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 focused on City-related issues.
- Aegis, Bel Air
- Afro-American, Baltimore
- Arbutus Times, Arbutus
- Baltimore Brew [Baltimore]
- Baltimore Business Journal, Baltimore
- Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinal, Baltimore
- Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore
- Baltimore Messenger, Baltimore
- Baltimore Sun, Baltimore
- Baltimore Times, Baltimore
- Bay Times, Stevensville
- Bay Weekly, Deale
- Bowie-Blade News, Bowie
- Calvert Recorder, Prince Frederick
- Capital, Annapolis
- Caroline Times-Record, Denton
- Carroll County Times, Westminster
- Catholic Review, Baltimore
- Catoctin Banner, Thurmont (monthly)
- Catonsville Times, Catonsville
- Cecil Whig, Elkton
- Columbia Flier, Columbia
- Community Times, Westminster
- Cumberland Times-News, Cumberland
- Daily Record, Baltimore
- Daily Times, Salisbury
- Diamondback, College Park
- Dorchester Star, Cambridge
- Dundalk Eagle, Dundalk
- Eldersburg Eagle, Eldersburg
- Enterprise, Lexington Park
- Frederick News-Post, Frederick
- Gazette, Gaithersburg
- Herald-Mail, Hagerstown
- Howard County Times, Columbia
- Laurel Leader, Laurel
- Maryland Coast Dispatch, Berlin
- Maryland Gazette, Annapolis
- Maryland Independent, Waldorf
- Montgomery County Sentinel, Rockville
- North County News, Baltimore
- Northeast Booster Reporter, Baltimore
- Ocean City Today, Ocean City
- Owings Mills Times, Owings Mills
- Prince George's County Sentinel, Seabrook
- Record-Observer, Centreville
- Republican, Oakland
- Silver Spring Voice, Silver Spring
- Somerset Herald, Princess Anne
- Southern Maryland Today, Lexington Park
- Star Democrat, Easton
- Takoma Voice, Takoma Park
- Towson Times, Towson
- Westminster Eagle, Westminster
- Worcester County Times, Ocean City
Maryland Manual On-Line, 2012
July 27, 2012
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