Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group

[Dulcinea]

(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) The publisher of a highly regarded nonprofit digital news outlet based in Baltimore announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the assets of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ending nearly a century of family control of the newspaper and ensuring the future of Western Pennsylvania’s largest news organization.

Toledo, Ohio-based Block Communications Inc. is selling the Post-Gazette assets to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, publisher of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore Banner. The newsroom and local business leadership will remain in Pittsburgh while other functions, including technology and business operations, will be combined with teams at the Venetoulis Institute.

The sale becomes effective May 4 and the Post-Gazette name will be unchanged. The Post-Gazette, one of the country’s oldest newspapers with roots dating back more than two centuries, was scheduled to cease operations on May 3.

https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2026/04/14/post-gazette-venetoulis-institute-baltimore-banner/stories/209901010002

[FakeNoose]

1. This is AWESOME news!

[livetohike]

2. Yay! The Post-Gazette is the paper all of my Grandparents

and parents had delivered (since 1920). Happy for all of the employees and especially my favorite columnist Gene Collier.

[dugog55]

3. I am very happy to hear that. Here is hoping..

that it will no longer be a bit of a right wing rag like it has turned into the last 6 years or so. For decades it was a very balanced paper, but now, most of their editorials by guests have been nothing but propaganda for the Trump regime. I am really hoping they straighten up again a just print the news.

[Inkey]

4. This is great news for Pittsburgh

I have been a long time subscriber and
am from three generations that have been
employed in the newspaper business.
This is a much needed part of our information
and cultural community.