The family-owned company that operates The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Wednesday that the newspaper would cease publication May 3, signaling the end of the dominant newspaper for western Pennsylvania.

The company, Block Communications Inc., said it had lost more than $350 million over the past 20 years while publishing the newspaper. In a statement, it said the financial pressures facing local journalism had made “continued cash losses at this scale no longer sustainable.”

The company cited recent court decisions that would require the Post-Gazette to operate under the terms of a 2014 labor contract, which it described as imposing “outdated and inflexible operational practices.”

The Post-Gazette’s closure will not affect The Toledo Blade in Ohio, which is also owned by Block Communications. The company is based in Toledo.

In a statement, the Block family said it regretted how the loss of the newspaper would affect the communities it has served. The family said it was “proud of the service the Post-Gazette has provided to Pittsburgh for nearly a century.”

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This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

By Mark Walker/ Maddie McGarvey
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