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A nonprofit lifeline for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as more papers seek nonprofit sector help

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has avoided an imminent shutdown by selling to a nonprofit journalism operation

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Here’s what the Sun-Times accomplished in 2023 — and what’s next for 2024

As 2023 comes to an end, Sun-Times Executive Editor Jennifer Kho reflects on the top Chicago area stories of the year

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Chicago Public Media CEO Matt Moog stepping down

Moog had served as CEO since 2020, overseeing the merger of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, creating the largest local nonprofit news organization in the country.

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Veteran journalist Gilbert Bailon named executive editor of WBEZ

Bailon was most recently the executive editor at KERA, Dallas’s NPR affiliate. Prior to KERA, he spent nearly 15 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Chicago Sun-Times

Valerie Toney Parker, who preached tolerance as church leader and WBEZ exec, dies at 57

Ms. Toney Parker had just been offered her dream job as head of diversity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but colon cancer claimed her life.

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Unionized news staff at Sun-Times approves 3-year labor deal

The agreement between Chicago Public Media, the paper’s owner, and the Chicago News Guild provides for raises and improvements in company benefits.

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Why we’re launching The Democracy Solutions Project

In the runup to the 2024 election, the Sun-Times, WBEZ and the Center for Effective Government at the University of Chicago will be collaborating on a project to educate our audience about the threat to our democracy and how we can form “a more perfect union.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Nykia Wright departs as Sun-Times CEO

She joined the paper in 2017, leading it through new digital efforts and its conversion to nonprofit status as part of Chicago Public Media.

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The Sun-Times’ new chapter: Our digital content is now free for everyone

We’re dropping our paywall and making it free to read the news — but we’re still counting on your support.

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Chicago Public Media at Printers Row Lit Fest

Join the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ at the Printers Row Lit Fest for four Chicago Public Media panels on Saturday, September 10 from 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CT.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sun-Times, WBEZ lease space in Old Post Office

The arrangement, in an acknowledgement of continued hybrid work, marks a downsizing from the paper’s home on the Near West Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sun-Times names Jennifer Kho executive editor

The former managing editor of HuffPost and Guardian US will be the first woman and first person of color to lead the paper’s newsroom in its 178-year history.

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Chicago Sun-Times becomes nonprofit newspaper with $61 million in backing as merger closes

The long-unprofitable Chicago Sun-Times, which sold just over four years ago for $1, has been reborn as a nonprofit newspaper with $61 million in backing through a potentially groundbreaking merger with public radio station WBEZ-FM 91.5.

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Public radio owner buys Sun-Times in big Chicago media deal

The combination of two storied Chicago news brands has created one of the country’s largest local nonprofit news organizations

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$61 million in donations help complete Sun-Times sale to WBEZ parent

Executives said the philanthropy is pledged over five years to help the paper improve its journalism, expand digitally and continue the print edition.

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Sun-Times sale called a ‘marriage with a dowry’

The Sun-Times combination with WBEZ includes pledges of cash from foundations and a key backer of the deal.

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Chicago public radio company to acquire Sun-Times, forming joint nonprofit newsroom

The Chicago Public Media board voted Tuesday evening to move forward with its acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times, combining the long-struggling daily newspaper with resurgent public radio station WBEZ-FM 91.5 as one nonprofit multimedia newsroom.

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Board of WBEZ parent company approves acquisition of Sun-Times

The noncash transfer will not be final until contracts are approved, but both media organizations said they hope to close on the deal by the end of the month.

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