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Chicago Public Media, which owns WBEZ, the local NPR affiliate, announced Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 it completed a deal to buy the Chicago Sun-Times, the punchy tabloid with roots that stretch back to the mid-19th century. Final terms were not disclosed. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) Read More. 2 of 3|.
Jan 31, 2022 · With $61 million raised for the deal, Chicago Public Media acquires the Sun-Times. By Claudia Morell. Jan 31, 2022, 1:00pm PDT. Chicago Public Media and the Chicago Sun-Times have made their ...
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Jan 31, 2022 · The combination of two storied Chicago news brands has created one of the country's largest local nonprofit news organizations. Chicago Public Media, which owns WBEZ, the local NPR affiliate ...
Jan 31, 2022 · Chicago Public Media, which owns WBEZ, the local NPR affiliate, announced Monday it completed a deal to buy the Chicago Sun-Times, the punchy tabloid with roots that stretch back to the mid-19th ...
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As millions of immigrant workers entered the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, leftist organizations and unions founded their own newspapers to air perspectives ignored by the outlets under control of Hearst, Pulitzer and the other press barons of the day. The most successful example: Der Forverts, a Yiddish language socialist daily k...
The largest of these unions, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union(ILGWU), also published their own media dedicated to correcting what they called the “misrepresentation and misunderstanding, and often unfounded accusation” the commercial press levied against them. As the lead editori...
Although the U.S. and its allies emerged from World War I as victors, fear of communism – known as the “Red Scare” – spread in response to Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution. There was a crackdown on working-class and immigrant movements. Many U.S. radical and foreign-language papers closed. The Forward, however, thrived. It came to rely increasingly on...
As the garment workers organized beyond New York, they brought their emphasis on media to other cities, including Chicago. In a precedent for the Sun-Times purchase, garment workers in the Chicago Federation of Labor developed programs for and gave financial support to the federation’s own radio station, WCFL. As historian Nathan Godfried demonstra...
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Jan 19, 2022 · In a special meeting, the board voted to go forward with its planned acquisition of The Sun-Times, a deal that would make Chicago Public Media one of the largest nonprofit news organizations in ...
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Sep 30, 2021 · Chicago’s public radio station and one of the city’s most storied newspapers have announced intentions to merge. The Board of Directors of Chicago Public Media— the parent of WBEZ— unanimously approved a non-binding letter of intent for the group and the Sun-Times to explore joining together as a local nonprofit news organization. “By ...
