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business1 month ago•5 min saved

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue under nonprofit ownership

Block Communications will sell the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit that also owns the Baltimore Banner; the deal takes effect May 4 and will keep the paper operating in Western Pennsylvania with Pittsburgh-based leadership while some functions merge with Venetoulis, including preserving Thursday and Sunday print editions. The sale is pitched as a community-focused investment in local journalism, buoyed by Bainum Jr.'s funding, but it leaves unresolved liabilities to former striking workers and uncertainty about how many newsroom jobs will endure.

via 90.5 WESA|

#business #labor-dispute #local-news

media3 months ago•7 min saved

A nonprofit blueprint to save a national newspaper

Robert Kuttner argues that the Washington Post’s 30% layoffs under owner Jeff Bezos threaten democracy by eroding independent journalism. He contends legacy ownership is unreliable and proposes a Guardian-like nonprofit trust to sustain a national daily, citing The Guardian and the Baltimore Banner as practical models and urging philanthropic funding to create a nonprofit DC-based national newspaper.

via The American Prospect|

#baltimore-banner #independent-press #jeff-bezos