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The Baltimore Sun was founded on the 17th of May 1837 by Arunah Shepherdson Abell and two associates, William Moseley Swain from Rhode Island and Azariah H. Simmons from Philadelphia. The three men had previously founded the Public Ledger in Philadelphia the year before.
The Baltimore Sun has won 16 Pulitzer Prizes. Notable journalists associated with the paper include H.L. Mencken, David Simon, Gwen Ifill, and Russell Baker.
David D. Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, closed a deal to buy The Baltimore Sun on the 15th of January 2024. Conservative commentator Armstrong Williams holds an undisclosed stake in the acquisition.
At its peak The Baltimore Sun operated eight foreign bureaus. Cost-cutting closed the Tokyo, Mexico City, and Berlin offices in 1995 and 1996, Beijing and London in 2005, and the final three bureaus in Moscow, Jerusalem, and Johannesburg by 2008.
The Baltimore Sun appeared in season 5 of The Wire in 2008, created by former Sun reporter David Simon. The season depicts a fictional reporter named Scott Templeton fabricating stories while editors ignore the misconduct in pursuit of a Pulitzer Prize. The series finale is titled "-30-", a traditional newsroom term marking the end of a story.
The Baltimore Sun Guild raised concerns about the paper republishing content from WBFF-TV and columns by Armstrong Williams that it said did not meet Sun editorial standards, the firing of reporter Maddi O'Neill on the 10th of September 2024, and a proposed contract in September 2025 that included a gag rule prohibiting Guild members from making disparaging statements about the paper's ownership.