It serves the Northwest Indiana region, and is owned by the Chicago Tribune Media Group.

"Gary" was dropped from the masthead to further "regionalize" the Post-Tribune, although critics charged that it was an attempt to distance itself from the declining city.

In 2014, it was purchased by the Chicago Tribune Media Group and later converted to a broadsheet format.

[1] An abridged edition of the Post-Tribune appears in Northwest Indiana copies of the Sunday Tribune.

The Post-Tribune is printed early at one of its parent-company's facilities in Chicago, driven to Northwest Indiana and distributed based on delivery region.