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On May 16, one day before the IPO, Facebook announced that it would sell 25% more shares than originally planned due to high demand. [298] The IPO raised $16 billion, making it the third largest in U.S. history (just ahead of AT&T Wireless and behind only General Motors and Visa Inc.).
Chicago Courier, 1874–1876; Chicago Daily News, 1876–1978; Chicago Daily Telegraph, 1878–1881 (became Chicago Morning Herald) Chicago Daily Times, 1929–1948 (merged with Chicago Sun to form Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago Democrat, 1833–1861; Chicago Democratic Press, 1852–1857; Chicago Evening Mail, 1870–1875 (became Post & Mail)
The Day Book published its last edition on July 6, 1917. It had turned a profit only one month since its founding, in January 1917. [1] It fell short of the estimated 30,000 subscribers needed to become self-sustaining [5] and far short of the 15% profit Scripps expected of his papers. [6] The Day Book was digitized by the Illinois Newspaper ...
A year later, the paper began publishing five days a week. This move came almost out of necessity; Field Communications, publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, had introduced its "Daily" papers for the northern suburbs in 1966. A brutal one-year circulation war ensued, ending in 1970 when Field pulled out of the area.
NK.pl was shut down on 27 July ending a near-15 year history of once the most popular social media in Poland. Arrival of Facebook to the Polish market being cited as one of the reasons for the departure of users and eventual closure. [41] 2021 Launch * Yik Yak relaunches on the App Store. [114] 2022 Launch
Advocacy groups from Utah to Massachusetts have hosted know-your-rights trainings to teach immigrants how to protect themselves, their friends and families from Trump’s promise to start deportations on his first day back in office.
Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008) [1] was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.
The Encyclopedia of Chicago is a historical reference work covering Chicago and the entire Chicago metropolitan area published by the University of Chicago Press. Released in October 2004, the work is the result of a ten-year collaboration between the Newberry Library and the Chicago Historical Society .