DGS49
Diamond Member
Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owner Block Communications Inc. said Wednesday that it will cease publication of the newspaper May 3, an announcement that came...
www.post-gazette.com
My home town of Pittsburgh is the opposite of the scores of growing towns and cities around the country. It was once very relevant economically, politically, industrially, and artistically, and it is fading into...I don't know what. Having major league sports teams located here makes less and less sense as time goes by. Our population is below 300k, and not moving much in either direction. The county population of 2 million or so provides a lot of big city goodies, so that's a plus. FWIW, local POC's see our city as a racist shit-hole where they have little chance of succeeding.
The first thing I have done every morning, even when out of town, has been to read the P-G, going back to the early 1970's. I seldom like their editorial content but I'm not exactly neutral in my viewpoint. The P-G is right now the only real newspaper in this area, and in my opinion, a lot of serious content is going to be lost if we have to go to regional papers for our local news.
I don't doubt for a second that they have been losing mountains of money over the years. A local gazillionaire, Dickie Scaife, lost almost 200 million when he published a competitor rag for about ten years recently; it was better than the P-G in my opinion before he pulled the plug.
The most important meaning of this development is the confirmation that Pittsburgh is no longer a relevant city on the national scene. It's nothing new, but this seals it.
Should I subscribe to the NYT? Is there a right-wing equivalent?
