The Chicago Sun-Times has been having some trouble lately (and by lately I mean the last ten years at least) and its parent company, Sun-Times Media Group, which owns the Sun-Times, is now trying to figure out what to do. Should it sell to a new company? Should it close The Chicago Sun-Times?
'It's a tough time for newspapers' is a cliche nowadays but it's true and of the two dominating papers in Chicago, the Sun-Times is a pathetic second. But still some competition is better than no competition.
Actually, Chicago's media problem is kind of a strange occurrence. Despite harsh economic times in the U.S. Chicago has been doing pretty well, growing into a city of international notoriety. You'd think that such a city could support more than one major newspaper.
Michael Miner of the vastly under appreciated Chicago Reader has been following events at the Sun-Times. What one might not get from Miner's blog though is that once upon a time, the Sun-Times was a respectable publication.
But, perhaps like newspapers soon, that's a thing of the past.
Fun fact: Even though the Sun-Times is the flagship of Sun-Times Media Group, it also owns a number of excellent community papers like the SouthtownStar and Naperville Sun.
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Dude, read this article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-080205zell-curse,1,7013508.story?track=rss
Tribune is a mess. LA just lots its third editor in two years who was supposed to be a company lackey but he quit for the same reasons the others did: he didn't want to fire anyone else. I think the company needs to split up, it's like a bad relationship where everyone involved is miserable.
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