The Baltimore Sun is not included in the deal. It will be sold to a non-profit formed by businessman and philanthropist Stewart Bainum Jr that will run the paper “for the benefit of the community”, the Sun wrote on Tuesday. The success of the Tribune deal hinges on securing the votes of biotech billionaire and Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who owns about 24 per cent of Tribune Publishing, and shareholder Mason Slaine, a former media executive who owns about eight per cent, according to the Chicago Tribune. Slaine and a representative for Soon-Shiong did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.