Baltimore

==Media==
{{Main|Media in Baltimore}}
Baltimore's main media outlet since 2010 is ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' which was sold by its Baltimore owners in 1986 to the Times Mirror Company,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/The-Times-Mirror-Company-Company-History.html |title=The Times Mirror Company—Company History |access-date=September 25, 2008 |work=fundinguniverse.com |publisher=Funding Universe | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081010072625/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/The-Times-Mirror-Company-Company-History.html| archive-date= October 10, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> and then bought by the [[Tribune Company]] in 2000.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Terence |last=Smith |author-link=Terence Smith (journalist)|title=Tribune Buys Times Mirror |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june00/tribune_3-21.html |work=pbs.org |publisher=MacNeil/Lehrer Productions |date=March 21, 2000 |access-date=September 25, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080907210447/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june00/tribune_3-21.html| archive-date= September 7, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> Since the sale, ''The Baltimore Sun'' prints some local news along with regional and national articles. The ''[[Baltimore News-American]]'', another long-running paper that competed with the Sun, ceased publication in 1986.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/MarylandCollection/NewsAmerican/Index.html | title=The Baltimore News American Photograph Collection | publisher=University of Maryland: Libraries | date=December 18, 2009 | access-date=December 31, 2009 | archive-date=April 30, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430114453/http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/MarylandCollection/NewsAmerican/Index.html }}</ref>

The city is home to the [[Baltimore Afro-American]], an influential African American newspaper founded in 1892.<ref>{{cite web|title=Newspapers: Baltimore Afro-American|url=https://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/afroamerican.html|work=The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords|publisher=PBS|access-date=October 5, 2012}}</ref><ref name="McEwen 2012">{{cite news|last=McEwen|first=Lauren|title=The Baltimore Afro-American celebrates 120 years in print|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/the-baltimore-afro-american-celebrates-120-years-in-print/2012/08/28/b914a49e-f084-11e1-ba17-c7bb037a1d5b_blog.html|access-date=October 5, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 28, 2012}}</ref>

In 2006, ''[[The Baltimore Examiner]]'' was launched to compete with ''The Sun''. It was part of a national chain that includes ''[[The San Francisco Examiner]]'' and ''[[The Washington Examiner]]''. In contrast to the paid subscription ''Sun'', ''The Examiner'' was a free newspaper funded solely by advertisements. Unable to turn a profit and facing a deep recession, ''The Baltimore Examiner'' ceased publication on February 15, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2009 |title=Examiner closing |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2009-01-30-0901290071-story.html |access-date=September 27, 2023 |website=Baltimore Sun}}</ref>

Despite being located 40 miles northeast of [[Washington, D.C.]], Baltimore is a major media market in its own right, with all major English language television networks represented in the city. [[WJZ-TV]] 13 is a [[CBS]] [[owned and operated station]], and [[WBFF]] 45 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]) is the flagship of [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], the largest station owner in the country. Other major television stations in Baltimore include [[WMAR-TV]] 2 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WBAL-TV]] 11 ([[NBC]]), [[WUTB]] 24 ([[TBD (TV network)|TBD]]), [[WBFF|WBFF-DT2]] 45.2 ([[MyNetworkTV]]), [[WNUV]] 54 ([[The CW|CW]]), and [[WMPB]] 67 ([[PBS]]). Baltimore is also served by low-power station [[WMJF-CD]] 39 ([[Ion Television|Ion]]), which transmits from the campus of [[Towson University]].

Nielsen ranked Baltimore as the 27th-largest [[television market]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/2009-2010-dma-ranks.pdf|title=Local Television Market Universe Estimates|publisher=nielsen|access-date=March 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317170600/http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/2009-2010-dma-ranks.pdf|archive-date=March 17, 2011}}</ref> Arbitron's Fall 2010 rankings identified Baltimore as the 22nd-largest radio market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com/home/mm001050.asp
|title=Arbitron Radio Market Rankings: Fall 2010|publisher=Arbitron|access-date=March 16, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110414180218/http://www.arbitron.com/home/mm001050.asp| archive-date= April 14, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>