OTHER NEWS - Oct. 3, 1992
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Scripps to Sell Pittsburgh Press: Citing losses from a 4 1/2-month-old strike with delivery drivers, the E. W. Scripps Co. said it is selling the afternoon newspaper, which had a daily circulation of 209,000 before the strike and won back-to-back Pulitzer Prizes in 1986 and 1987. The announcement came a day after talks with Teamsters Local 211 collapsed. About 600 drivers went on strike May 17 after the company tried to establish a distribution plan that would have eliminated 75% of the bargaining unit’s jobs. Cincinnati-based Scripps owns 21 daily newspapers.
