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Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend: Can the Chicago News Cooperative Succeed?

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Journalism, Chicago Reader, Old Media vs. New Media, Creative Commons, Chicago Politics, Chicago Olympics, Death of Newspapers, Wbez, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, New York Times, Cnc, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago News
Daniel Sinker

If there was a better day to announce the News Cooperative, I can't think of it. After Mayor Daley's budget address, the two major papers ran the same cover: a 24-year-old kidnapping.

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The Day Michael Miner Killed Commentary

Mike Doyle | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Local Columnists, Commentary, Chicago Sun-Times, Michael Miner, Mike Royko, Unemployment, Chicago, Death of Newspapers, Journalism, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

Miner's less than well-meaning suggestion to dispense with commentary and turn Chicago's columnists into service-oriented seat-warmers for journalists was nothing short of cowardly.

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Reader Gets New Management

Huffington Post | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Chicago Reader Bankruptcy, Creative Loafing, Creative-Loafing-Bankruptcy, Chicago News

A bankruptcy judge in Tampa has awarded control over the Chicago Reader and its parent company, Creative Loafing Inc., to New York-based Atalaya Capit...

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The Socially Catastrophic Demise of the Light Feature Story

David Murray | Posted 06.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Birdland, Mike Royko, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Journalism, Feature Stories, Chicago Magazine, Newspapers, Chicago News
David Murray

Mike Royko used to refer dismissively to the Tribune's Features department as "Birdland." Funny once. But now, maybe it's time for a bird to stand up for his land.

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Chicago Journalist Explains His Obama Vote

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Election Reaction, Election 2008, Election Results, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Chicago News

The cover of this week's Reader is one thing. The whole question of what comes next is another. I just passed a woman on the street who was saying to...

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Chicago Band Needs Your Help

Chicago Reader | Miles Raymer | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Chicago Music, Chicago Bands, Lover!, Myspace, Chicago News

Life on tour is unpredictable to say the least. You never know what kind of show you're heading to, or where you're going to sleep after you play, or ...

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As the Media Changes, So Does My El Commute

Greg Boose | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Mark Bazer, Ipod, Tv on the Radio, Nintendo DS, The New Yorker, Dan Savage, Eat Pray Love, Jimmy Greenfield, The Loop, Keith Olbermann, Redeye, Npr, El Train, Brown Line, Ira Glass, Blackberry, Time Out Chicago, This American Life, Podcast, The Believer, Chicago News
Greg Boose

My morning Brown Line commute has evolved over this past year, and it's not only because I'm now getting on at the Francisco stop rather than squeezing on at Southport.

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Chicago Reader Owner Files For Bankruptcy

Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Creative Loafing Bankruptcy, Creative Loafing, Chicago Reader Bankruptcy, Ben Eason, Chicago News

Creative Loafing Inc., the owner of the Chicago Reader, announced Monday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Washington City Paper, which is ...

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Chicago Reader Publisher Resigns

Chicago Reader | Michael Miner | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Crystal, Chicago Reader, Kirk MacDonald, Michael Crystal Resigns, Creative Loafing, Chicago Reader Publisher Resigns, Steve Timble, Chicago News

Michael Crystal resigned Tuesday as publisher of the Chicago Reader. It was a job he'd held through four-plus complicated years. During that time the ...

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