NEWSPAPERS
The first newspaper to be published in Maryland was the Maryland Gazette printed in Annapolis by William Parks in September 1727. Though it has not maintained continuous printing since then, the Maryland Gazette still appears in a twice-weekly edition covering northern Anne Arundel County. Formerly based in Glen Burnie, it moved to Annapolis in May 2009.
First printed in 1773, the Baltimore American became a fixture in Baltimore as the first newspaper to publish the “Star-Spangled Banner”. Subsequnetly, as the paper changed owners and merged with other papers, it was renamed the Baltimore Advertiser, The Baltimore Intellegencer, and later the Baltimore News-Post. Despite these changes in name over the years, the American was the city’s longest running paper until it ceased publication in 1986.
Today, the largest newspaper in Baltimore, the Baltimore Sun, first went to print on May 17, 1837. Founded by Arunah S. Abell, the newspaper remained family-run until 1910. It is believed that Abell did the typesetting himself for what was then a small newspaper and maintained only a handful of employees for the first printing. Now, the Baltimore Sun is read by more than 1 million people each week.
Other outlets for newspapers are on the Internet. While nearly all newspapers today maintain a website, some are web only. One example the Baltimore Brew, a web-only news source began in 2009, and focuses on City-related issues.
MARYLAND NEWSPAPERS
- Aegis (Baltimore Sun), Bel Air
- Afro-American, Baltimore
- Arbutus Times (Baltimore Sun), Arbutus
- Baltimore Brew [Baltimore]
- Baltimore Business Journal, Baltimore
- Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinal, Baltimore
- Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore
- Baltimore Guide, Baltimore
- Baltimore Messenger (Baltimore Sun), Baltimore
- Baltimore Sun, Baltimore
- Baltimore Times, Baltimore
- Bay Times (My Eastern Shore MD), Stevensville
- Bay Weekly, Annapolis
- Bowie-Blade News (Capital Gazette), Bowie
- Calvert Recorder (Southern MD News Online), Prince Frederick
- Capital Gazette, Annapolis
- Caroline Times-Record (My Eastern Shore MD), Denton
- Carroll County Times, Westminster
- Carroll Eagle (Baltimore Sun), Westminster
- Catholic Review, Baltimore
- Catoctin Banner, Thurmont (monthly)
- Catonsville Times (Baltimore Sun), Catonsville
- Cecil Whig, Elkton
- Columbia Flier (Baltimore Sun), Columbia
- Community Times (Carroll County Times), Westminster
- Cumberland Times-News, Cumberland
- Daily Record, Baltimore
- Daily Times (Delmarva Now), Salisbury
- Dorchester Star (My Eastern Shore MD), Cambridge
- Dundalk Eagle, Dundalk
- Enterprise (Southern MD News Online), Lexington Park
- Frederick News-Post, Frederick
- Herald-Mail, Hagerstown
- Howard County Times (Baltimore Sun), Columbia
- Kent County News (My Eastern Shore MD), Chestertown
- Laurel Leader (Baltimore Sun), Laurel
- Maryland Coast Dispatch, Berlin
- Maryland Gazette (Capital Gazette), Annapolis
- Maryland Independent (Southern MD News Online), Waldorf
- Montgomery County Sentinel (Sentinel Newspapers), Rockville
- North County News (Baltimore Sun), Baltimore
- Northeast Booster Reporter (Baltimore Sun), Baltimore
- Ocean City Today, Ocean City
- Owings Mills Times (Baltimore Sun), Owings Mills
- Prince George's County Sentinel (Sentinel Newspapers), Seabrook
- Record-Observer (My Eastern Shore MD), Centreville
- Republican, Oakland
- Silver Spring Voice, Silver Spring
- Somerset Herald (Delmarva Now), Princess Anne
- Star Democrat, Easton
- Takoma Voice, Takoma Park
- Times Record (My Eastern Shore MD), Denton
- Towson Times (Baltimore Sun), Towson
- Worcester County Times (Delmarva Now), Ocean City
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