Baltimore Examiner

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 1:42pm on Monday, February 2nd, 2009

On January 29, 2009, the Baltimore Sun reported that the Baltimore Examiner will shut down:

"The Baltimore Examiner, a free tabloid newspaper, announced that it will be closing its Baltimore edition. Outside its Inner Harbor office on East Pratt Street, the headline for the cover story on store closings read, "No Confidence." The last issue will be Feb. 15.

Less than three years after its debut, the Baltimore Examiner free newspaper will cease publication next month, a victim of the worst advertising climate in decades. The last issue will be on Feb. 15.

The decision comes after months of unsuccessful attempts to find a buyer for the paper and failed efforts to package ads with a sister publication in Washington, Denver-based owner Clarity Media Group said today.

"This is very disappointing for all of us. Obviously, this is not what we envisioned when we launched the newspaper," Clarity Chief Executive Officer Ryan McKibben said in a letter sent to Examiner staff this morning. The company said it will now concentrate resources on an Internet venture already in multiple markets, including Baltimore, and its papers in San Francisco and Washington, where it plans to add space, new columnists and Web editors."