Business & Tech
Baltimore City Paper Up for Sale
Owner Times-Shamrock is looking to sell its five alternative weeklies, according to a report.
The owner ofย Baltimore City Paper is putting the alternative weekly up for sale.
Baltimore Business Journalย reports Times-Shamrock Communicationsย is looking for owners for its five alternative weeklies, which include papers in Detroit, Orlandoย and San Antonio. Times-Shamrock has owned theย City Paperย since 1987.
In a statement to the Business Journal, Times-Shamrock CEO Scott Lynett said the company is looking toย "offer City Paper for sale to someone who could take it to the next level of growth."
In July, publisher Jennifer Marsh resigned from the paper,ย The Baltimore Sun reported, just shy of two years after she took the role.
In other newspaper news,ย USA Today reported last week that billionaires Charles and David Koch had lost interest in buying the Tribune Co.'s newspapers, a portfolio that includesย The Baltimore Sun.
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