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The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of the non-profit Chicago Public Media, [3] and has long held the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the Chicago Tribune. The Sun-Times resulted from the 1948 merger of the Chicago Sun ...
Country of origin. United States. Headquarters location. Chicago. Publication types. Weekly newspapers, community journalism. Lerner Newspapers was a chain of weekly newspapers. Founded by Leo Lerner, the chain was a force in community journalism in Chicago from 1926 to 2005, and called itself "the world's largest newspaper group". [1]
Sun-Times Media Group was founded in 1986 under the name American Publishing Company, as a holding company for Hollinger Inc.'s American properties. It focused on newspapers, mostly in smaller markets. In February 1994, it acquired the Chicago Sun-Times, holding an initial public offering (IPO) to fund the acquisition. At the time, it was the ...
Chicago Sun, 1941–1948 (merged with Chicago Daily Times to form Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago Times, 1861–1895 (became Times-Herald) Chicago Times-Herald, 1895–1901 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Whip, 1919–1939; Chicago's American, 1958–1969 (became Today) Chicago Inter Ocean, 1872–1914 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Post & Mail, 1875 ...
It is the third-largest newspaper in Illinois (behind the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times). History. The Daily Herald was founded in 1872 as the Cook County Herald. It was initially tailored to the business needs of the then-rural northwestern portion of Cook County. Hosea C. Paddock, a former teacher, bought the newspaper in 1889 for $175.
Hired Truck Program. The Hired Truck Program was a scandal-plagued program in the city of Chicago that involved hiring private trucks to do city work. It was overhauled in 2004 (and phased out beginning in 2005) after an investigation by the Chicago Sun-Times revealed that some participating companies were being paid for doing little or no work ...
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Life and career. Simon was born in Chicago, and received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1970. Prior to joining Politico, Simon was a reporter or columnist for several newspapers, including the Waukegan, Illinois, News-Sun, the Baltimore Sun, and the Chicago Sun-Times.