Pittsburgh Newspaper Files Official Closure Notice

PITTSBURGH, PA — It seems increasingly likely that Pittsburgh soon will be the largest city in the nation without a daily newspaper.

The owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have formally filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act closure notice with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

The WARN Act mandates that employers give a 60-day notice before closing businesses or conducting mass layoffs. The notice goes to affected workers, the state's dislocated worker unit and the local government where the business is located.

The notice, filed Tuesday, indicates that 171 employees will be impacted. The closure is scheduled to occur on May 4.

The notice lists the newspaper's address as Corliss Street in the city's West End. The P-G moved to that address last week after years of its offices being on the North Shore.

The P-G announced in January that it will publish its last edition and cease operations on May 3.

The newspaper's owner, Toledo-based Block Communications Inc., blamed staggering ongoing losses for the impending closure.