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Chicago Reader
TypeAlternative weekly
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Reader Institute for Community Journalism (nonprofit)
PublisherSolomon Lieberman
EditorSalem Collo-Julin
FoundedOctober 1, 1971;52 years ago(1971-10-01)
Headquarters2930 S. Michigan Ave.
Suite 102
Chicago, Illinois60616
United States
Circulation60,000 (as of June 2020)
ISSN1096-6919
Websitechicagoreader

TheChicago Reader,orReader(stylized asЯEADER), is an Americanalternative newspaperinChicago,Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. TheReaderhas been recognized as a pioneer among alternative weeklies for both itscreative nonfictionand its commercial scheme. Richard Karpel, then-executive director of theAssociation of Alternative Newsweeklies,wrote:

[T]he most significant historical event in the creation of the modern alt-weekly occurred in Chicago in 1971, when theChicago Readerpioneered the practice of free circulation, a cornerstone of today's alternative papers. TheReaderalso developed a new kind of journalism, ignoring the news and focusing on everyday life and ordinary people.[1]

TheReaderwas founded by a group of friends fromCarleton College,[2]and four of them remained its primary owners for 36 years. While annual revenue reached an all-time high of $22.6 million in 2002,[3]double what it had been a decade earlier, profits and readership then went into steep decline, and ownership changed several times between 2007 and 2018. In 2022, the owners transferred theReaderto a new non-profit organization, the Reader Institute for Community Journalism.

On June 22, 2020, theReader,citing a 90% drop in advertising revenue due to COVID-19 shutdowns, announced that it was pivoting from a weekly to a biweekly print schedule, with a renewed focus on digital content and storytelling and a refreshed special issues calendar.[4]The Reader returned to weekly publishing in June 2024. TheReaderis dated every Thursday and distributed free on Wednesday and Thursday via street boxes and cooperating retail outlets. As of June 2020,the paper claimed to have nearly 1,200 locations in the Chicago metropolitan area and circulation of 60,000,[4]a fraction of what circulation had been in the mid-2000s. TheReaderremains among the largest and most successful alternative newspapers in the country. Weekly readership had once been put at 450,000.[5]

Publication history

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1971–1995

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The Chicago Readerwas founded byRobert A. Roth,who grew up in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. His ambition was to start a weekly publication for young Chicagoans like Boston'sThe PhoenixandBoston After Dark.Those papers were sold on newsstands but were also given away, mostly on campuses, to bolster circulation. Roth believed that 100-percent free circulation would work better, and he persuaded several friends fromCarleton College,including Robert E. McCamant, Thomas J. Rehwaldt and Thomas K. Yoder, to join him in his venture. They scraped together about $16,000 in capital[6]and published the first issue, 16 pages, on October 1, 1971.[2][7]

One year later, in its first anniversary issue, theReaderpublished an article titled "What Kind of Paper is This, Anyway?" in which it answered "Questions we've heard over and over in the past year." This article reported that the paper had lost nearly $20,000 in its first ten months of operation but that the owners were "confident it will work out in the end." It explained the rationale behind free circulation and the paper's unconventional editorial philosophy: "Why doesn't theReaderprint news?Tom Wolfewrote us, 'The Future of the newspaper (as opposed to the past, which is available at every newsstand) lies in your direction, i.e., the sheet willing to deal with "the way we live now."' That sums up our thoughts quite well: we find street sellers more interesting than politicians, and musicians more interesting than the Cubs. They are closer to home. "[8]

In its early years the Reader was published out of apartments shared by the owner-founders, Roth, McCamant, Rehwaldt and Yoder. The first apartment was inHyde Park—the University of Chicago neighborhood on the south side of Chicago—and the second was inRogers Parkon the far north side. Working for ownership in lieu of pay, the owner-founders ultimately owned more than 90% of the company.[2][9]In 1975 the paper began to earn a profit, incorporated, and rented office space in the downtown area that later came to be known asRiver North.

In 1979, a reporter for theDaily HeraldofArlington Heights, Illinois,called theReader"the fastest growing alternative weekly in the U.S."[2]In 1986, an article in the Chicago Tribune estimated theReader's annual revenues at $6.7 million.[6]In 1996,Crain's Chicago Businessprojected revenue of $14.6 million.[10]The National Journal's Convention Daily (published during the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago) reported that theReaderwas "an enormous financial success. It's now as thick as many Sunday papers and is published in four sections that total around 180 pages." This report put the circulation at 138,000.[11]

1995–2006

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TheReaderbegan experimenting with electronic distribution in 1995 with an automated telephone service called "SpaceFinder", which offered search and "faxback" delivery of the paper's apartment rental ads, one of its most important franchises. Later in 1995 the paper's "Matches"personal adswere made available on the Web, and in early 1996 the SpaceFinder fax system was adapted for Web searching. Also in 1996 theReaderpartnered with Yahoo to bring its entertainment listings online and introduced a Web site and an AOL user area built around its popular syndicated column "The Straight Dope".

