Early readership surges quickly helped increase revenue sufficiently for employee-publisher Paul Noah to secure low-interest financing to form a new company, Dayton City Media, that purchased the Dayton City Paper in April 2012. Other growth benefits included a rapid page-count increase from an average of 32 pages per week in 2009 to anywhere from 40 pages to 44 pages starting in 2013.
As early readership numbers skyrocketed, revenue increased substantially, allowing Paul Noah to secure financing to create Dayton City Media, which purchased the Dayton City Paper in April 2012. Additionally, growth led to a significant expansion of page count, rising from an average of 32 pages per week in 2009 to between 40 and 44 pages starting in 2013.