A group of Tribune Publishing newspapers, including The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, The Carroll County Times and other local publications in Baltimore Sun Media Group, today joined The Baltimore Sun in calling for the parent company to sell to local ownership.
The Baltimore Sun Guild launched its Save Our Sun campaign on April 28 to petition Tribune to sell the region’s largest daily newspaper to a group of local group. Within weeks, a petition supporting the effort received more than 6,000 signatures, the group said.
The Abell Foundation, the Goldseker Foundation and former Baltimore County Executive Ted Venetoulis have expressed their desire to acquire The Sun and eventually turn it into a nonprofit.
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