TheReaderbecame so profitable in the late 1990s that it added a suburban edition,The Reader's Guide to Arts & Entertainment,but by 2006 it was operating at a loss.[12]It faced severe competitive pressure starting near the turn of the century, as some of its key elements became widely available online. Websites offered entertainment listings, schedules, and reviews. Classified ads, a major source of revenue in the 1990s, migrated toCraigslistand other online services that published ads for free and made them easily searchable.

By 2000 much of the paper's content was available online, but theReaderstill resisted publishing a Web version of the entire paper. It concentrated on database information like classifieds and listings, leaving the long cover stories and many other articles to be delivered in print only.[13]In 2005, when many similar publications had long been offering all their content online, theReaderbegan offering its articles in PDF format, showing pages just as they appeared in print — an attempt to provide value to the display advertisers who accounted for much of the paper's revenue. By 2007 the PDFs were gone and all of the paper's content was available online, along with a variety of blogs and Web-only features.

A 2008 article in theColumbia Journalism Reviewby Edward McClelland, a formerReaderstaff writer (then known as Ted Kleine), faulted theReaderfor having been slow to embrace the Web and suggested that it had trouble appealing to a new generation of young readers. "Alternative weeklies are expected to be eternally youthful", McClelland wrote. "TheReaderis finding that a tough act to pull off as it approaches forty. "[14]He also suggested theReaderhad grown complacent "because it was still raking in ad profits through the early 2000s" and its troubles were aggravated by a 2004 makeover that included "features on fashion" and a "tattooed, twenty-seven-year-old stripper" writing a late-night party column.[15]"The feeling was theReaderhad to be reinvented... and change its character. "[15]

2007–2017

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After being owned by the same four founders since 1971, ownership of theReaderchanged several times between 2007 and 2018.

The precipitous decline in profits from 2004 to 2006 prompted owner-founder Tom Rehwaldt to file a lawsuit against the company. This lawsuit led to the sale of theReaderand its sibling,Washington City Paper,toCreative Loafingin July 2007, publisher of alternative weeklies inAtlanta,Georgia;Charlotte, North Carolina;andTampaandSarasota, Florida.[9]Creative Loafing filed for bankruptcy in September 2008.[16]In August 2009, the bankruptcy court awarded the company to Creative Loafing's chief creditor, Atalaya Capital Management,[17]which had loaned $30 million to pay for most of the purchase price for theReaderand theWashington City Paper.[18]

In late 2007, under a budget cutback imposed by the new owners at Creative Loafing, theReaderlaid off several of its most experienced journalists, including John Conroy, Harold Henderson, Tori Marlan and Steve Bogira.[19]The paper had de-emphasized the tradition of offbeat feature stories in favor of theme issues and aggressive, opinionated reporting on city government, for example its extensive coverage of tax increment financing (TIFs) by Ben Joravsky, who has been a staff writer since the 1980s. Though the staff was much smaller than it was before the sale, many other key figures remained as of June 2010, including media critic Michael Miner, film critic J.R. Jones, arts reporter Deanna Isaacs, food writer Mike Sula, theater critic Albert Williams, and music writersPeter Margasakand Miles Raymer. In November 2009,James Warren,former managing editor for features at theChicago Tribune,was named president and publisher.[20]In March, 2010, Warren resigned.[21]In June, longtime editor Alison True was fired by acting publisher Alison Draper and Creative Loafing CEO Marty Petty, sparking outrage among the paper's remaining audience.[22]In July, Draper was named publisher, managing editor Kiki Yablon was promoted to editor, and Geoff Dougherty was named associate publisher. Dougherty had founded and subsequently closed the online Chi-Town Daily News and its successor, the print-and-online Chicago Current, which he closed to take theReaderjob.[23]

In 2012, theChicago Readerwas acquired byWrapportsLLC, parent company of theChicago Sun-Times.[24]

Managing editor Jake Malooley was formally named Editor-in-Chief in July 2015.[25]In February 2018 Malooley was fired by phone at O'Hare Airport as he returned from his honeymoon[26]by newly appointed Executive Editor Mark Konkol.[27]Konkol was fired by Sun-Times Media only 19 days after his appointment, following the publication of a controversial editorial cartoon that was deemed to berace baiting.[28]

On July 13, 2017, a consortium consisting of private investors & theChicago Federation of Labor,led by businessman & former Chicago aldermanEdwin Eisendrath,through Eisendrath's company, ST Acquisition Holdings, acquired theChicago Sun-Timesand theChicago Readerfrom Wrapports, beating out Chicago-based publishing companyTroncfor ownership.[29][30]

2018–2024

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Effective October 1, 2018, Sun-Times Media sold theReaderto a private investment group, which formed anL3Cto make the purchase. The major investors were Chicagoans Elzie Higginbottom and Leonard Goodman.Tracy Baimwas named publisher andAnne Elizabeth Mooreeditor.[31]Moore's tenure as editor was short-lived; she abruptly departed in March 2019.[32]In June 2019 Karen Hawkins and Sujay Kumar were announced as new editors in chief, previously managing editors who had been serving as interim editors in chief following Moore's departure.[33]In November 2020, theReaderannounced co-editor Hawkins would also serve as co-publisher with Baim,[34]while Baim was also made president.

