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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to Shut Down May 3 After Supreme Court Denies Stay

The owners say an enforced labor injunction alongside heavy long-term losses leaves no viable way to keep publishing.

Newsroom employees hold signs outside the Pittsburgh Post Gazette building as they hold an informational picket on Dec. 11, 2006, in Pittsburgh.
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Overview

  • Block Communications set the closure date hours after the Supreme Court refused to reinstate a stay on a Third Circuit order restoring 2014 union contract terms, including health coverage.
  • The move follows a yearslong conflict with the Newspaper Guild, NLRB findings of unfair labor practices, and a strike that lasted more than three years.
  • The company says the paper has lost more than $350 million over two decades and argues the court-ordered terms render operations unsustainable.
  • Founded in 1786, the Post-Gazette will end nearly 240 years of publication and leave Pittsburgh with only one remaining daily newspaper.
  • The shutdown reflects a wider collapse in local news, with about 40% of U.S. local newspapers disappearing between 2005 and 2025, according to Northwestern University research.