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[Cover of today's Chicago Sun-Times, printed in reverse to promote a campaign fighting gun violence toward children.]

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memos

Sam Zell Can Laugh At Self, State of Journalism

Tribune Co. owner and noted asshole Sam Zell's most charming feature might be his sense of humor. Forget about all the cutbacks at the L.A. Times and how he's trying to drop Newsday: He enjoyed the video a Chicago Tribune intern did for the rival Chicago Sun-Times mocking Zell for selling the naming rights to Wrigley Field. That's leadership! Memo after the jump via L.A. Observed.
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10:46 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By rebecca
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Latest by MrInBetween: The Pied Piper of Doom is chortling his merry way right into the abyss. more »

dateline: chicago

Adorable Midwestern City Has Own Newspaper Feud

Everything I know about Chicago, I learned from This American Life. There was one episode where they said that bridges in Chicago smell like chocolate! (That may no longer the case.) Chicago, despite not being New York, still has its very own media intrigue. Their Sun-Times recently held a video contest to make fun of Sam Zell, who owns the rival Chicago Tribune, for selling the naming rights of Wrigley Field. The winning entry was made by a Tribune intern. Awkward! She'll donate her $1,000 prize to charity. Maybe she should consider the charity called Tribune Co., which earned $160 million less in the fourth quarter this year than it did last year during the same period. Attached, some second-city smack talk and her winning entry.
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5:37 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By rebecca
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Latest by Mike_Jahn: @chgo921: Got it, thanks. I was trying to convey how strange it felt to see that much water, well over more »

race-baiting

A Rant On 'Sun-Times' Edit Lady's Resignation Over Race, Meddling

Trouble in the Windy City! Not only has the parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times put itself up for sale, but the paper's editorial page editor has finally resigned over changes made to her edit board's political endorsements. In a departing note to staff, Cheryl Reed tosses in allegations of racism and sexism over the editorials, which she says were "were rewritten by white men." And we thought white women were the problem! Our post-feminist rant after the jump. More »

12:07 PM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Maggie
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Latest by katieee: @belltolls: I still have a soft spot for the Sun-Times, don't know why. Probably because they carry Luann. @gticlutchburn: The publisher more »

newspapers

Old Journalists Think They Were the Only Ones to Drink and Shag

You wondered what qualifications Garry Steckles, a St. Kitts restauranteur, brings to his job as a consultant for the Chicago Sun-Times, which is facing imminent layoffs. Apart from being childhood friend of the Chicago newspaper's editor-in-chief, "I worked [at English newspaper Shields Gazette] from 1960 to 1964, on the sports desk... full time, straight out of school, at 30 bob a week," he writes via the comments section of an English news blog. More »

5:48 PM on Fri Jan 11 2008
By Sheila
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newspapers

How To Snag That Dream Job

One person who won't be hit by layoffs at the Chicago Sun-Times: Garry Steckles. The newspaper "consultant" is a restaurant owner in Saint Kitts, and spends as much time as he can on the beach, but "help[s] out" at the newspaper whenever he's needed. And he's just been promoted, so he's exempt from the job cuts. His secret? Steckles grew up with Editor-in-Chief Michael Cooke. [Chicago Reader]

5:49 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Sheila
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Latest by mitchel_stevens: i though the secret to all employment was blow jobs. more »

barack obama

Barack Obama "Doesn't Have Enough Fat On His Body To Make a Butter Pat"

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet is already grappling almost as hard as we are with the tough issues surrounding the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama's physique is old news to Chicago Sun-Times readers. I've worked out several times next to Obama at the East Bank Club, but alas, could not follow him into the locker room. My colleague Neil Steinberg did and reported on Jan. 6, 2006, that the undressed Obama "doesn't have enough fat on his body to make a butter pat."
Leaving us guessing as to the size of Obama's . . . commitment to sweeping policy change, Sweet then switches tack, getting Obama's reaction to the beefcake beach shot of his 'fatless' physque in this week's People. "It's paparazzi. Stop looking at it," Obama is quoted as saying. Uh, no probs, Barack: we've still got that hot Ebony spread to Snow on. More »

12:20 PM on Wed Jan 10 2007
By Emily Gould
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Latest by Steverino: Hilary butter, on the other hand, is delicious in casseroles. more »