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    Archives: January 16, 2024

    Joshua BentonJanuary 16, 2024
    The Baltimore Sun explores the question of whether there can be a worse newspaper owner than Alden Global Capital
    Its new owner, Sinclair executive chairman David D. Smith, has pushed local TV news hard to the right. Will he do the same with newspapers — a medium he’s called “so left wing as to be meaningless dribble…so devoid of reality and serving no real purpose”?
    Peter Cunliffe-Jones and Lucas GravesJanuary 16, 2024
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