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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to Cease Operations May 3

The move follows a Supreme Court refusal to pause orders restoring the paper’s 2014–17 union contract.

FILE - Cars are parked near the building where the offices of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Feb. 14, 2019, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
FILE - People walk past the building where the offices of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 14, 2019, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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Collage elements via Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and screenshots from The Tribune-Review.

Overview

  • Owner Block Communications said the paper has lost more than $350 million over 20 years and labeled ongoing cash losses unsustainable.
  • A 3rd Circuit ruling and NLRB remedies require reinstating the 2014–17 contract, and on Jan. 7 the Supreme Court declined to freeze that injunction.
  • Staff were informed via a pre-recorded Zoom just before the public announcement and were told to keep publishing until the final edition.
  • The Newspaper Guild criticized the shutdown as punitive after journalists ended a roughly three-year strike in November following the appeals-court order.
  • The closure comes days after Block ended the Pittsburgh City Paper and has prompted concerns about a local news gap, while the Toledo Blade remains unaffected and smaller outlets like TribLIVE and Public Source continue.