Alden’s buyout offer coincides with the 3rd anniversary of the Capital Gazette shooting

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June 28 marks the third anniversary of the deadly attack on the (Annapolis, Maryland) Capital Gazette newsroom that killed five: Gerald Fischman, John McNamara, Rob Hiaasen, Wendi Winters and Rebecca Smith.

The month also coincides with the buyout offer from the newspaper's new hedge fund owner, Alden Global Capital, which recently acquired Tribune Publishing.

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