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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette traces its origins to The Pittsburgh Gazette, first published on the 29th of July 1786. It was the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains. The paper took its current name in 1927 after the consolidation of the Pittsburgh Gazette Times and The Pittsburgh Post.
The Post-Gazette ended daily print publication in August 2018 due to long-running financial difficulties. The paper had not been profitable since printing resumed in 1993. It progressively cut print days over several years, settling on Thursday and Sunday print editions.
Rob Rogers was fired in June 2018 after 25 years at the paper. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists stated he was fired for refusing to draw cartoons supporting Donald Trump. Rogers wrote in The New York Times that new management considered his Trump-critical cartoons "too angry" and killed 19 of his cartoons or cartoon ideas in the first six months of 2018.
The Post-Gazette won Pulitzer Prizes in 1938, 1998, and 2019. Ray Sprigle won in 1938 for revealing that Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black had been a Ku Klux Klan member. Martha Rial won in 1998 for photographs of Rwandan and Burundian refugees. The paper won in 2019 for its coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a Baltimore-based nonprofit and publishers of The Baltimore Banner, agreed to acquire the Post-Gazette's assets effective the 4th of May 2026. The institute was chosen over higher bidders, including Alden Global Capital. The purchase price was not disclosed.
The strike lasted three years. Advertising, distribution, and production workers went on strike on the 6th of October 2022, with newsroom workers joining on the 18th of October. The strike ended on the 24th of November 2025, after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a finding that PG Publishing had violated federal labor law.