REPORTER: THE PURCHASE CAME AS A SURPRISE TO STRIKING EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES. THE CITY PAPER WAS ONE OF THE TO TAKE THE INDEPENDENT VOICE AWAY AND PUT IN THE OWNERSHIP HANDS OF THE SAME GROUP ...

The union representing journalists who work at The Blade has filed an unfair labor practice against the paper and its parent company, Block Communications, over what the union says is management's ...

The largest union for journalists in the United States is asking the Department of Justice to investigate the recent acquisition of Pittsburgh City Paper. A subsidiary of Block Communications Inc. — ...

ARE RESPONDING. THE STAFF HERE AT THE POST-GAZETTE HEARD THE NEWS THAT THEY WILL PUBLISH THEIR LAST PAPER ON MAY 3RD. IN A ZOOM MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS. AND THEY BLAME IT ON ...

On paper, Block Inc.’s varied businesses all are potentially sensitive to a weakening economic environment, and revenue and earnings are supposed to decline from last year. In reality, the story could ...

Welcome back to the Block Party, City Paper’s new, occasional mini-photo essay from staff photographer Darrow Montgomery featuring one block, for one hour, on one day. The block where Montgomery ...