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Pittsburgh Will Become Largest Major U.S. City Without Daily Print Newspaper
breitbart ^ | Joshua Caplan

Posted on 08/28/2018 9:51:55 AM PDT by davikkm

The city of Pittsburgh will become the largest U.S. city without a daily print newspaper following the Post-Gazette’s announcement that it is ceasing publication of its Tuesday and Saturday editions. The 232-year-old Post-Gazette announced in June that it planned to scale back print editions of its daily newspaper, while leaving the schedule of its digital version unchanged.

“It’s the year 2018, and with the way people review and expect to review information and news, we think we’re doing the right thing,” said Block Communications Inc. vice president of legal and government affairs Keith Wilkowski in a statement. “We will be publishing a (digital) newspaper seven days a week.”

“[F]rankly, we reach more people via online than through the print publication,” the executive added.

The Post-Gazette’s editorial employee union president Mike Fuoco slammed the decision to cut back daily print edition of the paper, suggesting the move would be a breach of “public trust.”

“We’re very sorry the company has made this decision. We’re very sorry for the people who cherish having print newspapers seven days a week, and there’s a lot of people like that,” a disappointed Fuoco wrote. “I know that it’s a difficult time for newspapers, but I think that the Blocks need to also recognize that there’s a public trust and a public responsibility that they have by owning a newspaper that’s been in existence for 231 years,” he added. “I would hate to think that they’re abandoning that legacy.”

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To: freedom1st

Hopefully we’ll settle for a tie, and soon...

“:^)


61 posted on 08/28/2018 11:50:20 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Considering I read websites and ebooks, print is becoming a dinosaur.

My favorite formats for reading are epub and djvu. Both easier to read comfortably than pdf.

Print had its day and now people prefer to read on their phone or tablet:


62 posted on 08/28/2018 11:53:54 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: BlueLancer

All those trees... never thought liberals would be ahem - environmentally insensitive when it came to j.o.b.s.

You learn something new every day.


63 posted on 08/28/2018 11:56:17 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: davikkm

“[F]rankly, we reach more people via online than through the print publication,”

How are they going to wrap fish with the digital version?


64 posted on 08/28/2018 11:59:46 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneohttps://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFeMKVjg3DUZe4mL5yeiAgmsdNNceqXc)
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To: upchuck

Screw the ink stained wretches.


65 posted on 08/28/2018 12:07:49 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneohttps://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSFeMKVjg3DUZe4mL5yeiAgmsdNNceqXc)
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To: davikkm

Trying to sell hate America; hate conservatives and hate Trump didn’t work out so well I see.


66 posted on 08/28/2018 12:09:09 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: davikkm

My first job was delivery of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bulletin, Daily News (which had an AM and PM edition) along with Daily Local News. Liberalism destroyed the newspaper.


67 posted on 08/28/2018 12:22:15 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Don Corleone

“Plenty of coupons are available “On line”. “

Good luck with that ... all online coupons are tracking tools that invade your privacy. NO SIR EEE


68 posted on 08/28/2018 12:34:06 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: davikkm

It is a start.


69 posted on 08/28/2018 1:43:39 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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