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

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

Halloween Pet Pimp Costumes: Not a Good Gauge of the Economy's Strength

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago


Esther J. Cepeda

I fear the fallout of this year's Great Recession has been forgotten and is now as dusty a memory as that of Black Tuesday, which occurred 80 years ago -- October 29, 1929.

Bankruptcy Judge Defers Action On Lawsuit Against Tribune Co.

AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago


WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge has deferred action on the Tribune Co.'s request to halt a lawsuit alleging that Chairman Sam Zel...

Tribune Won't Leave Bankruptcy This Year: Zell

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago


Saying his investment in Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co. represents "certainly the most amount of money I've ever lost in a single deal" billionair...

Chi-Town Daily News Founder Launches Chicago Current

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago


Next month, the former Chicago Tribune reporter will start another journalistic endeavor, Chicago Current. ...

Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times Lose Readers As Circulation Drops

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


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...

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

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago


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.

Chicago News Cooperative Launching, Will Provide Coverage For The New York Times

New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago


Former top editors of The Chicago Tribune and other journalists, backed by a public television station and a major foundation, on Thursday announced f...

10 Worst Dining Trends of the Last Decade

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style


Craig

The Chicago Tribune's Christopher Borrelli asked chefs, restaurant experts, and the owners of a food bookstore in Maine: "What were the 10 worst dining trends of the last decade?"

Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

The USW is in solidarity with Chinese and Indonesian workers who suffer abuse at the hands of their employers. It is governmental policies that injure us both and that we oppose. China cheats.

Willingham Prosecutor's Lack of Doubt Too Extreme

Amy Bach | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Amy Bach

As the Willingham case demonstrates, there's a certain kind of behavioral reaction by people who work in courts -- prosecutors especially -- that defends the system over all contrary evidence.

As It Should Be: Moving On From 9/11

Mike Doyle | Posted 09.11.2009 | Chicago


Mike Doyle

You can hold onto the past only for so long until looking backward becomes fear of moving forward. Sometimes a day should just be a day.

Chi-Town Daily News Reporter Calls Out Tribune For 'Copycat' Cover Story

Chi-Town Daily News | PETER SACHS | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago


I had a very long moment of déjà vu when I saw the front page of yesterday's Trib with a giant article (including giant photo) about a new West Side...

Tribune: Decline of a Media Giant

Chris Maloney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago


Chris Maloney

Tribune's vast multimedia holdings were supposed to act as a hedge against a downturn in any one area -- that was before the Internet and the "perfect storm" financial crisis.

Chicago Tribune Hires Scott Stantis As Editorial Cartoonist

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago


Bucking a trend in newspapers in which editorial cartoonists have become something of an endangered species, the Chicago Tribune has hired Birmingham ...

Chicago Tribune, LA Times Merge National Sports Beats

Crain's Chicago Business | Ed Sherman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago


If you're a regular reader of the Tribune sports section, you've noticed that Sam Farmer is writing columns on the NFL and Chris Dufresne is weighing ...

As Our Kids Were Dying In Wars, Michael Jackson Died In Encino

Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media


Norman Horowitz

Many ask why I incessantly write about our wars and our television coverage, and I have no reasonable answer other than what is going on makes me nuts.

False Confessions: What Would It Take to Make You Confess?

John Terzano | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home


John Terzano

Most people find it hard to understand how anyone could ever confess to a crime they did not commit. But it happens over and over again. False confessions are a well-documented reality.

Government Health Care? Not a Health Scare

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business


Andrea Chalupa

Profits have no place where people's lives are concerned, where the heartbreak and stress of raising a sick child is concerned.

University Of Illinois Faculty Slam Chicago Tribune For Biased Reporting In Clout College Stories

Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago


Nearly a month after the Chicago Tribune exposed the influence of political clout in the admissions process at the University of Illinois, a group of ...

Trust Your Newspaper's Travel Section

Terry Gardner | Posted 08.06.2009 | Media


Terry Gardner

When you tell people you write travel articles, they often reply: "Gee, all the free travel must be swell!" Not true. Newspapers have strict ethical rules that prohibit accepting freebies.

CNN Files Motion To Unseal Blagojevich Wiretaps

AP | Posted 07.24.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- News organizations are urging federal Judge James B. Zagel to unseal materials in the corruption case against former Gov. Rod Blagojev...

Why Americans Ignore the Poor

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics


Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

Urban populations across this country don't have enough food to eat in a country that pays farmers not to grow food.

Chicago Tribune Sues University Of Illinois Over Clout Admissions

AP | Posted 07.17.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- A newspaper that exposed the University of Illinois' practice of admitting some politically connected applicants despite low test scor...

Chicago News Blogs Have Put Enough Skin in the Game

Sally Duros | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago


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.