Showing posts with label Chicago Reader. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Reader. Show all posts
Monday, November 26, 2007
Newspaper Lovers and Train Buffs
Monday, November 26, 2007
From Clark Bell:
Chicago Reader media maven Michael Miner's stinging Nov. 22 column wonders what it takes to keep a reporter on the righteous path in these dismal times. Miner's essay connects the dots between "the twin prophets of Chicago journalism, Sam Zell and John Lavine." Zell is the real estate tycoon who has crafted a deal to take over the Tribune Co., while Lavine continues his controversial quest to maneuver Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism into the modern age of media. Early posters to Miner's Hot Type link were especially ruffled by the assertion that "maybe it's OK that Zell doesn't give a damn about newspapers. The people who like them a lot are beginning to resemble the people who really like passenger trains." For more ouch connect to: http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/hottype/071122/
Chicago Reader media maven Michael Miner's stinging Nov. 22 column wonders what it takes to keep a reporter on the righteous path in these dismal times. Miner's essay connects the dots between "the twin prophets of Chicago journalism, Sam Zell and John Lavine." Zell is the real estate tycoon who has crafted a deal to take over the Tribune Co., while Lavine continues his controversial quest to maneuver Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism into the modern age of media. Early posters to Miner's Hot Type link were especially ruffled by the assertion that "maybe it's OK that Zell doesn't give a damn about newspapers. The people who like them a lot are beginning to resemble the people who really like passenger trains." For more ouch connect to: http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/hottype/071122/
Friday, September 14, 2007
The Reader on a Diet
Friday, September 14, 2007
Chicago's most famous alt-weekly, the Reader, is slimming down starting Oct. 5 when it changes from the quarter-fold format to a regular flat tabloid size, according to the Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu_phil_0913sep13,0,2454757.story). The free paper also has some additional cost-saving measures in mind, including reducing staff size and transitioning delivery drivers to independent contractors.
The changes come after the paper's recent sale to alt-weekly chain Creative Loafing, which bought the Reader in July. Like most others in the media business, the Reader's classified ad sales have plummeted with the advent of free online listings.
The changes come after the paper's recent sale to alt-weekly chain Creative Loafing, which bought the Reader in July. Like most others in the media business, the Reader's classified ad sales have plummeted with the advent of free online listings.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Alternative Owners
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
It seems no media outlet is safe from the consolidation and economic changes hitting the biz, as Chicago's own Reader just got sold to Tampa-based Creative Loafing Inc., according to Editor & Publisher magazine. The city's well-known alternative weekly, with an average circulation of about 135,000, was founded back in 1971.
The paper - which was purchased along with the Washington City Paper- will join the collection of Creative Loafing, which owns alt weeklies in Tampa, Sarasota, Atlanta and Charlotte. For more, check out E&P's news brief: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003616208
Chicago media critic and blogger Michael Miner - reacting to the news - wrote that there's some apprehension at the Reader, with the thought that the paper won't continue the kind of "serious journalism the Reader is known for" under the new ownership. Writing in News Bites, Miner notes: "How the Reader will change, and how much it will change, are questions that preoccupy everyone concerned at the moment." (For more: http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/news-bites/)
The paper - which was purchased along with the Washington City Paper- will join the collection of Creative Loafing, which owns alt weeklies in Tampa, Sarasota, Atlanta and Charlotte. For more, check out E&P's news brief: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003616208
Chicago media critic and blogger Michael Miner - reacting to the news - wrote that there's some apprehension at the Reader, with the thought that the paper won't continue the kind of "serious journalism the Reader is known for" under the new ownership. Writing in News Bites, Miner notes: "How the Reader will change, and how much it will change, are questions that preoccupy everyone concerned at the moment." (For more: http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/news-bites/)
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