US EditionPittsburgh Post-Gazette sold to nonprofit, no longer planning to shut down
The nonprofit buyer plans to keep the newsroom in Pittsburgh and continue limited print editions as the paper avoids a planned shutdown.
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced Tuesday it found a buyer in the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, averting the planned May 3 shutdown of the historic publication.
- Block Communications announced in January that the paper would cease publication, facing severe business model strain that has affected local journalism across the country.
- Effective May 4, the Maryland-based Venetoulis Institute will assume control, retaining the newsroom and local leadership in Pittsburgh while integrating technology and business operations with its own teams.
- The Post-Gazette will continue printing on Thursday and Sunday, with a website operating on the other days to maintain reader access across the week.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bought by nonprofit
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette dates to 1786, was the first newspaper to open west of the Allegheny mountains, and was set to close in two weeks, leaving the city as America's largest without a city-based paper. The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit that publishes the digital Baltimore Banner, has agreed to buy it, saving all that would be lost. — Read the rest The post Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bought by nonprofit appeared first…
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