Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Layoff — May 2026
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGPennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry· filed March 1, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Allegheny County).
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on March 1, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the PA state workforce agency.
Summary
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette filed a WARN notice stating it will close operations in May, with the closure said to take place on May 4, 2026. The notice indicates 171 employees will be affected and lists the paper's address as 300 Corliss Street in the Sheraden neighborhood. The filing is categorized as a "closure" rather than a layoff and follows the owners' January announcement that the paper would cease operations with a final edition slated for May 3. Staff were informed of the planned shutdown during a Zoom meeting in which company leadership announced the end of nearly two centuries of the newspaper.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the PA state workforce agency on March 1, 2026. The notice covers 171 employees in Pittsburgh, PA (Allegheny County), with the layoff effective May 4, 2026.
That is roughly 85.5% of the 200 people Pittsburgh Post-Gazette employs.
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