Tribune chair Ferro donates Sun-Times stake to charitable trust
Tribune Publishing Chairman Michael Ferro has donated his stake in the Chicago Sun-Times to a charitable trust. In a statement issued Wednesday, Sandra Martin, chief financial officer of Tribune...
View ArticleFormer Sun-Times, Daily News editor John A. McDonough dies at 78
It would not be an exaggeration to say John McDonough made sure millions of Chicagoans got their news. In a 41-year newspaper career, he’d kick production into high gear with wit, wisdom and five...
View ArticleSun-Times photog Jack Lenahan dies at 89; snapped Beatles, Elvis
Jack Lenahan was in basic training when he spotted a serene Marine taking pictures of him and other miserable young jarheads as they elbow-crawled through dirt. It was a life-changing moment, he told...
View ArticleFormer Sun-Times editor Ralph Otwell dies; guided investigations
When deadlines and explosive investigative stories created pressure inside the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom, Ralph M. Otwell remained calm, thoughtful and judicious, even in a journalism era when it was...
View ArticleSun-Times on the selling block — and Tribune owner wants to buy it
Wrapports LLC, which owns the Chicago Sun-Times, is poised to sell its assets to Tronc, the parent company of the rival Chicago Tribune and several other major newspapers, by June 1 if no other bidder...
View ArticleSun-Times editor: Our independent, award-winning journalism lives on
To our readers, advertisers and employees: In Tuesday’s edition of the Chicago Sun-Times, you will see a full-page advertisement announcing that we are looking for new ownership of the newspaper that...
View ArticlePotential Sun-Times sale to Tronc delayed as possible bids explored
A potential deal to sell the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader and other media properties to Tronc Inc., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, is set to be delayed for five days to allow others who have...
View ArticlePotential Sun-Times bidder drops out, others could challenge Tronc
A suburban hedge fund manager who’d been considering submitting a bid to buy the Chicago Sun-Times dropped out of the running on Monday — and the status of other potential bids to buy the newspaper was...
View ArticleFormer Ald. Eisendrath, unions competing with Tronc to buy Sun-Times
In addition to Tronc Inc., which owns Chicago Tribune, at least one other bidder is making an offer to buy the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reader. Edwin Eisendrath, a Chicago businessman and former...
View ArticleAward-winning Sun-Times graphic designer Norman B. Schaefer dies at 75
Norm Schaefer made work fun. An award-winning graphic designer at the Chicago Sun-Times and Playboy magazine, he could freely dispense movie dialogue that seemed applicable to almost any office...
View ArticleGov. Bruce Rauner, sign school funding reform bill
“Equitable sounds like equal,” Yolanda said during our lesson on the meaning and relevance of an equitable funding formula. Even my third graders know that in order for community members to receive...
View ArticleEisendrath group takes ‘big step’ toward buying Sun-Times
An investment group led by former Chicago Ald. Edwin Eisendrath and a coalition of labor unions has secured enough money to buy the Chicago Sun-Times, Eisendrath said Monday evening. The group met a 5...
View ArticleNew investors in Chicago Sun-Times revealed
The investment group that has taken control of the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reader includes a lawyer fighting to free former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a TV screenwriter, a recently retired local news...
View ArticleTribune chair Ferro donates Sun-Times stake to charitable trust
Tribune Publishing Chairman Michael Ferro has donated his stake in the Chicago Sun-Times to a charitable trust. In a statement issued Wednesday, Sandra Martin, chief financial officer of Tribune...
View ArticleDeadlines never rattled Sun-Times editor Frank Sugano; dead at 73
Frank Sugano was born in captivity in the Gila River internment camp in Arizona, where his American-born parents Leo and Kimiko were held during World War II simply because they were of Japanese...
View ArticleMatt Watson joins Chicago Sun-Times as chief digital strategist
An experienced journalist with a track record of building online readership for news content on a national scale has joined the Chicago Sun-Times as chief digital strategist, the news organization...
View Article‘Chicago Sun-Times’ letters are coming down
In just a few days, only a ghost-like outline of the letters will likely remain. The 30 letters — plus two hyphens — that make up the Chicago Sun-Times signs on the exterior of the 350 N. Orleans St....
View ArticleNykia Wright joins Sun-Times Media as chief operating officer
A corporate strategy consultant with experience in financial management, business restructuring and human resources has joined Sun-Times Media as chief operating officer. Nykia Wright’s work history...
View ArticleChicago Sun-Times moves into digital-forward workspace in West Loop
The Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Reader are now operating from renovated offices in the city’s West Loop, equipped with production studios, editing bays, a podcasting booth and other digital tools...
View ArticleSTEINBERG: Chicago Sun-Times open for business at 30 N. Racine
Fate is funny. One of her little jests was that it should be left up to me, the bookworm, whether to dump the Sun-Times library card catalog or save it. The cards, that is. Not the squat little wood...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....