Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Fate Determined

PITTSBURGH, PA — The once-presumably dying Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is going to survive, but its staff likely will be reduced.

The publisher of the Pulitzer Prize winning and nonprofit digital media outlet Baltimore Banner has purchased the assets of the newspaper, which was scheduled to go out of business next month.

The P-G announced on Tuesday that its owner, Toledo-based Block Communications, is selling the paper to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism. A sales price was not disclosed.

"On April 14, 2026, we announced an agreement with Block Communications to acquire The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, one of the nation’s oldest regional newspapers, effective May 4, 2026," Venetoulis said in a statement.

"This move reinforces our commitment to create a vibrant, trustworthy, and sustainable model for local journalism."

The newspaper will be primarily digital, but will continue to publish a print edition on Thursday and Sunday.

Staff reductions might be coming though, institute chairman Stewart Bainum told the Post-Gazette. Bainum said the paper's current business model "does not support the size of the size of the current newsroom."

That sale announcement comes after Block Communications announced on Jan. 7 that the Post-Gazette would publish its last print and digital editions and go out of business on May 3.
Block said the newspaper has lost more than $350 million over the last 20 years.