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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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Bankrupt Sun-Times Looks To Pay Bonuses To 20 Executives

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 07.10.2009 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group Inc., which has been slashing jobs and closing down newspapers to cut costs, wants to pay 20 employees up to $1.8 million in bon...

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Chicago News Blogs Have Put Enough Skin in the Game

Sally Duros | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago

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Sally Duros

For nearly two decades, newspapers have been challenged to evolve into knowledge-based organizations capable of adapting to the innovations of the Web. Instead of progressing, they've been traded as chits in a greedy money-grab game by short-sighted media conglomerates.

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Murdoch's Newspaper Predictions: Printed Newspaper May Go Away, One Chicago Newspaper Will Die (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media

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News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch made an appearance on his corporation's business station, Fox Business Network, Thursday to speak to Brian Sullivan ...

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Chicago Sun-Times Newsroom Union OK's 9 Percent Pay Cut

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 06.06.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago Sun-Times newsroom employees represented by the Newspaper Guild voted Tuesday night to accept a temporary 9 percent pay cut and other proposal...

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Sun-Times May Have A Buyer: Mesirow Financial CEO James Tyree

AP | Posted 06.04.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago investment banker said Monday he is assembling a group to bid on the bankrupt Sun-Times Media Group. James Tyree, chairman ...

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How Print News Will Survive on the Internet

Mike Doyle | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago

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Mike Doyle

It doesn't matter what you were taught in journalism school, relevance on the Internet is demonstrated by disclosing who you are, what you think, and why.

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Sun-Times Group Laid Off 10 Percent Of Non-Union Staff Last Week

Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 05.21.2009 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group Inc. cut about 140 jobs companywide last week as it tries to trim costs during its bankruptcy reorganization....

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Chicago Sun-Times Lays Off More Staff

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 05.19.2009 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group Inc. cut an undisclosed number of managerial jobs this week at its flagship publication, part of cost cuts that continue through...

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Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times Columnist, Writes About Breast Cancer Battle

Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Mitchell | Posted 05.15.2009 | Chicago

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More than 500 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with breast cancer every day. On March 13, I was one of them. It was as if someone had strapped me...

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Roger Ebert Thanks Bill O'Reilly For Putting Chicago Sun-Times In His Hall Of Shame

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert | Posted 05.09.2009 | Chicago

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Dear Bill: Thanks for including the Chicago Sun-Times on your exclusive list of newspapers on your "Hall of Shame." To be in an O'Reilly Hall of Fame ...

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Roland Martin's War Of Words With Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Neil Steinberg

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.07.2009 | Media

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Roland Martin, temporarily filling in as host of "No Bias, No Bull" while Campbell Brown is on maternity leave, is profiled by the Washington Post's H...

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Chicago's Sun-Times Media Group Files For Bankruptcy Protection

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.01.2009 | Media

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CHICAGO — The owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, a storied newspaper once home to legendary columnist Mike Royko and other greats, followed its hom...

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Greg Couch Leaving Sun-Times To Join Jay Mariotti At AOL Sports

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 04.25.2009 | Chicago

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Sports columnist Greg Couch is leaving the Chicago Sun-Times after a dozen years to cover golf, tennis and college football and basketball for AOL's F...

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Chicago Sun-Times Raising Single Copy Price To 75 Cents

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 04.19.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago Sun-Times is raising its Monday-through-Saturday single-copy retail price by a quarter to 75 cents, beginning March 30....

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Chicago Sun-Times Not Outsourcing Editing Jobs To India Or Canada After All

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 04.13.2009 | Chicago

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The need to dramatically cut costs to stem losses [at the Chicago Sun-Times] remains. A plan to outsource copy editing and page designing to Canada or...

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Wall Street Journal Takes A Shot At The Chicago Tribune, In The Chicago Sun-Times

Reuters | Robert MacMillan | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago

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The Wall Street Journal turned a letter from Davison, a former Chicago Tribune subscriber, into an advertisement -- that it tried to run in the Trib. ...

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Newsrooms Must Die, Long Live Newsrooms!

Sally Duros | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago

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Sally Duros

Information has risen to the level of being a most pressing community need in our current democracy. More than ever, a newsroom must be a mission-based place.

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Don Hayner Named Chicago Sun-Times Editor In Chief

Associated Press | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Sun-Times has named Donald Hayner its new editor in chief. The 57-year-old Hayner had been the newspaper's managing edito...

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Chicago Sun-Times Editor Michael Cooke Resigns To Return To Canada

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 03.14.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago Sun-Times Editor Michael Cooke told staff today he is leaving the paper at the end of this month, a day after former newsroom colleague John B...

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Jeremy Halbreich Named New Sun-Times Media Group CEO

AP | Posted 03.14.2009 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group Inc. has picked the former president and general manager of the Dallas Morning News as interim chief executive officer and chair...

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