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“These warmongering murderers are using our music without our consent … This makes us both nauseous and furious.…
Block Communications announces that The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease publication May 3; the closure will not affect its sister newspaper, The Toledo Blade (Mark Walker/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/business/media/pittsburgh-po…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is shutting down, but wants to sell you a subscription to read the story.
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2026/01/07/pittsburgh-post-gazette-final-edition/stories/202601070073
PitchBook-NVCA: global VC investments hit $512B in 2025 with AI accounting for 50% ; VC fundraising fell to a 10-year low of $118.6B, ~$100B less than in 2024 (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/07/pitch…
Source: Steelers add RB Dowdle on 2-year deal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48159257/pittsburgh-steelers-rb-rico-dowdle-agree-2-year-deal
The Post-Gazette closes in five months, leaving time for Pittsburgh institutions to react, maybe by growing a replacement or helping its owner start a nonprofit (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will-pittsb…
PitchBook: European VC investments rose 5% YoY to a post-pandemic high of €66B in 2025; AI-related deals accounted for 35% , or €23.5B, up from €17.7B in 2024 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/523ee7a9-489a-4f68-8aae-3f98c336b479