Baltimore City Paper Mocks Its Own Buyout in the Best Possible Way

So let’s say you’re a cool alt-weekly. You rage against the establishment for a living… and then you get bought out by them. That’s what’s happened to Baltimore City Paper, which was recently bought by The Baltimore Sun Media Group.

So how can City Paper establish their editorial independence from The Man? With an awesome first cover, that’s how. Today’s front page is a spot-on replica of The Sun. Although, if you look closely, they’ve changed a few key things.

Instead

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