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The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" [2] [3] (the slogan from which its integrated WGN radio and television received their call letters), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region.
Founded. 1865 (as the Chicago Republican) Ceased publication. 1914; 110 years ago (1914) Headquarters. Chicago. The Chicago Inter Ocean, also known as the Chicago Inter-Ocean, is the name used for most of its history by a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, from 1865 until 1914. Its editors included Charles A. Dana and Byron Andrews.
Chicago Herald-Examiner, 1918–39 (became Herald-American) Chicago Journal, 1844–1929 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News) Chicago Mail, 1885–1894. Chicago Morning News, 1881 (became Chicago Record) Chicago Morning Herald, 1893–1901 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Post, 1890–1929 (absorbed by Daily News) Chicago Record, 1881–1901.
Chicago Sun-Times. 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 ...
Star-Gazette (1828, founded as Elmira Gazette, the first newspaper of the now massive Gannett conglomerate) The Providence Journal (1829) The Post-Standard (1829) The Philadelphia Inquirer (1829, founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer) The Stamford Advocate (1829, founded as The Stamford Intelligencer)
The Chicago Daily News purchased the name and circulation of the Journal in 1929, announced on August 2, [20] which printed its last issue on August 21, 1929. [21] [7] [22] [23] But Thomason retained the Journal building and resources, and quickly launched the tabloid Daily Illustrated Times (with Finnegan continuing as managing editor).
Political history of Chicago. Politics in Chicago through most of the 20th century was dominated by the Democratic Party. Organized crime and political corruption were persistent concerns in the city. Chicago was the political base for presidential nominees Stephen Douglas (1860), Adlai Stevenson II (1952 and 1956), and Barack Obama, who was ...
3. Residence (s) Wheaton, Illinois. Signature. Joseph Medill (April 6, 1823 – March 16, 1899) was a Canadian-American newspaper editor, publisher, and Republican Party politician. He was co-owner and managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, and he was Mayor of Chicago from after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 until 1873.