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Posted inColumns & Opinion

These gold-medal dissenters stood up to Daley’s Olympic boondoggle dreams

by Ben Joravsky August 3, 2016August 18, 2021

Whereas most of the city’s political and civic elite were ready to lead us off the financial cliff.

Posted inBlogs

The bright side to the Reader sale—we continue to exist

by Michael Miner May 10, 2012August 19, 2021

Other suitors would have shut down the Chicago Reader, says Brad Bulkley

Clockwise from top left: former owners Bob McCamant, Bob Roth, Tom Yoder, and Tom Rehwaldt back in the day
Posted inNews & Politics

2007

by Michael Miner September 22, 2011September 14, 2021

The Reader is sold—the backstory

Posted inBlogs

The Reader’s New Publisher Is an Edit Guy

by Michael Miner October 27, 2009August 19, 2021

A former features editor of the Chicago Tribune is hired as publisher of the Chicago Reader.

Posted inBlogs

That Didn’t Work Out So Well, Did It?

by Michael Miner August 27, 2009August 19, 2021

Life at the Reader was just wonderful for a long time. Lots of stories, lots of listings, lots of ads, lots of classifieds — plus memorable staff parties and a […]

Posted inBlogs

The Easoniad

by Whet Moser August 26, 2009August 19, 2021

[You will have to forgive me for what may seem at this point like obsessive inside-baseball theorizing about what is, technically, history. But I think it’s kind of an interesting […]

Posted inBlogs

Ben Eason on what happens next

by Michael Miner August 25, 2009August 19, 2021

Creative Loafing CEO ponders the future following the loss of his company to his main creditor.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Reader enters Atalaya Era

by Michael Miner August 25, 2009August 19, 2021

Creative Loafing loses its last bid in bankruptcy court, and its main creditor takes the reins at the Reader.

Posted inBlogs

Under New Management*

by Whet Moser August 25, 2009August 19, 2021

Atalaya wins. More to follow. Here’s the new management. *FWIW, I’m totally ignorant of bankruptcy law, so I don’t know what would happen in the event of appeal, if one […]

Posted inBlogs

Auctioneering

by Whet Moser August 25, 2009August 19, 2021

And we’re off! Creative Loafing Atlanta‘s Thomas Wheatley (whose AAN-award-winning cover story about alcoholism and sobriety is a must-read) is on the scene, and reports that Ben Eason’s opening $2.3 […]

Posted inBlogs

The Crying of Lot CLI

by Whet Moser August 25, 2009August 19, 2021

Today’s auction day! Read Michael Miner’s big news about our potential new ownership. I also learned a neat new phrase in this process, facially incomprehensible. I’m just going to listen […]

Posted inBlogs

Reader Bidder Would Bring Jim O’Shea Back to Chicago Media

by Michael Miner August 24, 2009August 19, 2021

LA Times editor who was fired for bucking budget cuts would be on the board if Atalaya wins the Creative Loafing chain in an auction today.

Posted inNews & Politics

Reporting on Your Own House

by Michael Miner August 20, 2009August 19, 2021

The pitfalls of covering the publication you work for—and why you have to do it.

Posted inBlogs

The latest from Cheese Station C

by Whet Moser August 11, 2009August 19, 2021

In case you missed it: on Friday night, Michael Miner posted an update on the Reader‘s bankruptcy situation, the latest twist being a nascent deferred-compensation-for-equity swap. Ben Eason, as quoted […]

Posted inBlogs

Will the Creative Loafing Managers Line Up?

by Michael Miner August 7, 2009August 19, 2021

The present owners of Creative Loafing Inc. don’t think they can win an outright bidding war for control of the company. So CEO Ben Eason and his allies hope the […]

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