The Toledo Blade has filed a formal notice of closing with the state of Ohio, a step its owner was required to take ahead of the newspaper’s possible final edition on Dec. 31, 2026, The Monroe News reported.
The Blade, through owner Block Communications Inc., filed Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification — WARN — and Ohio WARN notices on Oct. 23 with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, according to The Monroe News. Employers are required to give official notice to government units of a pending facility shutdown, the letter cited by The Monroe News said.
In the letter, the layoff is described as permanent and will affect 116 employees, The Monroe News reported. Affected employees would be terminated within a two-week window following the final date of publication, with no bumping or reemployment rights provided as part of the wind-down, according to the filing summarized in The Monroe News report…