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The Chicago Reader, or Reader (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. The Reader has been recognized as a pioneer among alternative weeklies for both its creative nonfiction and its commercial scheme. Richard Karpel, then-executive director of the ...
Robert A. "Bob" Roth (born March 19, 1947) is an American publisher and art collector who lives in Chicago. He was the founder and publisher of the Chicago Reader, one of the most influential and successful newspapers of its type. [1] He was also one of the founders and the first president of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art ...
Creative Loafing began as a family-owned business in 1972 by Deborah and Chick Eason, expanding to other cities in the Southern United States in the late 1980s and 1990s. In 2007 it doubled its circulation with the purchase of the Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper; the $40 million debt it incurred, along with an economic recession, forced the company into bankruptcy one year later. The ...
In Chicago, which then had four daily newspapers, the Reader chose to ignore the “news” and concentrate instead on the texture of life in the city: there was already plenty of politics, crime, and celebrities in the papers, so we offered features about everyday life and ordinary people. We also stood out from the crowd by giving free classified ads to individual readers--like Craigslist on ...
Career Tesser's career has spanned over five decades, and has included work as a journalist, music critic, radio host and author. Tesser was a long-time jazz critic at the Chicago Reader, beginning his work there in the 1970s. Earlier in his career he wrote Reader's Hot Type column, covering sports among other topics. [2]
Tracy Baim is a Chicago -based LGBT journalist, editor, author, and filmmaker. She is also a former publisher of the Chicago Reader newspaper. [1]
Cecil Adams, affectionately known to readers and fans and sometimes refers to himself as Uncle Cecil or Uncle Cece, is the pseudonymous author of The Straight Dope, a popular question and answer column published in the Chicago Reader from 2 February 1973 to 2018. The true identity of Adams, whether a single individual or a group of authors, has ...
Weekly newspapers Chicago Defender, 1905–present (daily between 1956 and 2003) Chicago Reader, 1972–present Journal & Topics Media Group 1933-present Newcity Sanghamam, 2001–present South Side Weekly