Pittsburgh Post-Gazette plans to shut down
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Key Points:
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease operations and publish its final edition on May 3, as announced by its owner, Block Communications, citing unsustainable financial losses exceeding $350 million over 20 years.
- Block Communications attributed the shutdown to a recent court ruling requiring the newspaper to operate under a 2014 labor contract with outdated and inflexible terms, which they say hinder modern local journalism.
- The decision follows a three-year strike that ended in November, with the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ordering the Post-Gazette to reinstate the terms of the 2014-17 contract that the union claims was unlawfully discarded in 2020.
- Block Communications expressed regret over the closure's
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