[2] The Media Group's closure announcement happened at the same meeting immediately after recognizing City Paper staff joining the Washington-Baltimore News Guild.

[3] Russ Smith and Alan Hirsch started the Baltimore City Paper in May 1977 while students at Johns Hopkins University.

It was originally named the City Squeeze, and Smith and Hirsch published it using the offices of the Johns Hopkins student newspaper.

[4] It was best known for providing information on clubs, concerts, theater, and restaurants, but each issue also has one major article on a subject not usually being carried by the mainstream media.

In each issue there are also several political and advice columns and numerous cartoons including the weekly comic Dirtfarm by Ben Claassen III.