Введение
The New Pittsburgh Courier – еженедельная афроамериканская газета, базирующаяся в Питтсбурге, штат Пенсильвания, США. Она принадлежит компании Real Times.
История
Газета названа в честь оригинальной Pittsburgh Courier (1907–1966), которая в 1930-х и 1940-х годах была одной из крупнейших и наиболее влиятельных афроамериканских газет в стране, с общенациональным тиражом более 350 000 экземпляров. После снижения тиража в 1950-х и 1960-х годах оригинальный Courier был приобретен Джоном Х. Сенгстакком, издателем The Chicago Daily Defender, в 1965 году. Он реорганизовал газету под новым названием — New Pittsburgh Courier — чтобы избежать уплаты нескольких непогашенных налоговых счетов и счетов-фактур. Позже он прокомментировал:
blockquote|"The Courier had a great history. The loss would not only be a big loss for the city of Pittsburgh, but a devastating loss for the entire country. The Black press is the only true voice Black people have. I've worked tireless to make sure that it is heard loud and clear throughout this country.|John H. Sengstacke Two years later, the paper won the John B. Russwurm Award for the best national African American newspaper. Following Sengstacke's death in 1997, what was then a four paper chain was held in a family trust until 2003. It was sold that year for nearly $12 million to Real Times, a group of investors with several business and family ties to Sengstacke. Among the new owners was Sengstacke's nephew Thomas Sengstacke Picou, who said in 2002 that his plans for the New Pittsburgh Courier include more emphasis on in depth features and arts, creating a web presence—which neither it nor the Defender had at the time—and a change in its political outlook from liberal to "conservative independence".
> «У Courier была великая история. Потеря была бы не только большой утратой для города Питтсбург, но и сокрушительной для всей страны. Чёрная пресса — единственный подлинный голос афроамериканцев. Я неустанно работал над тем, чтобы этот голос звучал громко и чётко по всей стране.»
blockquote|"The Courier had a great history. The loss would not only be a big loss for the city of Pittsburgh, but a devastating loss for the entire country. The Black press is the only true voice Black people have. I've worked tireless to make sure that it is heard loud and clear throughout this country.|John H. Sengstacke Two years later, the paper won the John B. Russwurm Award for the best national African American newspaper. Following Sengstacke's death in 1997, what was then a four paper chain was held in a family trust until 2003. It was sold that year for nearly $12 million to Real Times, a group of investors with several business and family ties to Sengstacke. Among the new owners was Sengstacke's nephew Thomas Sengstacke Picou, who said in 2002 that his plans for the New Pittsburgh Courier include more emphasis on in depth features and arts, creating a web presence—which neither it nor the Defender had at the time—and a change in its political outlook from liberal to "conservative independence".
Джон Х. Сенгстакк.
blockquote|"The Courier had a great history. The loss would not only be a big loss for the city of Pittsburgh, but a devastating loss for the entire country. The Black press is the only true voice Black people have. I've worked tireless to make sure that it is heard loud and clear throughout this country.|John H. Sengstacke Two years later, the paper won the John B. Russwurm Award for the best national African American newspaper. Following Sengstacke's death in 1997, what was then a four paper chain was held in a family trust until 2003. It was sold that year for nearly $12 million to Real Times, a group of investors with several business and family ties to Sengstacke. Among the new owners was Sengstacke's nephew Thomas Sengstacke Picou, who said in 2002 that his plans for the New Pittsburgh Courier include more emphasis on in depth features and arts, creating a web presence—which neither it nor the Defender had at the time—and a change in its political outlook from liberal to "conservative independence".
Через два года газета получила премию имени Джона Б. Руссворма как лучшая национальная афроамериканская газета. После смерти Сенгстакка в 1997 году то, что тогда представляло собой сеть из четырёх газет, находилось в семейном трасте до 2003 года. В том же году она была продана за почти 12 миллионов долларов компании Real Times, группе инвесторов, имеющих многочисленные деловые и семейные связи с Сенгстакком. Среди новых владельцев был племянник Сенгстакка, Томас Сенгстакк Пику, который в 2002 году заявил, что его планы в отношении New Pittsburgh Courier включают в себя больший акцент на глубоких аналитических материалах и искусстве, создание присутствия в сети Интернет — которого не было ни у этой газеты, ни у Defender в то время, — а также изменение политической ориентации с либеральной на «консервативную независимость».
blockquote|"The Courier had a great history. The loss would not only be a big loss for the city of Pittsburgh, but a devastating loss for the entire country. The Black press is the only true voice Black people have. I've worked tireless to make sure that it is heard loud and clear throughout this country.|John H. Sengstacke Two years later, the paper won the John B. Russwurm Award for the best national African American newspaper. Following Sengstacke's death in 1997, what was then a four paper chain was held in a family trust until 2003. It was sold that year for nearly $12 million to Real Times, a group of investors with several business and family ties to Sengstacke. Among the new owners was Sengstacke's nephew Thomas Sengstacke Picou, who said in 2002 that his plans for the New Pittsburgh Courier include more emphasis on in depth features and arts, creating a web presence—which neither it nor the Defender had at the time—and a change in its political outlook from liberal to "conservative independence".