Last week we wrote that Richard Mellon Scaife, well known for his support of conservative causes, is in the process of splitting up with his wife. Scaife is the mega millionaire publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, which plays a distant second fiddle to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The details of Scaife's divorce were reported in the Post-Gazette, which obtained court documents that had previously been sealed.

Scaife wants the Post-Gazette to return the documents so they can be sealed again. But it's a little late for that. The Post-Gazette has already reported that Scaife is going to pay his wife more than $700,000 a month, and that the couple is having a nasty dust-up over custody of a dog.

Now, let's be honest, the Post-Gazette is probably relishing the opportunity to report the intimate details of Scaife's divorce. It's not every day that you get to embarrass a competitor.

Still, the Post-Gazette's management also has a point: Scaife's attempt to limit their coverage runs counter to what you'd expect from someone runs a newspaper. Scaife is a public figure, which makes the details of his divorce newsworthy. And the Post-Gazette poignantly argues that Scaife's Tribune Review was one of several media outlets that worked to gain access to the late Sen. John Heinz's estate records when John Kerry — who is married to Heinz's widow Theresa — was running for president in 2004.

It sounds like the documents were made public due to an oversight. But even if that's true, the cat's out of the bag. And as a dog lover, I'm eager to know how this all shakes out.

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