{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Meet the new Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bosses, same as the old bosses","description":"After members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh won their strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in late 2025, which had lasted for over 3 years, they were notified in January that the paper\u2019s wealthy owners, the Block family and Block Communications Inc., were shutting down operations. Then, in a stunning turn of events, the Post-Gazette was purchased in April by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, which also owns The Banner in Baltimore, MD. While Post-Gazette workers were cautiously optimistic about the news, the union learned last week that the Venetoulis Institute is cutting at least 40 percent of its staff, including 80 percent of the union workers who participated in the recently ended strike.  In this episode of Working People, we speak with a panel of union members and former Post-Gazette employees about what will happen to them and their coworkers, to the Post-Gazette itself, and to journalism in the Steel City. Panelists include: Andrew Goldstein, a now-former Post-Gazette education reporter and still-acting president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh; Helen Fallon, a longtime copyeditor for the Post-Gazette and professor emerita at Point Park University in Pittsburgh; and Erin Hebert, a now-former copyeditor and designer for the Post-Gazette and First Vice President of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh. Additional links\/info:  Pittsburgh Alliance for People-Empowered Reporting (PAPER) website Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh website, Facebook page, and Instagram Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh: \u201cIncoming Post-Gazette ownership slashes staff, purges former strikers\u201d Riddhi Setty, Columbia Journalism Review, \u201cThe Venetoulis Institute goes to Pittsburgh\u201d Maximillian Alvarez, Working People \/ TRNN, \u201cThey won their strike fair and square. Now their rich bosses are closing up shop\u201d Maximillian Alvarez, Working People \/ TRNN, \u201cThe longest-running strike in the US is over\u2014and the workers won\u201d Featured Music:  Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song Credits:  Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor ","author_name":"Working People","author_url":"http:\/\/workingpeople.libsyn.com\/website","html":"