Chilekasi Adele | CBS Pittsburgh

As the clock continues to tick down to when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will print its final edition, the question has become, will anyone save the historic newspaper? 

That answer may be coming in the form of the same family that is about to make another big purchase in the city – the Hoffmann Family of Companies. 

Back in December, the Hoffmann Family of Companies reached an agreement to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins from Fenway Sports Group. 

Now, the company’s founder and chairman said his company is in discussions to buy the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 

The news came out of an event in St. Louis, where the Pittsburgh Business Times reported that David Hoffmann said, “We’re in discussions with Pittsburgh, not only [to buy] their hockey team, but they called us to buy their newspaper.” 

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