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Washington Jewish Week high bidder for Jewish Times
The company that owns the Washington Jewish Week will acquire the Baltimore Jewish Times following its high bid of $1.26 million in a bankruptcy asset auction that concluded Monday. Zvi Guttman, the appointed trustee in the case, confirmed that Route 95 Publications LLC, an entity created by the owners of Rockville-based Washington Jewish Week, was […]
Top 5: ‘It was just so blatantly unfair to do what they did’
An IPO splash by a Baltimore tech company and a look at the upcoming General Assembly legislative session are among the most-read business stories of the week. But news of the potential seizure of vehicles from a Baltimore city agency topped the list. Here are the Top 5 most-read stories: 1. Sheriff to begin seizure […]
Roebuck unhappy with Alter’s plan
The publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, embroiled in a bitter Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, has filed a new plan that would shift most of the ownership to a new group of investors led by businessman Dr. Scott Rifkin. The proposed reorganization is the latest effort of Alter Communications Inc. to exit bankruptcy. The court […]
Buerger’s struggle to keep Jewish Times has gone into overtime
Alter Communications Inc. CEO Andrew Alter Buerger’s head whipped around to face William L. Hallam as Hallam accused Buerger of playing the “Jewish persecution” card in federal court. Hallam, the attorney for Alter’s former printing company, H.G. Roebuck & Son Inc., said Buerger was unfairly making an issue of religion to scuttle the Roebucks’ plan […]
Jewish Times bankruptcy case extended
The parties involved in the Alter Communications bankruptcy case have been granted a 30-day extension to come together on a plan for post-Chapter 11 restructuring. Judge James F. Schneider had given Alter — publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times — and its former long-time printer, H.G. Roebuck & Son Inc., until Oct. 21 to reach […]
