The Gazette, founded in 1727 as The Maryland Gazette, is one of the oldest newspapers in America. Its modern-day descendant, The Capital, was acquired by The Baltimore Sun Media Group in 2014. Previously, it was owned by the Capital Gazette Communications group, which published The Capital, Bowie Blade-News, Crofton-West County Gazette, and Capital Style Magazine. The Gazette and their sister publications have been composed and printed in numerous locations, all in the Annapolis area, for more than 270 years. The company has moved headquarters seven times, including from 3 Church Circle to 213 West St. in 1948, to 2000 Capital Drive in 1987 and to Bestgate Road in September 2014. As of 2021, the newspaper posts to its website daily and publishes print editions on Wednesdays and Sundays. 18th century William Parks The Maryland Gazette was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in 1727 and published through 1734 by William Parks. Parks moved to Virginia in 1736. The newspaper was both Maryland and the South's first publication, as well as the sixth in the colonies. Publication became irregular after 1730, before being discontinued in 1734. The Gazette began as a half folio sheet with double columns printed on both sides. Parks modelled his format after British weekly papers such as the Spectator or the Tattler. It later expanded to full folio, presenting four pages with essays, news, and advertisements. Jonas Green The Gazettes second publisher was Jonas Green, a former protégé of Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. On January 17, 1745, he revived the weekly paper, distributing it at the post office and printing office on Charles Street. The Gazettes early masthead read as follows: "Annapolis, Printed by Jonas Green at his Printing Office on Charles Street; where all persons may be supplied with this Gazette at twelve shillings, six pence a year, and Advertisements of moderate length are inserted for 5 shillings the First Week and 1 shilling each time thereafter; and long ones in proportion." Money was sometimes hard to come by, so Green sometimes traded an ad or a subscription for supplies. His wife, Anne Catherine Hoof Green, also helped to make ends meet by selling homemade chocolates at the post office. Jonas Green was known as a "wit and bon vivant" for his "mystifying conundrums and atrocious puns". Jonas Green spoke out against the Stamp Tax frequently, giving weekly notices of the tax, speeches made against it, and its