A Maryland city has lost its local newspaper, 41 years after it started publishing.
The Bowie-Blade 草莓传媒 published its final edition on Thursday.
The weekly paper, which covered the Prince George’s County city, was part of Tribune Publishing, a chain of newspapers bought by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital two months ago. An Alden representative because of a lack of local advertisers.
The Baltimore Sun, the Carroll County Times and the Capital Gazette were among the local papers acquired by the controversial investor, in cities all over the country. As part of the $633 million purchase of Tribune, Alden also got the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily 草莓传媒.
Alden isn鈥檛 completely abandoning Bowie. The Capital Gazette in Annapolis will maintain a Bowie and Prince George鈥檚 County news section on its website.
, Bowie鈥檚 communications director says not having a newspaper dedicated to covering the town is a big loss. She said the town “is losing something important鈥e will no longer have a community paper connecting us.”
With the Tribune purchase, ; it鈥檚 now the second-largest newspaper publisher in the U.S. measured by circulation.
