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Sun-Times halts delivery to more newsstands

From Crain’s Chicago Business | The Chicago Sun-Times will leave stores and restaurants in Michigan’s Harbor Country and on the Wisconsin border without a Sunday edition, as part of its plan to stop delivering its Sunday paper to newsstands outside the six-county Chicago area and two counties in Indiana.

More staff cuts at the Chicago Sun-Times

From Crain’s Chicago Business | Chicago-based company Sun-Times Media LLC is cutting jobs across the company, including at the Chicago Sun-Times, the Post-Tribune in Merrillville, Ind., and the Southtown Star in Tinley Park.

Sun-Times Media expands Blockshopper deal

Sun-Times Media, the owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers, said Monday it has expanded its partnership Blockshopper.com to offer real estate news and information to online readers and advertisers. Get the full story »

Alison True out as Chicago Reader editor

Alison True, who started in the mailroom of the Chicago Reader in 1984, is out as its editor. True had been the Reader’s editor for 15 1/2 years and guided the free weekly through traumatic budget squeezes, trying to retain its essence despite ownership changes and diminished resources that required her to cut loose many of the paper’s best writers.

Tribune Co. examiner asks for extension

The independent examiner charged with investigating claims of “fraudulent conveyance” in the Tribune Co. bankruptcy case asked Wednesday for a 15-day extension for filing his report.

That would likely delay a set of confirmation hearings in the case scheduled for Aug. 16 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.

“The examiner’s request…is not unexpected,” Tribune Co. said in a statement. “Although it may delay our confirmation hearing for a short period of time, we are supportive of the request in the interest of enabling the examiner to do a thorough and complete review.”
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