Maryland Daily Record » Baltimore Sun http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Fri, 17 May 2013 23:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Groups seeking to halt execution in Mississippi http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/30/groups-seeking-to-halt-execution-in-mississippi/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/30/groups-seeking-to-halt-execution-in-mississippi/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:39:55 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238776 JACKSON, Miss. — Two organizations that help exonerate inmates using DNA evidence have asked the state Supreme Court to let them file briefs to support Willie Jerome Manning’s effort to avoid execution on May 7. Attorneys for Manning asked the court Tuesday to stop the execution. They also said they will file a clemency petition [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/30/groups-seeking-to-halt-execution-in-mississippi/feed/ 0 No package deal, but Cordish wants Sun  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/22/no-package-deal-but-cordish-wants-sun/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/22/no-package-deal-but-cordish-wants-sun/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:00:26 +0000 Alexander Pyles and Melody Simmons http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238213 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Baltimore developer David S. Cordish said Monday he still plans to bid on The Baltimore Sun, but only if he can purchase the paper separately from other Tribune Co. newspapers that are expected to be sold within the next few months. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/22/no-package-deal-but-cordish-wants-sun/feed/ 0 Buffett: ‘No thanks’ on buying Tribune papers http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/04/buffett-no-thanks-on-buying-tribune-papers/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/04/buffett-no-thanks-on-buying-tribune-papers/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:55:41 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=234772 Warren Buffett has been buying newspapers recently but says he’s not interested in the big papers owned by Tribune Co. Buffett spoke about his recent interest in the newspaper business on CNBC Monday. His Berkshire Hathaway will own 28 daily newspapers in small and mid-sized cities once its acquisition of the Tulsa World is complete. [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/04/buffett-no-thanks-on-buying-tribune-papers/feed/ 0 Baltimore Sun editor Mary Corey dies at 49 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/26/baltimore-sun-editor-mary-corey-dies-at-49/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/26/baltimore-sun-editor-mary-corey-dies-at-49/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:59:14 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=234474 Mary J. Corey, the first woman to hold the top editorial post at The Baltimore Sun, died Tuesday of breast cancer. She was 49. The paper reported the news of Corey’s death on its website Tuesday night. Corey was named senior vice president and director of content at the Tribune-owned paper in 2010, overseeing all [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/26/baltimore-sun-editor-mary-corey-dies-at-49/feed/ 0 Tribune reportedly selling off newspapers  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/26/tribune-reportedly-selling-off-newspapers/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/26/tribune-reportedly-selling-off-newspapers/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:47:39 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=234446 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Tribune Co., owner of The Baltimore Sun, will be auctioning off its newspaper properties, CNBC reported. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/26/tribune-reportedly-selling-off-newspapers/feed/ 0 Local reporter develops his own social media app  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/06/local-reporter-develops-his-own-social-media-app/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/06/local-reporter-develops-his-own-social-media-app/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 23:00:32 +0000 Shane Doyle http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214820 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A technology reporter for The Baltimore Sun has released a social media app for home improvement and “do it yourself” enthusiasts, a venture he hopes will help him better understand mobile app industry. Gus G. Sentementes’ iPhone app, NestPix, which was released April 17, gives users the ability to take pictures of their home improvement [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/06/local-reporter-develops-his-own-social-media-app/feed/ 0 New plan to raze Mechanic  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/new-plan-to-raze-mechanic/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/new-plan-to-raze-mechanic/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 13:07:42 +0000 Melody Simmons http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214504 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A local group is seeking to demolish the 45-year-old Morris A. Mechanic Theatre and replace it with two 30-story towers that would add 600 market-rate apartments to center city, a 150,000-square-foot retail complex and an underground parking garage. The $150 million project at Baltimore and Charles streets would commence this year — if hurdles are [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/01/new-plan-to-raze-mechanic/feed/ 0 Tribune bankruptcy case likely to extend to summer http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/30/tribune-bankruptcy-case-likely-to-extend-to-summer/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/30/tribune-bankruptcy-case-likely-to-extend-to-summer/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:58:08 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/30/tribune-bankruptcy-case-likely-to-extend-to-summer/ WILMINGTON, Del. — Media company Tribune Co. likely won’t emerge from bankruptcy protection until at least this summer. Tribune, which has been under Chapter 11 protection for three years, had hoped to end the case this year. But in October, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey in Wilmington, Del., rejected the company’s plan to reorganize its [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/30/tribune-bankruptcy-case-likely-to-extend-to-summer/feed/ 0 Ron Smith, WBAL’s ‘Voice of Reason,’ dies at 70 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/20/wbals-voice-of-reason-ron-smith-dies-at-70/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/20/wbals-voice-of-reason-ron-smith-dies-at-70/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:41:59 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/20/wbals-voice-of-reason-ron-smith-dies-at-70/ WBAL-AM’s Ron Smith, the long-time talk-show host known as “The Voice of Reason,” has died. He was 70. The Baltimore radio station says Smith died Monday night at his home in Shrewsbury, Pa., surrounded by his wife and family. Smith told listeners in October that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He announced on [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/20/wbals-voice-of-reason-ron-smith-dies-at-70/feed/ 0 O’Malley says he can’t support Constellation deal http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/09/omalley-says-he-cant-support-constellation-deal/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/09/omalley-says-he-cant-support-constellation-deal/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:45:37 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/09/omalley-says-he-cant-support-constellation-deal/ Maryland’s governor said he can’t support the proposed $7.9 billion takeover of Baltimore’s Constellation Energy by Chicago’s Exelon Corp. that is being considered by his state’s utility board. Gov. Martin O’Malley wrote in a letter to The Baltimore Sun that Exelon has yet to offer a proposal showing the deal will benefit the public interest, [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/09/omalley-says-he-cant-support-constellation-deal/feed/ 0