| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Clarity Media Group |
| Publisher | Michael Beatty |
| Editor | Frank Keegan |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Ceased publication | 2009 |
| Headquarters | 400 E. Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 United States |
| Circulation | 236,000 daily[1] |
The Baltimore Examiner was a free daily newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland. It launched in 2006 and ceased publication in 2009.[2]
History
The Baltimore Examiner was launched as a new daily newspaper in the city in 2006 by the Philip Anschutz-owned Clarity Media Group as part of a new national newspaper chain of several publications in numerous cities named "Examiner", that at the time began with and included the old The San Francisco Examiner (founded 1863 and owned since 1880 by founder William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), and his successors, the Hearst Communications longtime media syndicate until sold in 2000). It also included Anschutz and his San Francisco-based staff and it's new expansion start-up of The Washington Examiner and later additional daily paper 40 miles northeast to Baltimore. In contrast to the usual paid subscriptions or newstand sales system of the longtime local major daily "newspaper of record" with The Baltimore Sun (a.k.a. it's old longtime nickname of "The Sunpapers"), since founding by A.S. Abell & partners in 1837, influencing the city for 187 years since. But the new Examiners for Baltimore and Washington were a free newspaper funded solely by advertisement support.
But after being unable to find a buyer and new owner / publisher to continue its mission, the brief but interesting Baltimore Examiner closed after its three years career. It had provided the first competing editorial / journalistic voice with covering events in "The Monumental City" & it's suburban areas for the first time since the closing 23 years before of the longtime [[[Hearst Communications|Hearst Communications media syndicate]]-owned afternoon / evening daily newspaper of the old The News American (1773/1799-1986), since it closed after 213 years. But now the recent fresh new voice of The Examiner' was silenced with its final issue on February 15, 2009.[3]
After an intervening three years, the former managing editor of The Baltimore Examiner, Len Lazarick announced along with several others from various national newspapers, about then starting what was originally called The Baltimore Post-Examiner three years later in April 2012, according to a press release in the online news resource / internet website of the Maryland Reporter.j.[4]
The Examiner's prominent logo sign adorned the Downtown Baltimore skyline on the top south facade of its former editorial offices / headquarters skyscraper building at 400 East Pratt Street, facing the famed Inner Harbor waterfront until 2013, when it was replaced with that signage of technology marketing firm R2integrated.[5] The naming rights for the skyscraper office building were later acquired in 2022 by the law firm Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White.[6]
Conservative tone
Editorially, The Examiner was often viewed as taking a more conservative tone than The Baltimore Sun.[7]
References
- ↑ "Baltimore's Examiner Finds a Foothold". Media Life Magazine. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ↑ "Economy Watch - Baltimore Examiner Closing - Washington Post". washingtonpost.com. Jan 29, 2009. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ↑ "Baltimore Examiner closing after Feb. 15 editions". The Denver Post. January 29, 2009.
- ↑ Lazarick, Len (April 8, 2012). "New Website Baltimore Post-Examiner Launches". MarylandReporter.com. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ↑ "5 Questions for Matt Goddard, CEO of R2integrated". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ↑ O'Neill, Madeleine (24 February 2022). "Silverman Thompson moving to new office, staying in downtown Baltimore | Maryland Daily Record". Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ↑ "Examiner closing". The Baltimore Sun. Jan 30, 2009.