It’s primary day in Pennsylvania. The negative adds have only grown. President, Senator, Congress, State Representative, State Senator, Attorney General all at once. This past week two democratic candidates running for States Attorney General made a giant mistake, they interviewed with the fake Pittsburgh newspaper. If you recall back in 2017 what the owner did to the cartoonist Rob Rogers, then to the editor in chief. Then after the pandemic the owner decided to not negotiate a contract with the union.
Officially Pittsburgh does not have its own newspaper at this moment. Yes the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is being published online, but it isn’t really the Post-Gazette the same newspaper that I grew up reading. The editor was pushed out. The cartoonist was pushed out. Covid-19 hit. The original PG building is being demolished. Since it prints only 2 days a week and is online the rest, the press machines on the Boulevard of Allies has been silenced. While technology is partly to blame, the love for disinformation and story telling over news has been the reel culprit.
Block Communications has basically shut out the press by not recognizing the Union. I’ve given up on reading the local newspaper since it has been specially curated by the owners.
If you are wondering about high school sports or other areas of interest check out the real writers from the Pittsburgh Union Progress.
From Wikipedia
On February 12, 2014, the paper purchased a new distribution facility in suburban Findlay Township, Pennsylvania.[28]
In 2015, the paper moved into a new, state-of-the-art office building on the North Shore on a portion of the former site of Three Rivers Stadium, ending 53 years in the former Press building and more than two centuries in Downtown.[29]
Block Communications sold the Downtown Post-Gazette building in 2019 to DiCicco Development, Inc., a developer headquartered in Moon Township, for $13.25 million.[30][31] As of late 2022, DiCicco Development is still deciding what type of use might work best on the property.
On October 6, 2022, the advertising, distribution and production workers at the Post Gazette went on strike. On October 18, the newsroom workers joined the strike.[32] The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) also pursued a case against the paper charging unfair practices. As of March 2023 the strike had not been settled and the NLRB case was pending before an administrative law judge.[33]
As of January 2024, the unions were still on strike against the Post-Gazette.[34][35]
