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of the Chicago Sun-Times]|format = Tabloid|owners = [Sun-Times Media Group, [Illinois 60654
|circulation = 368,062 Daily
324,074 Sunday|ISSN =|website = suntimes.com|-->The Chicago Sun-Times is an United States daily newspaper published in Chicago. Although its circulation (particularly home-delivery) and advertising revenue are smaller than those of the rival Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times makes more money on the newsstand. The Sun-Times is an urban tabloid, designed with hard-to-ignore front pages in an easily-carried format ideal for commuters on Chicago 'L', Chicago's rapid transit.

History The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city. It began in 1844 as the Chicago Evening Journal{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/269.html|title=Chicago Sun-Times|publisher=Chicago Historical Society was responsible for the [Great Chicago Fire).{{cite web|url=http://www.thechicagofire.com/exoneration.php|title=Did the Cow Do It? A New Look at the Cause of the Great Chicago Fire|author=Richard F. Bales|accessdate=2007-03-01--> The Evening Journal, whose West Side building at 17-19 S. Canal was undamaged, gave the Chicago Tribune a temporary home until it could rebuild.{{cite web]|accessdate=2007-03-01--> In 1929, the newspaper was relaunched as the Chicago Daily Illustrated Times.

The modern paper grew out of the 1948 merger of the Chicago Sun, founded in 1941 by Marshall Field III, and the Chicago Daily Times. Before Murdoch, the newspaper was for a time owned by Field Enterprises, controlled by the Marshall Field family, who also owned WFLD channel 32 since its inception in 1966. During the Field period, the newspaper had a populist, progressive character that leaned Democratic Party (United States) but was independent of the city's Democratic establishment. Although the graphic style was "urban tabloid", the paper was well-regarded for journalistic quality and did not rely on sensational front-page stories. It typically ran articles from the The Washington Post/Los Angeles Times wire service.

In 1984 Field sold the paper to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, and the paper's style changed abruptly toward that of its suitemate New York Post. Its front pages tended more toward the sensational, and its political stance shifted toward Republican. This was in the same era that the traditional Republican bulwark, the Chicago Tribune, was softening its positions, ending the city's clear division between the two newspapers' politics. This shift was made all but official when long-time Sun-Times columnist Mike Royko defected to the Tribune. However, on July 10, 2007 new editorial page editor, Cheryl Reed, announced that, "we Chicago Sun-Times editorial page are returning to our liberal, working-class roots, a position that pits us squarely opposite the Chicago Tribune—that Republican Party (United States), George W. Bush-touting paper over on moneyed Michigan Avenue."{{cite web|url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/reed/461674,CST-EDT-reed10.article|title= Time to move these pages forward -- with a return to our past|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=2007-07-10-->

After Murdoch sold the paper (ironically, to buy its former sister television station WFLD to launch the Fox Broadcasting Company) the Sun-Times was acquired by Hollinger International, controlled, indirectly, by controversial Canadian born businessman Conrad Black. After Black and his associate David Radler were indicted for skimming money from Hollinger International, through retaining noncompete payments from the sale of Hollinger newspapers, they were removed from the board, and Hollinger International was renamed as the Sun-Times Media Group.

In 2004, the Sun-Times was censured by the Audit Bureau of Circulations for misrepresenting its circulation figures.{{cite web]|accessdate=2007-04-30-->

On September 3, 2007, the Chicago Tribune took over delivery of all Sun-Times customers and store outlets.

Notable stories In 1978, the newspaper conducted the controversial Mirage Tavern investigation, in which undercover reporters operated a bar and caught city officials taking bribes on camera. In 2005 Editor & Publisher named the Sun-Times as one of the "10 That Do It Right.".

In January 2004, after a six-month investigation, the paper broke the story of the Hired Truck Program scandal, led by Tim Novak.

After erroneously identifying the perpetrator of the April 16 2007 Virginia Tech massacre as an unnamed Chinese national, the People's Republic of China criticized the Chicago Sun-Times for publishing what it called "irresponsible reports".{{cite news] Online|date=April 18 2007, the wife of Senator [Barack Obama, which said in part:

At another stop, in Atlantic, Michelle said she travels with her husband in part "to model what it means to have family values," adding "if you can't run your own house, you can't run the White House." She didn't elaborate, but it could be interpreted as a swipe at the Clintons. Michelle gets stronger all the time

The next day Senator Obama denied that the remark was about Clinton, saying that: "The whole thing about Hillary has been completely fabricated." Obama denies wife took swipe at Clinton

Staff The Sun-Times's best-known writers are the Washington D.C. veteran Robert Novak and the film critic Roger Ebert. Chicago columnist Mike Royko, previously of the defunct Chicago Daily News, came to the paper in 1978 but left for the Chicago Tribune in 1984 when the Sun-Times was purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Irv Kupcinet's daily column was a fixture from 1943 until his death in 2003. The newspaper gave a start in journalism to Bob Greene. Lynn Sweet is the Washington Bureau Chief. Current Sun-Times writers of note include Richard Roeper, Mary Mitchell, Zay N. Smith, Jay Mariotti, Neil Steinberg, Rick Telander, and Jim DeRogatis.

