Block Communications公司日前宣布，将出售旗下美国俄亥俄州托莱多的百年报纸《刀锋报》(The Blade)，若未找到买家，该报将在年底前停刊1。公司主席Jodi Miehls表示，"该报多年来的财务亏损简直无法持续"1，长期的经营困难促使公司作出出售决定。
《刀锋报》创立于1835年，是托莱多历史最悠久的持续经营企业1。该报编辑部曾于2004年因调查报道获得普利策奖1。报纸于1926年8月被Paul Block Sr.收购后，一直由Block Communications公司运营1。这是该公司短期内面临的又一报纸危机——Block Communications在1月宣布关闭《匹兹堡邮报》，但该报在关闭前两周被非营利新闻机构Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism收购，得以继续运营1。
Block Communications announced that The Blade, a century-old newspaper based in Toledo, Ohio, is being offered for sale, with the company warning it will cease operations before year's end if a buyer cannot be secured.1 The decision stems from years of substantial financial losses, according to Block Communications Chair Jodi Miehls, who stated that "the newspaper's ongoing financial losses have simply become unsustainable."1
Founded in 1835, The Blade holds the distinction of being Toledo's longest continuously operating business.1 The newspaper's editorial team earned national recognition when it won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2004.1 Block Communications acquired the publication in August 1926 under Paul Block Sr.'s ownership.1 The sale announcement represents another crisis for Block Communications' newspaper portfolio, following the company's January announcement to close the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—though that publication was acquired by the nonprofit Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism just before shutdown and remains in operation.1
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