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Baltimore Sun printing in New Orleans for Super Bowl weekend

Andrew Beaujon — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:47:58 +0000

The Baltimore Sun is publishing a special edition to be distributed to New Orleans-area hotels this weekend. Sun spokesperson Renee Mutchnik told Poynter the edition will comprise the front and sports pages of the daily (Sunday’s will include a special … Read more

Baltimore Sun celebrates anniversary with 1837-style website

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:17:05 +0000

The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun turns 175 on Thursday; to celebrate, Director of Interactive Design Adam Marton has reconfigured its website to present today’s news as it might have looked in the 19th century (one big difference: You’d … Read more

The Baltimore Sun recounts some of its most famous errors

Craig Silverman — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:49:54 +0000

John McIntyre, longtime copy editor and current night content production manager for the Baltimore Sun, dove into the paper’s archives for a story that shares some of the Sun’s notable mishaps and corrections.

It is, of course, delightful.… Read more

Baltimore Sun columnist confesses to recycling passages from old columns

Craig Silverman — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:25:50 +0000

A recent column from longtime Baltimore Sun columnist Jacques Kelly includes a surprising admission in the third paragraph:

… it’s time for a confession. In many of my columns, I repeated sentences and entire passages from past columns that I
… Read more

Foundation could ‘re-open the question’ of buying Baltimore Sun

Steve Myers — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:08:45 +0000

The Baltimore Sun
Robert Embry Jr., who was reportedly part of an investors group thinking about buying the Sun in 2006, tells Gus Sentementes that the investors “would re-open the question” once the Tribune Co. exits bankruptcy. Embry also … Read more

How CNBC corrected its incorrect correction about Bain & Company

Craig Silverman — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:28:01 +0000

Last Thursday, CNBC Washington correspondent Eamon Javers published a report stating Bain & Company (of Mitt Romney fame) was consulted by Obama administration officials working on the auto bailout.

Javers’ source was a reference to “Bain Consulting” made in a … Read more

Updated: Baltimore Sun to put up paywall next month

Jim Romenesko — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:05:40 +0000

Romenesko+ Memos | Baltimore Sun (Letter to Readers) | Baltimore Sun
The Sun tells readers that the paywall goes up October 10. “To encourage readers to sign up at launch, we will offer a special introductory rate of 99 cents … Read more

John Waters blasts Baltimore Sun for reassigning film critic

Jim Romenesko — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:42:51 +0000

Baltimore Sun
Legendary filmmaker John Waters says he’s “amazed that The Baltimore Sun is letting Mike Sragow leave his position as main film writer” to take another yet-to-be disclosed assignment. “As a home delivery subscriber and a reader online when … Read more

Baltimore Sun looking to buy out columnists, critics, copy editors

Jim Romenesko — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:35:27 +0000

Daily Record
The Tribune-owned Baltimore Sun told the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild Wednesday that it wants to cut 20 to 25 positions, including 10 in the newsroom. The Sun aims to buy out two columnists, two critics, an editorial writer, two … Read more

Baltimore Sun’s youth-aimed tabloid becomes a weekly

Jim Romenesko — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:48:42 +0000

Towson Patch | BaltimoreSun.com
The Baltimore Sun’s b, currently published Monday through Friday, becomes a weekly starting July 13. Launched in 2008, b will come out on Wednesdays — the same day that Baltimore City Paper hits the … Read more