John Cruikshank became the publisher in 2003 after David Radler, and on September 19, 2007 announced he was resigning to head the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s news division. Sun-Times publisher leaving for CBC Chicago Sun-Times, September 19, 2007 Former Vancouver Sun editor John Cruickshank to head CBC news The Vancouver Sun, September 19, 2007

The Sun-Times in popular culture

• The movie Continental Divide (film) (1981) featured a Sun-Times columnist as a leading character.
• In the television series Early Edition, the main character mysteriously receives a copy of the Chicago Sun-Times that will be published tomorrow, making him aware of the immediate future.
• On the television series My Boys, the main character P.J. Franklin is the Sun-Times' beat reporter for the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
• In the film, Never Been Kissed (film) (1999), Drew Barrymore plays a copy editor who works for the Chicago Sun-Times.
• In the seventh season of Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore is offered a job at the Chicago Sun-Times, but turns it down because she thinks she can get better offers from the New York Times. She is rejected from the NY Times and calls back the Sun-Times to see if the job is still open for her, but it is not.

Trivia

• According to the 2005 World Almanac, the Chicago Sun-Times is the 13th most widely distributed newspaper in the United States.
• In 2002, with Kuczmarski & Associates, the Chicago Sun-Times co-founded the Chicago innovation awards.
• To enable the construction of the Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago), the newspaper moved to the Apparel Center expansion of the Merchandise Mart.

Gallery Image:New Chicago-Sun Times Building.jpg|Current Chicago Sun-Times headquarters, located in the Chicago Apparel Center, 350 N. Orleans St., owned by the Merchandise Mart.Image:Chicago Sun-Times.jpg]Image:Chicago Sun-Times Front Page 06MAR06.jpg|The Chicago Sun-Times before its most recent redesign.

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{{Infobox_Newspaper|name = |image = |caption = The April 4, 2007 front page
of the Chicago Sun-Times]|format = Tabloid|owners = [Sun-Times Media Group, [Illinois 60654
|circulation = 368,062 Daily
324,074 Sunday|ISSN =|website = suntimes.com|-->The Chicago Sun-Times is an United States daily newspaper published in Chicago. Although its circulation (particularly home-delivery) and advertising revenue are smaller than those of the rival Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times makes more money on the newsstand. The Sun-Times is an urban tabloid, designed with hard-to-ignore front pages in an easily-carried format ideal for commuters on Chicago 'L', Chicago's rapid transit.

History The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city. It began in 1844 as the Chicago Evening Journal{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/269.html|title=Chicago Sun-Times|publisher=Chicago Historical Society was responsible for the [Great Chicago Fire).{{cite web|url=http://www.thechicagofire.com/exoneration.php|title=Did the Cow Do It? A New Look at the Cause of the Great Chicago Fire|author=Richard F. Bales|accessdate=2007-03-01--> The Evening Journal, whose West Side building at 17-19 S. Canal was undamaged, gave the Chicago Tribune a temporary home until it could rebuild.{{cite web]|accessdate=2007-03-01--> In 1929, the newspaper was relaunched as the Chicago Daily Illustrated Times.

The modern paper grew out of the 1948 merger of the Chicago Sun, founded in 1941 by Marshall Field III, and the Chicago Daily Times. Before Murdoch, the newspaper was for a time owned by Field Enterprises, controlled by the Marshall Field family, who also owned WFLD channel 32 since its inception in 1966. During the Field period, the newspaper had a populist, progressive character that leaned Democratic Party (United States) but was independent of the city's Democratic establishment. Although the graphic style was "urban tabloid", the paper was well-regarded for journalistic quality and did not rely on sensational front-page stories. It typically ran articles from the The Washington Post/Los Angeles Times wire service.

