Pittsburgh Post-Gazette To Only Print Three Days A Week

PITTSBURGH, PA - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which stopped printing Tuesday and Saturday editions last August, will eliminate its printed Monday and Wednesday editions effective September 30. The paper will publish a printed edition only on Sundays, Thursdays and Fridays.

the Post-Gazette stated in a July 17 letter to Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh President Mike
Fuoco, that the company is continuing its transition to a digital-only newspaper. The P-G also intends to stop delivering partner products such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

Fuoco had harsh words for the decision on Twitter.

The P-G's latest cutback adds to the growing strife and tension at the newspaper, which won a Pulitzer Prize in April for its coverage of the Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting last October.

The paper's union has been at odds with the Post-Gazette management for some time. In February, it filed unfair labor practice charges against publisher John Robinson Block. They were filed following a newsroom incident in which Block allegedly threatened to fire union leaders and other workers.

The union and the Post-Gazette's parent company, Block Communications, also have been unable to successfully negotiate a new contract for the past three years.