Ohio Media Executive Fired by Family After Suit to Stop Sale (1)

Allan Block, the longtime chief executive officer of Ohio-based Block Communications Inc., said he was fired by his family-owned media company after filing a lawsuit challenging its possible sale.

“The board fired Allan Block for seeking to enforce his contractual rights in an effort to protect the company and employees,” a spokesperson for the executive said Monday in an emailed statement. A sale could lead to hundreds of job losses in Toledo and Pittsburgh, as well as the potential shutdown of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade, the statement said.

Block sued his twin brother, John, and other family ...