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Posted inCity Life

Long live the classifieds!

by Taryn Allen October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

A young person’s dive into the history of the once lucrative section and its humble future.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Future of the Reader

by Tracy Baim October 1, 2020August 18, 2021

Letter from the publisher

Posted inBlogs

Hallelujah! Reader editorial staffers ratify a contract

by Ben Joravsky October 9, 2017August 18, 2021

After almost three years of mind-numbing negotiations, a strike authorization vote, and the sale of the paper, editorial staffers finally ink a deal.

Posted inBlogs

Steve Bogira is leaving the Reader

by Michael Miner September 23, 2016March 16, 2022

The long-form senior staff writer has been with the paper more than three decades.

Posted inBlogs

What would Mayor Rahm do without Detroit?

by Ben Joravsky March 4, 2015August 18, 2021

Leave it to one of the mayor’s Republican backers—Senator Mark Kirk—to use the Detroit analogy to try to scare white Chicagoans into voting for Rahm.

Posted inBlogs

The Reader’s publisher seeks a buyer

by Michael Miner March 13, 2012August 19, 2021

The Reader’s publisher is looking for a new owner for this newspaper

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

Reader Names Mara Shalhoup Editor

by Michael Miner February 7, 2011August 19, 2021

Mara Shalhoup named editor of Chicago Reader

Posted inBlogs

Kiki Yablon’s Last Day

by Michael Miner December 15, 2010August 19, 2021

Kiki Yablon leaves the Reader, and Geoff Dougherty takes over as acting editor.

Posted inBlogs

Geoff Dougherty Comes Over to the Reader; Kiki Yablon Is Named Editor, Alison Draper Publisher

by Michael Miner July 22, 2010August 19, 2021

New leadership announced at the Chicago Reader

Posted inBlogs

Alison Draper on Alison True

by Michael Miner June 29, 2010August 19, 2021

Alison Draper on why she fired Alison True as editor of the Chicago Reader

Posted inBlogs

Alison True Fired as Reader Editor

by Michael Miner June 25, 2010August 19, 2021

Alison True is fired as the editor of the Reader

Posted inBlogs

More Chicago in the New York Times, Courtesy of Reader Executives

by Michael Miner November 19, 2009August 19, 2021

As a New York Times subscriber, I received the following email: “Your edition of The New York Times is about to get local. Every Friday & Sunday.

Posted inBlogs

Reader owner Creative Loafing has a new CEO

by Alison True November 16, 2009August 19, 2021

Creative Loafing’s new CEO is Marty Petty, formerly of the Saint Petersburg Times.

Posted inNews & Politics

Meet One of the Reader’s New Bosses

by Michael Miner September 3, 2009August 19, 2021

What the American Press Institute thinks about the future of newspapers has suddenly become very relevant to the Reader.

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