By Adam Pagnucco. It’s happening, folks: the Baltimore Banner has announced that it is expanding to cover Montgomery County. We have seen this coming for a while. In March, I…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Washington Post may have reduced its staff, but that might not be a problem. After all, who needs living employees when you can use AI to…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Baltimore Banner, a non-profit online news outlet founded by hospitality executive Stewart Bainum in 2022, is considering expanding its coverage to Montgomery County. Last week, market…
By Adam Pagnucco. With the Washington Post’s losses reported at $100 million in 2024, here is a key question: Why on Earth is it trying to alienate its local audience?…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about last night’s rally at which MCPS leadership, the county PTA and school district labor unions demanded that the county executive and the…
By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday morning, Maryland Matters founder Josh Kurtz announced that he was retiring from full-time journalism. Josh wrote: After planning Maryland Matters, and promoting the concept, and…
By Adam Pagnucco. Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes has quit the newspaper and blasted her former bosses on the way out. The reason? Her editor rejected a cartoon that included…
On Bethesda Today’s Rebranding
By Adam Pagnucco. Bethesda Today, which rebranded itself from MoCo360 on Tuesday, is Montgomery County’s principal news outlet. It has its roots in Bethesda Magazine, a print publication founded by…
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of yesterday’s announcement that MoCo360 is rebranding as Bethesda Today, Publisher Jennifer Farkas graciously agreed to answer a few of my questions about the…
MoCo360 Rebrands as Bethesda Today
By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo360 has announced that it is rebranding to become Bethesda Today. The outlet was purchased by Today Media, a publishing company in Delaware, last February. Today Media…