Toledo Free Press ends print publication

Publisher Tom Pounds announced move online today

4/27/2015
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    • Toledo Free Press employees Christie Materni, left, and James A. Molnar, right, hang up a good-bye sign in the window of the newspaper's offices.
    Toledo Free Press employees Christie Materni, left, and James A. Molnar, right, hang up a good-bye sign in the window of the newspaper's offices.

    The Toledo Free Press has printed its last issue, according to a statement posted online today by publisher Tom Pounds. 

    “We fought long and hard to make sure this day would never come, but it’s with a heavy heart that I must announce Toledo Free Press is closing,” he wrote in the statement, posted at 3 p.m. today.

    Mr. Pounds cited “legal wrangling” and business conditions as reasons for the close. Sunday’s issue was the paper’s last, though employees will continue to post online and social media content for a few weeks. 

    The newspaper recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.