One of the most interesting stories in the news business these days is what’s going on at the Baltimore Banner. The site has the largest news staff of any local nonprofit, is unusual in employing a paywall (even as others, such as in Salt Lake City, move the other way) and just acquired the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which had been slated for shutdown after years of mismanagement and a long labor dispute.
The Banner has a principal benefactor in Stewart Bainum, and strong leadership in Audrey Cooper as executive editor (succeeding Kimi Yoshino) on the news side and Bob Cohn as CEO on the business side.
Cohn has been in his role since February 2024, after four years as president of The Economist. He previously spent more than a decade at The Atlantic, including more than five years as president there. Earlier, he was executive editor of Wired and of the Industry Standard. He began his career as a reporter for Newsweek. Cohn generously agreed to talk with me earlier this week on the heels of the Pittsburgh acquisition.
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