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Maryland Gazette: Annapolis: 1727 1734 [31] Maryland Herald & Elizabeth-Town Advertiser: Hagerstown: 1797 1801 [49] Maryland Gazette, and Frederick Weekly Advertiser: Frederick: 1790 [31] Became Political Intelligencer, or, Republican Gazette in 1824 [31] Maryland Hawk: Temple Hills: 1984 [50] African American newspaper. Maryland Herald, and ...
Its offices in Parole, Maryland, an unincorporated area of Anne Arundel County just outside Annapolis, were the site of the Capital Gazette shooting in June 2018. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In August 2020, Tribune Publishing announced it was permanently closing the newsroom and would provide workspace as needed at The Baltimore Sun offices. [ 3 ]
The newspaper was founded in 1884 as the Evening Capital and operated under this name until June 20, 1981, when it was shortened to just The Capital. [7] Its founder was William M. Abbott, a former compositor for The Baltimore Sun, who employed his daughter Emma Abbott Gage as the newspaper's editor and his son Charles B. Abbott as business manager.
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
As in many other states, the late 19th century saw a dramatic growth in Maryland's African American press, with 31 newspapers launched in Baltimore before 1900. [3] Most were short-lived. A notable exception was The Afro-American , which launched in Baltimore in 1892 and continues today.
The Maryland Gazette was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in 1727 and published through 1734 [4] by William Parks. [5] [6] Parks moved to Virginia in 1736. [7] The newspaper was both Maryland and the South's first publication, as well as the sixth in the colonies. Publication became irregular after 1730, before being discontinued in 1734. [8]
The Record-Observer in Centreville, Maryland dates back to 1824. [2] The newspaper formed from the 1936 merger of The Centreville Observer and Queen Anne Record. [3] [4] In the 1930s it was purchased by Leon Asa Andrus. [5] In 1946, Andrus would go on to wage a successful multi-year editorial campaign to get the Chesapeake Bay Bridge built. [6]
The Daily Record produces a number of target publications focused on particular aspects of Maryland business. The company also produces the newsletter Maryland Family Law Monthly, which tracks family law matters in the state. The paper hosts a number of annual events [13] honoring members of Maryland's business, legal, health care and other ...