Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was first published on the 29th of July 1786 as The Pittsburgh Gazette. This publication marked the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains and was one of the first to print the newly adopted Constitution of the United States.
Joseph Hall and John Scull established the paper with the encouragement of Hugh Henry Brackenridge. The publication evolved into the city's first daily paper by 1833 under the editorship of Neville B. Craig.
The Post-Gazette emerged from the consolidation of the Pittsburgh Gazette Times and The Pittsburgh Post in 1927. Both new papers debuted on the 2nd of August 1927 following a merger orchestrated by Paul Block and William Randolph Hearst.
The advertising, distribution, and production workers at the Post-Gazette went on strike on the 6th of October 2022. The strike extended for three years until the 24th of November 2025 when the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the finding that PG Publishing had violated federal labor law.
Block Communications announced that the Post-Gazette would publish its final edition and cease operations on the 3rd of May 2026. The decision to cease operations came after years of financial challenges and the paper's shift from daily print publication to two print editions per week.