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Vulture hedge fund can’t stop Chicago’s media ecosystem from thriving

  • By Kathleen Hayes
  • November 29, 2023

When Alden Global Capital bought Tribune Publishing in May 2021 and slashed Chicago Tribune newsroom staff to bare bones,.

Media News, Midwest, News

Chicago media struggle to tell migrant stories as thousands surge into the city

  • By Stephen Franklin
  • July 20, 2023

Baffled travelers stepping off buses into an unknown city and life. Families huddled on police stations’ floors. Painful accounts.

Media News, Midwest

Chicago Tribune creates podcast to lure younger demographic to investigative series marking 40th anniversary of Tylenol murders

  • By Bob Chiarito
  • September 29, 2022

Earlier this week, a friend of Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Christy Gutowski was walking past her 22-year-old daughter’s bedroom.

Media News, Midwest

Journalist’s book on former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan fills in gaps of two storied careers

  • By Susy Schultz
  • March 31, 2022

Ray Long is either the luckiest man in Illinois journalism or he has an inside source. His just-released book.

Opinion

It’s getting hard and harder to find a newspaper for sale

  • By Jackie Spinner
  • November 4, 2021

Late last month, my son and I were photographed outside of Columbia College Chicago for a story about my.

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