Baltimore, Maryland-based Baltimore Sun Media, the publisher of the iconic Baltimore Sun newspaper and various other newspaper and digital products, has announced that the company is considering an agreement to shutter its South Baltimore printing plant and transfer printing operations to a Gannett-owned printing facility in Wilmington, Deleware that currently prints The News Journal.
.The decision is said to be driven by a declining print circulation and plant overcapacity. If the decision is ratified, the move will impact approximately 100+ workers and occur by the end of January 2022.
Baltimore Sun Media’s publisher and editor-in-chief Trif Alatzas noted, “This preliminary agreement would reduce expenses related to the print operation and help continue the investment in our digital growth.”
The Sun’s parent company, Chicago, Illinois-based Tribune Publishing, was acquired by Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund specializing in revitalizing newspaper operations using consolidation and cost-cutting to remain profitable.
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