A New York hedge fund is about to decimate The Baltimore Sun. A locally owned, nonprofit Sun will be a better paper. Together, we can Save Our Sun!
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Yesterday, @washingtonpost detailed Bainum’s plans to launch @VenetoulisInst, a Baltimore based nonprofit organization and preparations to launch The Baltimore Banner, a new digital news enterprise that will serve Baltimore's diverse communities. washingtonpost.com/media/202…
“They call Alden a vulture hedge fund, and I think that’s honestly a misnomer. A vulture doesn’t hold a wounded animal’s head underwater. This is predatory.” theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
“If a city loses its newspapers, it loses its soul...It’s time to fight to keep our newspaper,” Venetoulis wrote in a 2020 Sun op-ed. Today, Baltimore lost a legend—thank you Ted. @TedVenetoulis
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Local journalism is essential. Period.
Now, in the midst of a pandemic, local journalism is more important than ever.
Don't allow corporate ownership destroy the quality and effectiveness of The Baltimore Sun.
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Corporate ownership of local newspapers has been proven to sacrifice reinvestment for quarterly profit margins.
In return, the papers receive harsh layoffs, pay reductions, and furloughs.
We can't let this happen to The Baltimore Sun. We must #SaveOurSun
We must save The Baltimore Sun from corporate ownership by restoring it to non-profit status
Don't just take it from us
Both US Senators from Maryland, two members of Congress, and 55 state legislators have already showed support
We have to #SaveOurSun vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/…
We must #SaveOurSun before it sets on us too early.
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We have been reminding you constantly about this upcoming event, but the truth is that we still aren't reminding you enough. There is a crisis in the newsroom and we can no longer remain silent.
Attend the virtual forum on October 22 at 7pm EST.
We must #SaveTheNews.
First went the Chicago Tribune, now Alden Global Capital is coming for our Baltimore Sun.
Don’t let our Sun set so early.
Join us in our journey to #SaveOurSun
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*45%* of newsroom jobs were cut from 2008-2017, and COVID-19 ravages them further.
The overwhelming majority of these were directly due to corporations imposing layoffs, furloughs, and pay cuts.
We must #SaveOurSun to ensure this doesn't happen to our Baltimore Sun.
There is a crisis in journalism.
"The foundations of local journalism are crumbling," but we refuse to let The Baltimore Sun go down. We must #SaveOurSun
Read more about The Journalism Crisis:
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“It makes me sad for Floyd County because I would rather be there providing journalism. They went from one editorial staffer to no one covering the county.” @PostGuild @WBNG32035 @SaveOurSun @baltsunguild washingtonian.com/2020/10/15…
Watch the new TIME documentary.
It is now a necessity.
We must #SaveTheNews
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Having a lot of feelings. The @TIME documentary about us moving into our office premiers this weekend at AFI. Would be cool if I could actually watch it in the office, or, ya know, have an office. fest.afi.com/2020/meet-the-p…
SAVE THE DATE!
Join Tribune Guilds for a panel and forum to advance our plan to save local journalism!
REGISTER HERE:
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Save the date for a #SaveLocalNews forum on October 22!
Hear from a panel of journalists, community groups and elected representatives discussing a plan to #SaveTheNews!
Baltimore's paper should be in Baltimore.
We must #SaveOurSun to reinvest profit back into the paper instead of throwing it at an out-of-town corporation.
Join us today:
saveourbaltimoresun.com/
Is it even possible to #SaveOurSun from corporate ownership?
Take it from The Chicago Reader:
"On Jan. 1, the paper’s ownership will transfer an Illinois nonprofit, meaning the Reader will have tax-exempt status and can receive tax-deductible donations." chicagotribune.com/business/…
