Question: What does The Baltimore Sun, recently rediscovered by The Wire, have in common with the Chicago Cubs? Answer: Sam Zell. He’s everywhere. He seems to own everything. And he might be willing to unload some of his properties to reduce the $13 billion debt (plus $1 billion a year in interest, according to Forbes) […]
February 26, 2008
Readers are used to seeing signs of decline at The Baltimore Sun. Now the paper is beginning to look downright emaciated. Saturday’s Baltimore Sun featured a lonely Editorial page. Gone was the Op-Ed page. There wasn’t 75 cents worth of anything in the Saturday Sun, unless you’re willing to pay for the car ads. The […]
November 11, 2007
The Washington Post was first to report last summer that Gov. Martin O’Malley was considering a tax proposal, and The Post has continued to beat The Baltimore Sun up to and through the Special Session of the General Assembly. That includes coverage this morning, Sunday, Nov. 11. The Post had a full report on the House of […]
October 28, 2007
The Washington Post editorial page opined Sunday that the special session of the General Assembly is fraught with uncertainty and obstacles for Gov. Martin O’Malley. The Baltimore Sun editorial page put a more positive spin on the special session, seeing opportunity to resolve the state’s structural deficit. The Sun expressed hope that the legislature will follow O’Malley’s […]
March 14, 2008
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