The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette dates to 1786, was the first newspaper to open west of the Allegheny mountains, and was set to close in two weeks, leaving the city as America’s largest without a city-based paper. The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit that publishes the digital Baltimore Banner, has agreed to buy it, saving all that would be lost. — Read the rest
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