WTH is happening in Pittsburgh?

[PaperClip529]

Scabs will be found easily, since there are so many unemployed journalists.

Can they, though? Not trying to be sarcastic, but I doubt that. I don't think that many unemployed journalists care about "crossing the picket line," but are there really that many unemployed journalists who either live around Pittsburgh or who'd be willing to relocate to produce enough quality content for the PPG? I can't imagine that the PPG would pay enough to make this a can't-miss opportunity, but maybe they'd be willing to accept content from anybody off the street.

 

[HanSenSE]

Is there a physical picket line? Is the PG's newsroom open again, or is it still virtual? As long as wifi stays up, there is a way to get stories filed without having to cross the line - unfortunately.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Was there a newspaper today?

 

[LanceyHoward]

Was there a newspaper today?

If this drags out and the company is able to produce an electronic edition but not a print product I can see this just leading tot he termination of the print product.

Subscribers are going to drop or change to the other Pittsburg paper. Given the secular decline in subscriptions it will be very hard to get them back.

 

[wicked]

Didn't Pittsburgh already cut two or three days of print?

 

[jr/shotglass]

Didn't Pittsburgh already cut two or three days of print?

From Wikipedia:

The Post-Gazette ended daily print publication in 2018 and has cut down to two print editions per week (Sunday and Thursday), going online-only the rest of the week.

And the Tribune-Review has been all-digital since 2016.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Are you sure? I see print Trib-Reviews all the time.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Are you sure? I see print Trib-Reviews all the time.

What you probably saw was the original, suburban edition. It was based in Greensburg. I think it's the Pittsburgh edition that went all-digital. Then again, I haven't been out there much.

 

[Dude]

The Pittsburgh City Paper's (alternative weekly) editor in chief resigned in protest over the publisher threatening to fire her if the CP reported its own parent company was publishing the Post-Gazette while most of the unions were on strike:

 

[outofplace]

What you probably saw was the original, suburban edition. It was based in Greensburg. I think it's the Pittsburgh edition that went all-digital. Then again, I haven't been out there much.

That is correct, so for folks in the city who want a physical newspaper, there is no alternative to the P-G. That doesn't mean this might not lead to them going all-digital as well.

 

[SixToe]

I'd bet a donut we will see several papers eliminiate print within the next few months, few being probably six or less, thanks to inflation, costs (ink, paper, all that) and pushing readers harder to an app or the web. Won't be long.

 

[Readallover]

Scabs? A number of newsroom employees are crossing the picket line. Dozens of Post-Gazette workers cross picket line as newsroom strike enters Day 2