A young person’s dive into the history of the once lucrative section and its humble future.
Tag: Creative Loafing
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Hallelujah! Reader editorial staffers ratify a contract
After almost three years of mind-numbing negotiations, a strike authorization vote, and the sale of the paper, editorial staffers finally ink a deal.
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Steve Bogira is leaving the Reader
The long-form senior staff writer has been with the paper more than three decades.
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What would Mayor Rahm do without Detroit?
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.
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The Reader’s publisher seeks a buyer
The Reader’s publisher is looking for a new owner for this newspaper
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Kiki Yablon’s Last Day
Kiki Yablon leaves the Reader, and Geoff Dougherty takes over as acting editor.
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Geoff Dougherty Comes Over to the Reader; Kiki Yablon Is Named Editor, Alison Draper Publisher
New leadership announced at the Chicago Reader
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Alison Draper on Alison True
Alison Draper on why she fired Alison True as editor of the Chicago Reader
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More Chicago in the New York Times, Courtesy of Reader Executives
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.
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Reader owner Creative Loafing has a new CEO
Creative Loafing’s new CEO is Marty Petty, formerly of the Saint Petersburg Times.
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Meet One of the Reader’s New Bosses
What the American Press Institute thinks about the future of newspapers has suddenly become very relevant to the Reader.