Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader is a newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, USA covering local events and entertainment.

The newspaper is published once a week on Thursday.

It is one of the best American media outlets, according to Mondo Times members.

First published in 1971, The Chicago Reader is an alternative news source and city guide. It offers information on movies, music, restaurants, apartment rentals and more. The newspaper is distributed free of charge.

This publication is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN). AAN is a group of weekly newspapers and magazines providing journalism that offers an alternative to the mainstream media in the area.

Circulation: 86,974 copies

This newspaper is owned by Creative Loafing Media.

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-- February 8, 2011 -- Mara Shalhoup is now editor of the Chicago Reader, effective March 7. Shalhoup was previously editor of Creative Loafing Atlanta. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, February 9, 2011

Interim Editor Geoff Dougherty Leaves Chicago Reader, the newspaper reported on
January 26, 2011: "Interim editor Geoff Dougherty abruptly parted company Wednesday with the Reader, which he joined last July as associate publisher. Dougherty succeeded editor Kiki Yablon, who resigned last December. Yablon, the former...

Kiki Yablon Leaving Chicago Reader, the newspaper reported on November 18,
2010: "Kiki Yablon announced to her staff Thursday that she has resigned as editor of the Reader and will be leaving the paper in mid-December. Yablon, who joined the Reader as music editor in July of 1996, rose to managing editor in...

Everybody's a Reporter
-- The Chicago Reader reported on September 9, 2010: "The city of Chicago's journalists and media advocates chalked up a First Amendment victory Wednesday, September 8, when the City Council approved a...

No Justice for Chicago Reader Investigative Reporter John Conroy
-- John Conroy spent years exposing police torture in Chicago for the Chicago Reader. Now the alleged leader is on trial, and the reporter is laid off. The Columbia Journalism Review reported in its July/August 2010 issue: "If life were fair...

Chicago Reader Publisher Alison Draper on the Firing of Editor Alison True
-- Comments posted on the newspaper's blog on June 29, 2010: "Alison Draper, publisher of the Reader, has talked a little with me about the decision she and Creative Loafing CEO Marty Petty came to to fire this paper's editor, Alison True. "It was made...

Alison True Fired as Editor of the Chicago Reader
-- On June 25, 2010, Michael Miner wrote at The Blog at the Chicago Reader website: "Alison True was fired Friday morning by acting publisher Alison Draper as editor of the Reader, the paper which True joined as an editorial...

MLB.com Alum Named Chief Digital Officer of Chicago Reader Parent Company, the
newspaper reported on May 26, 2010: "CL Inc. (aka Creative Loafing) has named Alex Kam its chief digital officer, an enormously important position in the chain of six alternative newsweeklies that includes the Reader. Kam's most recent job has...

Chicago Reader Reporter Says Mayor Daley Is the One Missing the Point, the
newspaper reported on May 21, 2010: "Mayor Daley wants to make one thing clear: it's my fault that he lost his cool yesterday and offered to sodomize and shoot me for asking a question about violence in the city. A little while ago the...

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