Overview
- The final edition is scheduled for May 3, with the announcement arriving hours after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to pause a 3rd Circuit order restoring the paper’s prior health plan and contract terms.
- Owners say the publication has lost more than $350 million over 20 years, with current operations no longer sustainable for the twice‑weekly print paper and daily digital report.
- Employees learned of the closure via a prerecorded Zoom message and were told to continue publishing under business‑as‑usual conditions until the shutdown date.
- The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh condemned the move and says it will pursue options, noting legal liabilities tied to the court’s contract and benefits rulings remain in effect.
- The closure follows Block Communications’ shutdown of the Pittsburgh City Paper, leaves the TribLIVE operation as the remaining major daily news source, and does not affect the Toledo Blade.