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What does the sale of the Baltimore Sun mean for local journalism?

What does the sale of the Baltimore Sun mean for local journalism?

On The Record

January 23, 202424m 25s

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Show Notes

What is behind the recent purchase of the Baltimore Sun by local conservative media executive David D. Smith? We ask NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik. Plus: Dean Jacqueline Jones of Morgan State’s journalism department and the Baltimore Beat’s editor Lisa Snowden on the sale and how it could impact local journalism and local journalists. 

Read more:
New Baltimore Sun owner on tape bashing city schools, local politicians and more
The Baltimore Sun has been sold to a conservative broadcast chief
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Editor's note: Audio has been edited to remove a technical issue at the top of the program.

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