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Chicago Sun, 1941–1948 (merged with Chicago Daily Times to form Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago Times, 1861–1895 (became Times-Herald) Chicago Times-Herald, 1895–1901 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Whip, 1919–1939; Chicago's American, 1958–1969 (became Today) Chicago Inter Ocean, 1872–1914 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Post & Mail, 1875 ...
The Chicago Sun-Times has claimed to be the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city. That claim is based on the 1844 founding of the Chicago Daily Journal, [4] which was also the first newspaper to publish the rumor, now believed false, that a cow owned by Catherine O'Leary was responsible for the Chicago fire of 1871. [5]
An 1870 advertisement for Chicago Tribune subscriptions The lead editorial in the Chicago Tribune following the Great Chicago Fire. The Tribune was founded by James Kelly, John E. Wheeler, and Joseph K. C. Forrest, publishing the first edition on June 10, 1847. Numerous changes in ownership and editorship took place over the next eight years.
Chicago Daily News (1875–1978) [26] The Chicago Day Book (1911–1917) [27] Chicago Democrat (1857) [28] Chicago Evening Post; Chicago Inter Ocean; Chicago Jewish Star (1991–2018) – Skokie; Chicago Press and Tribune (1857) [29] Chicago's American (1900-1939) [30] Chicago Times; Chicago Whip (1919–1939) Commercial Bulletin [31]
Tribune Publishing Company (briefly Tronc, Inc.) [2] is an American newspaper print and online media publishing company. The company, which was acquired by Alden Global Capital in May 2021, has a portfolio that includes the Chicago Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel, South Florida's Sun-Sentinel, The Virginian-Pilot, the Hartford Courant, additional titles in Pennsylvania and Virginia, syndication ...
Two major daily newspapers are published in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times.The former has the larger circulation. There are also a number of regional and special-interest newspapers such as the Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), SouthtownStar, the Chicago Defender, RedEye, Third Coast Press, Hypertext Magazine and the Chicago Reader.
In 2005, Hollinger merged the 80-year-old Lerner Newspapers chain into Pioneer Press, Pioneer's first real inroads into the city of Chicago. Despite announcements by Publisher Larry Green that Pioneer intended to "grow" the Lerner Papers, over the course of the next six months, Pioneer dumped the venerable Lerner name, shut down most of its editions and laid off most of its employees.
Robert Rutherford "Colonel" McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American publisher, lawyer, and businessman.. A member of the McCormick family of Chicago, McCormick became a lawyer, Republican Chicago alderman, distinguished U.S. Army officer in World War I, and eventually owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper.