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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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How To Save Newspapers

Sally Duros | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago

Newspapers could find a lifeline to solvency and a return to social purpose in a new kind of corporate structure.

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Could Oprah Be The Sun-Times' Savior?

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 03.09.2009 | Chicago

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[Oprah] Winfrey, a wealthy Chicagoan who presides over a multimedia empire, has sung the praises of the Sun-Times in recent months with an evangelisti...

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Cyrus Freidheim, CEO Of Sun-Times Media Group, Resigns, Says No Talks With Oprah

Chicago Sun-Times | David Roeder | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago

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Cyrus Freidheim said Wednesday he will resign as president and chief executive of the company that includes the Chicago Sun-Times. Now that power has...

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Mariotti: Roger Ebert Can Kiss My Ass

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago

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In a wide-ranging interview with RealClearSports, AOL Sports columnist Jay Mariotti touched on his vitriolic exit from the Chicago Sun-Times in August...

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EXTRA, EXTRA: Chicago Tribune Launching Tabloid Edition

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 02.13.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago Tribune on Monday will hit the streets--and its rival Chicago Sun-Times--with a newly reformatted tabloid-sized version of itself for wee...

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Sun-Times Media Group Folding 12 Suburban Papers In Cost-Cutting Move

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group Inc. plans to fold 12 of its suburban papers as it seeks to trim expenses amid plunging advertising revenue. The company, which ...

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Harry Reid: The Most Corrupt of the Corrupt?

Jeff Norman | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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It now seems fair to consider the possibility that Reid and his allies might have decided to oppose any Blogojevich appointee ( as an act of political vindictiveness

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Chicago Newspapers Facing Troubled Futures

AP | F.N. D'ALESSIO | Posted 01.29.2009 | Media

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CHICAGO — A little more than a century ago, Chicago boasted 11 daily English-language newspapers. The fierce competition among them, immortaliz...

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Sun-Times Owner To Cut Unprofitable Papers

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 01.19.2009 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group Inc. said its ongoing cost-cutting efforts will reduce it to a "fraction" of its current size. The company, which runs 70 commu...

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Top Shareholder Supports Ousting Sun-Times Board

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group Inc.'s third-largest shareholder has thrown its weight behind an effort to oust the board of the beleaguered newspaper company. ...

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Former Sun-Times Publisher David Radler Released On Parole

The Globe And Mail | Paul Waldie | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago

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David Radler, Conrad Black's right-hand man, has been released on parole after serving less than one year of his 29-month jail sentence for fraud. Mr...

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Sun-Times Endorses Special Election For Obama's Senate Seat

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago

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Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn is a good man with a strong record as a reformer. So we're not questioning his integrity when we take exception to his stated inte...

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Ailing Sun-Times Media Group Cutting Board Members

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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The Sun-Times Media Group has moved to lighten its load--in the board room and on its ledgers--in the face of pressure from top shareholders agitatin...

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Database Points Way to Cheapest Parking

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

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There's got to be cheaper parking around here, somewhere. Let the Sun-Times help you find it. This Sun-Times database lets you search for parking, map...

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Why Didn't Obama's Run Help Chicago Newspapers?

Ad Age | Jeremy Mullman | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

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Barack Obama's resounding victory led to a run on newspapers around the country, but especially in Chicago, where giddy readers scrambled to grab keep...

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Sun-Times Plans More Cuts After $168M Loss

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

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Sun-Times Media Group Inc. said it lost $168.8 million in its third quarter as revenue sank amid a weak economy. Ad sales in Chicago dropped 19% in t...

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Chicago Papers Increase Press Run To Meet Souvenir Demand

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago's two major daily newspapers quickly sold out their larger-than-normal print runs of Wednesday editions, prompting each to churn out even more...

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