The Baltimore Sun is the major newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, with a daily press run of about 430,000 copies, and a Sunday run of 540,000 copies. It was founded on May 17, 1837, by printer Arunah Shepherdson Abell. The Abell family owned the paper through 1910, when the Black family had a controlling interest. The paper was sold in 1986 to the Times Mirror Company, the same week the Baltimore News-American announced it would fold.
Though now there is only a morning issue, for many years there were two distinct editions, with different reporting and editorial staffs, The Baltimore Sun in the morning and The Baltimore Evening Sun in the afternoon.
BALTIMORE - Contract negotiations began today between The BaltimoreSun and the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, Local 32035 of The Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America (TNG/CWA).
In these negotiations, The BaltimoreSun is seeking contract terms that reflect the company's need for greater operational flexibility to respond quickly and competitively in a rapidly changing media business.
Media inquiries about the negotiations or other BaltimoreSun matters should be directed to Charles Fancher, Director of Media and Public Relations at The Sun, at 410-332-6117 or by cell phone at 301-385-6463.
The BaltimoreSun owns The Sun, a metropolitan newspaper with Sunday circulation of 476,000, and Patuxent Publishing Company, publisher of 13 area weekly community newspapers with heavy penetration throughout the Baltimore and Washington D.C. metropolitan areas.
The BaltimoreSun faced potential erosion in circulation and penetration of both the daily and weekly newspapers in Howard County, Maryland, a highly affluent, family-oriented county located within commuting distance of two large metropolitan areas.
The Sun’s promotion campaign targeted the "casual" reader to raise awareness of an enhanced Howard County edition and to pre-emptively set the standard for local news—that "local" means local news every day.
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