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Chicago Sun Times stories: 8 news summaries
MOVIE REVIEW

 HBO Campaign Doc 
 Shows Same Cool Obama 


Jul 30, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new documentary on Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign depicts not much more or less than the restraint and measured response we’ve come to associate with our president, Ted Johnson writes for Variety. HBO’s By the People, to air Nov. 3, was not intended as an “exposé... More »

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HBO • Chicago Sun Times • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • documentary film • Edward Norton • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama campaign • Lynn Sweet

 Sun-Times Files 
 for Bankruptcy 

Conrad Black's back-tax debt does it in

Mar 31, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Sun-Times Media Group, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, today announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in the hope of “making the company fit for a buyer.” Unlike the also-bankrupt owner of its competitor, the Tribune, the Sun-Times has just one debtor:... More »

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newspaper • bankruptcy • Conrad Black • Chicago Sun Times • Chapter 11 • newspaper industry

IN MEMORIAM

Ebert on Siskel: 'He Is in My Mind Almost Every Day'


Feb 19, 09 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Ten years after the death of his sparring partner, Roger Ebert pays tribute to Gene Siskel in the Chicago Sun-Times. "He is in my mind almost every day," writes Ebert. Yes, they had a sometimes volatile relationship, but the friendship endured. “No one else could possibly understand... More »

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television • Roger Ebert • Chicago Sun Times • Chicago Tribune • film criticism • Gene Siskel • remembrance

 Trib Goes Tabloid on Weekdays 

Newspaper will be smaller on newsstands, remain broadsheet for home deliveries

Jan 13, 09 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Chicago Tribune is changing its street-sale format from broadsheet to tabloid beginning next week, the newspaper reports. The move, which will affect weekday retail editions but not subscription copies, puts the paper in direct competition with its rival, the Chicago Sun-Times, which has long published in the format. The... More »

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newspaper • Chicago • Tribune Company • tabloids • retail sales • subscription • Chicago Sun Times • Chicago Tribune • commuters • broadsheet

Mariotti Quits Sun-Times, Newspaper Biz

Future is online, decides contrarian Chicago columnist

Aug 27, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Mariotti has resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times, the controversial sports columnist tells the rival Tribune, after observing the toll the Internet has taken on newspapers. “I don't want to go down with it,” said the 47-year-old known for his contrarian opinions and run-ins with colleagues and athletes... More »

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Internet • newspaper • columnists • Chicago Sun Times • sports journalism • Jay Mariotti

Robert Novak Diagnosed with Brain Tumor

77-year-old Chicago Sun-Times columnist
in hospital for biopsy

Jul 28, 08 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newspaper columnist Robert Novak revealed today he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. A biopsy is set for today to determine if the tumor is malignant or benign. “I will be suspending my journalistic work for an indefinite but, God willing, not too lengthy... More »

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Robert Novak • Chicago Sun Times • brain tumor

That's Professor Obama to You

U of Chicago refutes Clinton claim; liberal blog backs off McCain plagiarism allegation

Mar 28, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama was indeed a professor at the University of Chicago's law school, the school said today. The Clinton campaign and the Sun-Times have said otherwise, but academic semantics back the onetime senior lecturer. The university said that title did qualify Obama as a professor—and the law school had... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • plagiarism • University of Chicago • professor • Chicago Sun Times

Black Sentence Could Be
Just 5 Years

Report doesn't back the 24-30 years feds want in media baron fraud

Nov 28, 07 1:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A confidential report prepared for the judge in the Conrad Black trial suggests that the disgraced media baron might receive a jail sentence far shorter than the 24-30 years prosecutors are seeking. The pre-sentencing report gives a much lower estimate for the scale of Black's fraud—$6.1 million, not... More »

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fraud • Conrad Black • Chicago Sun Times

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