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- Tronc, the parent company of The Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, has acquired the venerable New York Daily News
- Gannett announced Monday an offer to buy Tribune Publishing, publisher of The Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, for $815 million,
- Jack Griffin has been replaced as CEO of Tribune Publishing, according to a news release distributed early Tuesday.
- Michael Ferro, majority owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, has become the largest shareholder in the parent company of the Chicago Tribune, Tribune Publishing.
- Baltimore Sun Media Group publisher Timothy E. Ryan has been chosen to lead the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune, sources said Tuesday.
- USA Today recently unveiled its national all-star lacrosse teams, and one of Carroll County's top players found her name among the best in the country.
- When Martin O'Malley first ran for Maryland governor in 2006 he kicked off what he called a 'kitchen table tour' to discuss issues with real people in their actual kitchens. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is doing a bar crawl.
- The arc of the moral universe took a sharp bend toward justice in the last month, says David Horsey.
- Recreation and Parks hosts July celebration, while Shepherd's Staff hosts July 4 feast.
- As happy as the president is with the Obamacare result, Republicans may be even happier.
- The Supreme Court sides with the people, not the powerful. For once.
- The Baltimore Sun Media Group said today it is buying the alternative weekly City Paper for an undisclosed price.
- The owner of the Baltimore City Paper is in negotiations with a potential buyer, following the collective sale of its four other alternative weekly newspapers Monday.
- The owner of the Baltimore City Paper said Monday that it's looking to sell as it focuses on the media market near its Pennsylvania base.
- The Baltimore Sun's parent said Wednesday that it plans to spin off its newspapers as a separate company, the latest move in the Tribune Co.'s effort to focus on the more profitable television industry.
- One week after boosting its broadcasting holdings with the announcement of a deal to purchase 19 television stations, Tribune Co. said Wednesday morning it intends to spin off its publishing business into a separate company.
- Members of political group Maryland Working Families delivered a petition Tuesday to the Baltimore Sun Media Group protesting the possible sale of The Baltimore Sun to Koch Industries, which has emerged as a potential buyer in Tribune Co.'s sale of its newspapers.
- Center Stage director Kwame Kwei-Armah says institutions like his theater have broad ripple effects in the economic and cultural life of the state.
- Jonah Goldberg says allowing women in combat is a huge change that should have been the subject of a national debate
- Here is what other news outlets are saying about the Baltimore Ravens, the San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl XLVII today.
- Television executive Peter Liguori was named the new chief executive of Tribune Co. Thursday, taking the reins of the reorganized Chicago-based media company weeks after its emergence from bankruptcy.
- In summer 2007, a complicated deal to buy Tribune Co. and take it private reflected all the dangers of an easy-money era when caution was pushed aside.
- The Federal Housing Administration¿s aggressive efforts to increase homeownership helped lead to the foreclosure crisis.
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- The possibility that the Tribune Co. will sell its newspapers after its imminent exit from bankruptcy has set off a new round of speculation about The Baltimore Sun's future ownership — along with expressions of interest from potential buyers.
- Christmas may actually be 11 days away but nerds are getting their gifts early today. Last night, Google released their popular Google Maps app. And later tonight, the first part of the Hobbit will be released in theaters. The reviews are in and while they aren't ecstatic they are encouraging.