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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 was convicted...
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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Roeper's departure signals end of era
The Associated PressRichard Roeper, fresh off announcing that he was leaving the balcony of At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, may have put it best. Hours after word of his departure, he posted on his Twitter feed: "With all the old footage and the person-on-the-street...Tags: Richard Roeper, Reviews, Newspaper and Magazine, Gene Siskel, Movies
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'Wunderbar' Obama is over-the-top
The Swampby Frank James It's a given that many journalists with Chicago links are understandably excited by the thought that the next president of the U.S. could be a Chicagoan. It's arguably like Chicago hosting the Super Bowl, the World......Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, National Basketball Association, John McCain, Super Bowl
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Sharp drop in home sales in Chicago
The Illinois Association of Realtors is blaming low consumer confidence and a troubled economy for a nearly 28 percent decrease in home sales in the Chicago metropolitan area for June. The Realtors said Thursday there were 7,656 homes sold in the...Tags: Homes, Consumer Confidence, Chicago, Sales, Illinois
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Famed baseball writer Jerome Holtzman dead at 82
CHICAGO - Jerome Holtzman, a Hall of Fame baseball writer who created the "saves" rule and later became Major League Baseball's official historian, died Saturday in Evanston, Ill. He was 81. "As a baseball writer, columnist and historian for more than 50...Tags: History, Major League Baseball, Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Soccer
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Critic Roger Ebert quitting nationally syndicated show
Roger Ebert is leaving the balcony - but hinting that he's not finished with television. The famed film critic announced yesterday that he is cutting ties with the nationally syndicated program he and the late critic Gene Siskel made famous, a day...Tags: Richard Roeper, Reviews, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Gene Siskel, Movies
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The balcony is closing
Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert says he's cutting ties with the television show that he and the late Gene Siskel made famous. In an e-mail to the Associated Press yesterday, Ebert said Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the show...Tags: Richard Roeper, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert
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City tries to get guns off streets by buying them
The city of Chicago is hoping to take a record number of guns off the street this weekend. On Saturday, the city will be in the gun business, as it will pay -- no questions asked -- $100 for every gun turned in to one of 25 participating churches.... -
Chicago zoo has first flamingo eggs in 50 years
Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo are reporting the first laying of flamingo eggs in at least five decades at the Chicago facility. Ten eggs have been laid by the zoo's Chilean flamingos. Zoo officials say the eggs should start to hatch in about two weeks....Tags: Lincoln Park Zoo
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Theater goes dark for Ebert, Roeper
The curtain has come down on "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper." The aisle may vanish too. Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert and columnist Richard Roeper are cutting ties with the TV franchise that Disney-ABC Domestic Television has syndicated...Tags: Joseph L Mankiewicz, Buena Vista (Buena Vista, Virginia), Movies, Contracts, New York
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Famed Chicago baseball writer Jerome Holtzman dies
Chicago Tribune reporterJerome Holtzman, who went from copy boy to Hall of Famer in a distinguished career as a Chicago sportswriter, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 81 and was affectionately known to colleagues as "the Dean," a term reflecting his stature as a...Tags: Mass Media, Bill Veeck, Government, Public Employees, Death and Dying
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