The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Tuesday that it has been acquired by the Baltimore Banner’s publisher, rescuing the paper just weeks before it was set to shut down.
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism has reached a deal with Block Communications to acquire the 240-year-old newspaper, Bob Cohn, CEO of both the Banner and the institute, said.
“We are determined to ensure that trusted local journalism will live on in western Pennsylvania,” Cohn posted to LinkedIn.
The sale comes less than three weeks before the newspaper was scheduled to publish its final edition.
Block Communications had announced in January that the Post-Gazette