Pittsburgh Post-Gazette finds nonprofit buyer, avoids shutdown on May 3
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Block Communications found a nonprofit buyer, the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, to keep the newspaper operating.
- Block Communications said the deal would shift the Post-Gazette to printing on Thursday and Sunday while running a website on other days.
- The Post-Gazette had been scheduled to close on May 3 before the buyer announcement.
- Jay Costa said having a newspaper “that demonstrates that” is imperative for Pittsburgh’s vibrancy.
- Venetoulis Institute CEO Bob Cohn said the institute has learned in Maryland that building local journalism takes “time, discipline and investment.”
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- United States
- Topic tags
- publishing, mass media, non-governmental organisation
- Primary entities
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Block Communications, Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, Baltimore Banner, Jay Costa, Bob Cohn, David Shribman, Steve Mellon, Jennifer Bertetto, Andrew Conte, Sara Innamorato
- Themes
- Local journalism, Nonprofit media ownership, Preserving newsroom capacity, Newspaper closures and industry disruption, Civic life and access to information
- Floor values engaged
- Informed citizenship, Accountability of power, human_life_and_dignity, Truthfulness, Equality & fairness
- Source cluster
- cluster_ap_2026-04-15_pittsburgh-newspaper-closure-sale-nonpro
- Framework version
- 1.3.0
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- 2026-05-11
- Mindspec
- 2026-05-11