Time Out Chicago media blogger Robert Feder speculated about me last week, and I will address the speculation. But first things first. Feder began his post on the sale of the Reader to Sun-Times Media by asking an excellent question. J.R. Jones offered his answer Monday as the Bleader launched No Alternative Week. Now I’ll offer mine.
“It just got harder to call the Chicago Reader an ‘alternative weekly,'” Feder wrote when the sale went down. “Alternative to what?”