgh City Paper distributing their new metro edition, along with some other freebies.  I grabbed both so I could compare the two, and I have to say that I’m pretty impressed.  The City Paper was a little more edgy and included some more off-the-wall content (for example, Alice Cooper turned 80 today), but the PG had more national and international headlines.

It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out, but I’m guessing that both will get better as time goes on.  I’m also glad that PAT has so many paper recycling bins around…and that people actually use them!