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The Chicago Sun-Times, one of two major daily newspapers in Chicago, is the flagship newspaper in the Sun-Times Media Group, which also owns an array of publications in the Chicago area. The company was known as Hollinger International Inc. when it was controlled by Canadian media baron Conrad Black through Ravelston Corp., a Canadian holding company. The Sun-Times had a succession of owners after it was sold to Rupert Murdoch in 1984 by Marshall Field IV, whose family had owned it for decades. Black and three former Hollinger executives, Peter Atkinson, John Boultbee and Mark Kipnis, were convicted of fraud in connection with bogus non-compete payments at Chicago-based Hollinger. Black also...
The Chicago Sun-Times, one of two major daily newspapers in Chicago, is the flagship newspaper in the Sun-Times Media Group, which also owns an array of publications in the Chicago area. The company was known as Hollinger International Inc. when it was controlled by Canadian media baron Conrad Black through Ravelston Corp., a Canadian holding company. The Sun-Times had a succession of owners after it was sold to Rupert Murdoch in 1984 by Marshall Field IV, whose family had owned it for decades. Black and three former Hollinger executives, Peter Atkinson, John Boultbee and Mark Kipnis, were convicted of fraud in connection with bogus non-compete payments at Chicago-based Hollinger. Black also was convicted of obstruction of justice for taking 13 boxes out of his Toronto office during the federal probe.
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Chicago's black politicians building own dynasties
Associated Press WriterIn a city where the mayor holds the job his father once did, politics can seem little different from the early years of the legendary Democratic Machine. But the faces of political privilege, long dominated by white ethnic groups, have changed as powerful...Tags: Dan Hynes, Elections, DePaul University, Referenda, John F. Kennedy
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Daley says politics won't taint layoffs
Despite a history of political hiring, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is scoffing at a federal hiring monitor's demand for guarantees the threatened layoff of city employees due to a huge budget deficit won't turn into a political purge. Daley said Tuesday...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Labor Markets, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Labor Legislation
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Recent Illinois Editorials
Occasionally, we are pleasantly surprised. Like on Tuesday, when the state Senate took action to kill raises for themselves and other state officials. The vote was surprising because the raises seemed to be a done deal. The state's Compensation Review...Tags: Francis George, Elections, George Ryan, Crystal Lake, Prisons
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Man injured trying to slide down theater railing
Even after more than 30 years, fans are still falling for Steely Dan. It happened Saturday night in Chicago, when a man trying to slide down a stairwell railing fell two floors during a Steely Dan concert. He was hospitalized in stable condition. His... -
More than 100 displaced by West Chicago fire
Authorities say more than 100 people have been displaced after a three-alarm fire at a multiunit apartment complex in West Chicago. The West Chicago Fire Protection District says the fire was reported at 8:52 p.m. Sunday at a 24-unit apartment complex on...Tags: Injuries, Fires
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Senator: Illinois Senate President Jones retiring
Associated Press WriterEmil Jones, an unabashedly Machine-bred Chicago politician who was one of Barack Obama's first political mentors, is stepping down as Illinois Senate president, a high-ranking state senator confirmed Monday. Sen. Rickey Hendon of Chicago told The...Tags: Executive Branch, Upper House, Government, Michael Madigan, Parliament
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Curtain falls on quality
This weekend, when Roger Ebert severs ties with the nationally syndicated movie review show that had been his broadcast pulpit for most of its 33 years, when jumpy Richard Roeper (who replaced lanky Gene Siskel in 2000) bids adieu to the sacred cultural...Tags: Charlie Sheen, Ryan Seacrest, Robert Altman, Washington Post Company, Conservation
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Sun-Times Media Group to outsource classified ad sales
Sun-Times Media Group Inc. said its principal operating group, Sun-Times News Group, is outsourcing the bulk of its classified-advertising sales operations to Classified Plus Inc. of Buffalo. The publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers...Tags: Sales
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Sun-Times to outsource all classified ads after 'successful' test
Tribune reporterSun-Times Media Group Inc. said its principal operating group, Sun-Times News Group, is outsourcing the bulk of its classified-advertising sales operations to an outside provider, Classified Plus Inc. of Buffalo. The publisher of the struggling Chicago... -
'Thunder' to challenge 'Knight'
'Tropic Thunder," the action comedy that opened Wednesday, may have a shot at dethroning "The Dark Knight" as the No. 1 movie at the box office this weekend. Here's a sampling of reviews: Gory, vulgar and wickedly funny. Easily the summer's best...Tags: The Dark Knight, Mirrors, Roger Ebert, Kiefer Sutherland, Tropic Thunder
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Played dual role for stars, students
Special to the Chicago TribuneDuring the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as police clashed outside the International Amphitheatre with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War, an outraged Mayor Richard J. Daley shouted to band conductor Leo J. Henning to "kick it up a...Tags: Jimmy Durante, Christianity, Teen-agers, Death and Dying, Orland Park
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Chicago gets its very own HuffPo site
As Arianna Huffington talked on the phone about hopes and dreams for one child, she was interrupted in midsentence by another. The Huffington Post Chicago, her national Web site's first local franchise, is set to make its debut this week. But it was...Tags: West Palm Beach, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Tribune Co., John Cusack, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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