In 1984 Field sold the paper to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, and the paper's style changed abruptly toward that of its suitemate New York Post. Its front pages tended more toward the sensational, and its political stance shifted toward Republican. This was in the same era that the traditional Republican bulwark, the Chicago Tribune, was softening its positions, ending the city's clear division between the two newspapers' politics. This shift was made all but official when long-time Sun-Times columnist Mike Royko defected to the Tribune. However, on July 10, 2007 new editorial page editor, Cheryl Reed, announced that, "we Chicago Sun-Times editorial page are returning to our liberal, working-class roots, a position that pits us squarely opposite the Chicago Tribune—that Republican Party (United States), George W. Bush-touting paper over on moneyed Michigan Avenue."{{cite web|url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/reed/461674,CST-EDT-reed10.article|title= Time to move these pages forward -- with a return to our past|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=2007-07-10-->

After Murdoch sold the paper (ironically, to buy its former sister television station WFLD to launch the Fox Broadcasting Company) the Sun-Times was acquired by Hollinger International, controlled, indirectly, by controversial Canadian born businessman Conrad Black. After Black and his associate David Radler were indicted for skimming money from Hollinger International, through retaining noncompete payments from the sale of Hollinger newspapers, they were removed from the board, and Hollinger International was renamed as the Sun-Times Media Group.

In 2004, the Sun-Times was censured by the Audit Bureau of Circulations for misrepresenting its circulation figures.{{cite web]|accessdate=2007-04-30-->

On September 3, 2007, the Chicago Tribune took over delivery of all Sun-Times customers and store outlets.

Notable stories In 1978, the newspaper conducted the controversial Mirage Tavern investigation, in which undercover reporters operated a bar and caught city officials taking bribes on camera. In 2005 Editor & Publisher named the Sun-Times as one of the "10 That Do It Right.".

In January 2004, after a six-month investigation, the paper broke the story of the Hired Truck Program scandal, led by Tim Novak.

After erroneously identifying the perpetrator of the April 16 2007 Virginia Tech massacre as an unnamed Chinese national, the People's Republic of China criticized the Chicago Sun-Times for publishing what it called "irresponsible reports".{{cite news] Online|date=April 18 2007, the wife of Senator [Barack Obama, which said in part:

At another stop, in Atlantic, Michelle said she travels with her husband in part "to model what it means to have family values," adding "if you can't run your own house, you can't run the White House." She didn't elaborate, but it could be interpreted as a swipe at the Clintons. Michelle gets stronger all the time

The next day Senator Obama denied that the remark was about Clinton, saying that: "The whole thing about Hillary has been completely fabricated." Obama denies wife took swipe at Clinton

Staff The Sun-Times's best-known writers are the Washington D.C. veteran Robert Novak and the film critic Roger Ebert. Chicago columnist Mike Royko, previously of the defunct Chicago Daily News, came to the paper in 1978 but left for the Chicago Tribune in 1984 when the Sun-Times was purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Irv Kupcinet's daily column was a fixture from 1943 until his death in 2003. The newspaper gave a start in journalism to Bob Greene. Lynn Sweet is the Washington Bureau Chief. Current Sun-Times writers of note include Richard Roeper, Mary Mitchell, Zay N. Smith, Jay Mariotti, Neil Steinberg, Rick Telander, and Jim DeRogatis.

John Cruikshank became the publisher in 2003 after David Radler, and on September 19, 2007 announced he was resigning to head the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s news division. Sun-Times publisher leaving for CBC Chicago Sun-Times, September 19, 2007 Former Vancouver Sun editor John Cruickshank to head CBC news The Vancouver Sun, September 19, 2007

The Sun-Times in popular culture

• The movie Continental Divide (film) (1981) featured a Sun-Times columnist as a leading character.
• In the television series Early Edition, the main character mysteriously receives a copy of the Chicago Sun-Times that will be published tomorrow, making him aware of the immediate future.
• On the television series My Boys, the main character P.J. Franklin is the Sun-Times' beat reporter for the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
• In the film, Never Been Kissed (film) (1999), Drew Barrymore plays a copy editor who works for the Chicago Sun-Times.
• In the seventh season of Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore is offered a job at the Chicago Sun-Times, but turns it down because she thinks she can get better offers from the New York Times. She is rejected from the NY Times and calls back the Sun-Times to see if the job is still open for her, but it is not.

Trivia

• According to the 2005 World Almanac, the Chicago Sun-Times is the 13th most widely distributed newspaper in the United States.
• In 2002, with Kuczmarski & Associates, the Chicago Sun-Times co-founded the Chicago innovation awards.
• To enable the construction of the Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago), the newspaper moved to the Apparel Center expansion of the Merchandise Mart.

Gallery Image:New Chicago-Sun Times Building.jpg|Current Chicago Sun-Times headquarters, located in the Chicago Apparel Center, 350 N. Orleans St., owned by the Merchandise Mart.Image:Chicago Sun-Times.jpg]Image:Chicago Sun-Times Front Page 06MAR06.jpg|The Chicago Sun-Times before its most recent redesign.

References de:Chicago Sun-Timesfr:Chicago Sun-Timesja:シカゴ・サンタイムズ