What’s Next in Pittsburgh?

Johnstown newspaper making critical changes to survive evolving landscape

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) -- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced Wednesday it's closing up shop in May. However, it's certainly not the only newspaper in the business that's facing challenges. Between staffing, rising costs, and the growth of technology, the Johnstown Tribune Democrat said it's pivoting to more digital news production to reach its readers. Publisher Chip [...]

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to Shutter After Workers Held Longest Strike in the History of U.S. Newspapers

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What’s next in Pittsburgh?

A void to fill in Pittsburgh  The announcement by Block Communications this week that it would cease publication of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette generated despair in the journalism world. As Joshua Benton of Nieman Lab asked: “Will Pittsburgh become America’s most important city without a newspaper?” It’s interesting, though, that this is framed as a question, as opposed to a fait accompli. Benton, who once worked for the Block family at the Post…

Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced it will shut down on May 3. AP Photo/Gene J. PuskarThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced on Jan. 7, 2026, that it will cease all operations effective May 3. The daily newspaper, founded in 1786, has been the city’s paper of record for nearly a century and is one of the oldest newspapers in the country. Block Communications, the company that owns the Post-Gazette, says the paper has lost “hundreds of millions…

Requiem for a good newspaper

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will fade away after 240 years on the job, a loss for a region and for democracy.

Influencers and AI will fill the void left by local journalism

The announcement this week that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — one of the nation’s oldest newspapers — will finally kick the bucket on 3 May should surprise no one. The newspaper industry has been evaporating in slow motion over the last four decades, and there’s a better chance that you’ve watched the Peacock sitcom The Paper in the past few months rather than read an honest-to-goodness print rag. For a growing number of Americans, this is actua…