Sun Times Cuts

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

Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 05.21.2009 | Chicago


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

Chicago Sun-Times Lays Off More Staff

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


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...

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

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


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 ...

Sun-Times Owner To Cut Unprofitable Papers

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


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...

Top Shareholder Supports Ousting Sun-Times Board

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


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. ...

Ailing Sun-Times Media Group Cutting Board Members

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago


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...

Sun-Times Plans More Cuts After $168M Loss

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


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...

Sun-Times Lays Off Editorial Board Members

Journal-Isms | Richard Prince | Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago


The two journalists of color on the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board were laid off on Wednesday because of "the advertising collapse in newspapers," ...

Robert Feder Leaving The Chicago Sun-Times

Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago


Veteran radio and television columnist Robert Feder is leaving the Chicago Sun-Times after nearly three decades at the paper. Facing another round of...

Sun-Times' Gasping Leaves Us All Winded

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.27.2008 | Chicago


Esther J. Cepeda

The Sun-Times may not think Jay Mariotti's departure is a loss, but his spot-on call of the Chicago newspaper market is really a loss for us all.

Sun-Times Newsroom Facing More Cuts

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 09.27.2008 | Chicago


The Chicago Sun-Times newsroom is bracing for another round of cuts, which may or may not be eased by Tuesday's resignation of sports columnist Jay Ma...

Jay Mariotti Leaving Chicago Sun-Times

Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago


Sports columnist Jay Mariotti resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times Tuesday after 17 years as the paper's resident lightning rod. "They accepted it,'' ...