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Why Roland Burris Matters to Barack Obama, Right Now

Rebecca Sive | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

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Rebecca Sive

Roland could write an epitaph on that vaunted tombstone of his that actually matters. And, Roland, take note: By doing this, you will have saved the lives of millions of American women.

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Stu Courtney, Sun-Times Sports Editor, Leaving For Tribune Web Site

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

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Stu Courtney is leaving the Chicago Sun-Times, where he has run the sports department for more than seven years, to join the rival Chicago Tribune as ...

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Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times Lose Readers As Circulation Drops

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago

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Both of Chicago's daily metro newspapers had steep declines in circulation in the six months ended Sept. 30, signaling continuing difficulties in an i...

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Sun-Times Sale To Tyree Group Completed

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVID ROEDER | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago

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The sale of the parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times was completed today, as a local group of investors led by investment banker James Tyree became...

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Sun-Times Blames Circulation Drop On Price Increase

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago Sun-Times reported a drop in overall weekday circulation in the past six months -- as the single-copy price jumped from 50 to 75 cents -- ...

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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

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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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Names Of New Sun-Times Owners Released

Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

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Businessman Jim Tyree released the names of his ten co-investors in the Sun-Times Media Group Friday. Besides Tyree, the CEO of Mesirow Financial Grou...

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Sun-Times Sale: 6-Person Union Throws Wrench Into Deal

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

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When a bankruptcy judge in Delaware approved Chicago financier Jim Tyree's $26.5 million bid to save Sun-Times Media Group Inc. from extinction last w...

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Sun-Times Sale To Tyree Approved By Bankruptcy Judge

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The way The Rev. Issac Whittmon sees it, a vital piece of his city was saved Thursday when a bankruptcy judge approved the sale of the...

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Sun-Times, Newsroom Union Reach Tentative Deal

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — A major roadblock to sealing a deal on the sale of the Chicago Sun-Times appears to have been swept away. Leaders of five unions that...

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Potential Sun-Times Bidder Says He Was Blocked From Meeting With Union

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — A major roadblock to sealing a deal on the sale of the Chicago Sun-Times appears to have been swept away. Leaders of five unions that...

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Chicago Sun-Times Sale Deadline Passes Without New Buyers

AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — No one else stepped forward with a bid for the bankrupt Chicago Sun-Times before a Monday evening deadline, leaving just one offer for...

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Chicago Sun-Times' Future Revealed At 5 P.M. Deadline

Fox Chicago | Patrick Elwood | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

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Today there is a critical deadline in the future of the Chicago Sun-Times. ...

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Sun-Times May Have Another Interested Buyer

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

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Move over, James Tyree: At least one other investor is considering bidding for Sun-Times Media Group Inc....

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Judge Approves Sun-Times Auction, Deals Blow To Buyer Tyree

Chicago Sun-Times | ART GOLAB | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

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A U.S. bankruptcy judge Thursday rejected a Sept. 29 deadline for union concessions as a condition for a group led by Chicago banker James Tyree to bi...

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The Day Michael Miner Killed Commentary

Mike Doyle | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago

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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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Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel Sign Printing Agreement

AP | Posted 09.22.2009 | Media

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CHICAGO — Journal Sentinel Inc. and Sun-Times Media Group Inc. have signed a three-year agreement through which the Journal Sentinel will print ...

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Sun-Times Union Rejects Major Concessions, Buyer Still Interested

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 09.16.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Unionized workers in the Chicago Sun-Times' newsroom have rejected demands for deep pay cuts and work-rule changes, putting at risk a ...

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Sun-Times Stands By Article That Riled Daley's Press Secretary

Chicago Sun-Times | ROSALIND ROSSI | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

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After lashing out at Sun-Times coverage of a drug raid at a rental building she owns, trusted mayoral aide Jacquelyn Heard said Tuesday that she didn'...

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Sun-Times Sale: Chicago Investor Group Bids To Buy Embattled Newspaper Group

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 11.08.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Struggling newspaper publisher Sun-Times Media Group said Tuesday that a private investor group led by Chicago banker James Tyree will...

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Sun-Times Group Closes Area Printing Plant As Cash Gets Tight

AP | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The Chicago Sun-Times' parent company is closing a suburban printing plant, which is expected to cost 70 jobs. Sun-Times spokeswoman ...

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Is Bernie Goldberg Right? Had Bush "In Fact Volunteered to Go to Vietnam?"

Thomas Lipscomb | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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Thomas Lipscomb

Bernard Goldberg has unearthed a "lost fact" in the Rathergate mess: that George W. Bush volunteered to serve in Vietnam. Until valid paperwork is produced, that claim will remain a supposition.

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Bob Novak and Me: A Journalistic Journey From Old School to New School and Back

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago

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Esther J. Cepeda

Novak taught me -- and the country -- that there is great power in sashaying behind closed doors, digging for the truth, and then getting it out there.

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SouthtownStar Going Tabloid, Scrapping Saturday Edition

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group's south suburban SouthtownStar newspaper is eliminating its Saturday edition in favor of a Sunday-through-Friday publication sch...

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Sun-Times Skips Employee Pension Plan Payments

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir and Lorene Yue | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group Inc. has skipped paying its quarterly contribution into several employee pension plans....

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