What is Pittsburgh Post-Gazette?
{{italictitle}} The '''''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''''', also known simply as '''the PG''', is the largest [[newspaper]] serving [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area|metropolitan]] [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. It has won six [[Pulitzer Prize]]s since 1938. Around 170,630 papers are printed and delivered daily.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States Circulation averages for the six months ended: 9/30/2011 |publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations |url=http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newstitlesearchus.asp |access-date=March 19, 2012 |date=September 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6FBtAYyh5?url=http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newstitlesearchus.asp |archive-date=March 17, 2013 }}</ref> The Pittsburgh ''Post'' first appeared on September 10, 1842, as the ''Daily Morning Post''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026248/ |title=About The Daily morning post |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=May 10, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20140511091526/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026248/ |archive-date=May 11, 2014 }}</ref> It had its origin in three pro-[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] weeklies, the [[Pittsburgh Mercury|''Mercury'']], ''[[Allegheny Democrat]]'', and [[The American Manufacturer|''American Manufacturer'']]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Newspapers in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Pittsburgh]] [[Category:1842 establishments in Pennsylvania]]