After just four months, the Baltimore Beat is closing, the paper announced this morning.
Here’s the full statement: “We launched the Baltimore Beat in November 2017 in an effort to provide a new alternative, independent journalistic voice to the city. We’re proud of the work we’ve done but, unfortunately, advertising support hasn’t been sufficient to sustain us. As a result, we are closing the Beat effective immediately. Thank you to our readers and advertisers and all those who reached out to help. We’re grateful for the opportunity and regret that we are unable to continue.”
Managing editor and news editor Brandon Soderberg told Baltimore Fishbowl the news came suddenly, with the staff finding out yesterday as they were getting ready to send the next issue.
“I was certainly under the impression that they were going to give us some time, more than the time they gave us, clearly, to develop this thing,” he said.
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