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.
The rapid expansion of readership led to substantial revenue growth, which enabled Paul Noah to establish Dayton City Media and acquire the Dayton City Paper in April 2012. This growth also resulted in a significant increase in page count from an average of 32 pages per week in 2009 to between 40 and 44 pages starting in 2013.