On June 22, 2020, theReader,citing a 90% drop in advertising revenuedue to COVID-19 shutdowns,announced that it was pivoting from a weekly to a biweekly print schedule, with a renewed focus on digital content and storytelling and a refreshed special issues calendar.[35]

On May 16, 2022, ownership of theReaderwas transferred to the new non-profit organization Reader Institute for Community Journalism. The transfer had been delayed by a debilitating public dispute between publisherTracy Baimand then-editor in chief Karen Hawkins on one side, and co-owner Leonard Goodman on the other, in 2021 and 2022.

Goodman, who had submitted a semi-regular column for theReadersince he and Higginbottom acquired the newspaper, wrote one (edited by Hawkins) in November 2021 about his hesitancy to vaccinate his young daughter against COVID-19.[36]

After the column appeared in print, objections from the editorial staff and a public outcry prompted Baim and Hawkins to first defend the column (Hawkins tweeted in defense of it and privately assured Goodman the column was "bulletproof" ) before changing their minds and commissioning a post-publication fact-check that found multiple inaccuracies and errors. Baim proposed publishing the fact-check online with the column, but Goodman and allied board members accused Baim of censorship and demanded her resignation before allowing the transfer to a nonprofit; she refused. Baim, Goodman, and the board remained in a stalemate for months, unable to reach an agreement.

In April 2022 the newspaper's editorial union, saying the dispute threatened the future of the newspaper, mounted a public pressure campaign that culminated in protests outside of Goodman's mansion,[37]and after two weeks, he agreed to give up ownership and allow the transfer to a nonprofit.

In June 2022, Hawkins left theReader.In August, Baim announced that she would resign by the end of the year.[38]Enrique Limón, who previously worked for theSanta Fe ReporterandSalt Lake City Weekly,joined the newspaper as editor in chief in October 2022.[39]He resigned in February 2023. Solomon Lieberman was hired as new CEO and publisher in February 2023.[40]Salem Collo-Julin was named editor in chief in March 2023.[41]

In May 2024, the newspaper announced it would return to a weekly print schedule.[42]

Content

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TheReaderwas designed to serve young readers, mostly singles in their 20s, who in the early 1970s lived in distinct neighborhoods along Chicago's lakefront, such asHyde Park,Lincoln Park,andLake View.[2]Later this demographic group moved west, to neighborhoods likeWicker Park,Bucktown,andLogan Square,and theReadermoved with them. The paper's appeal was based on a variety of elements. Most obvious early on was a focus on pop culture for a generation who were not served by the entertainment coverage of daily newspapers. Like many alternative weeklies, theReaderrelied heavily on coverage and extensive listings of arts and cultural events, especially live music, film, and theater.

As the paper prospered and its budget expanded, investigative and political reporting became another important part of the mix.Readerarticles by freelance writer David Moberg are credited with helping to elect Chicago's first black mayor, the lateHarold Washington.[14]Staff writer John Conroy wrote extensively, over a period of more than 17 years, on police torture in Chicago; his reporting[43]was instrumental in the ouster and prosecution of Commander Jon Burge, the leader of a police torture ring, and in the release of several wrongly convicted prisoners from death row.[44]

TheReaderwas perhaps best known for its deep, immersive style of literary journalism, publishing long, detailed cover stories, often on subjects that had little to do with the news of the day. An oft-cited example is a 19,000-word article on beekeeping by staff editor Michael Lenehan.[45]This article won theAAAS Westinghouse Science Journalism Award,awarded by theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science,in 1978.[2][46]Steve Bogira's 1988 article "A Fire in the Family" used an apartment-building fire as the starting point for a 15,000-word chronicle of life among the underclass, following three generations of a west-side family and touching on urban issues such as addiction, discrimination, crime, andteen pregnancy.[47]It won the Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism, awarded by the Chicago Headline Club. Ben Joravsky's "A Simple Game" followed a public high school basketball team for a full year.[48]Published in two parts, a total of 40,000 words, it was reprinted in the anthologyBest American Sportswriting1993.ContributorLee Sandlin's two-part 1997 essay, “Losing the War,”[49]was later adapted for broadcast by the public radio showThis American Life[50]and it was anthologized in a 2007 collection,The New Kings of Nonfiction.[51]TheReaderhas won 30 Alternative Newsweekly Awards since 1996.[52]

Another element of theReader's appeal was its free classified ads to individuals.[2]Ads were seen as another source of information alongside the journalism and listings.[2]

Design and format

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The original look of theChicago Readerin 1971 was devised by owner-founder Bob McCamant. In 2004, a redesign by theBarcelona,Spain, firm of Jardi + Utensil introduced a new logo and extensive use of color, including a magazine-style cover.[53]In 2007, under the ownership of Creative Loafing, the paper was converted to a single-section tabloid.[54]In 2010, Publisher Alison Draper hired Chicago-based redesign consultant Ron Reason to help revamp the publication. Among changes introduced were a revitalized and rebranded music section titled B Side,[55]an improvement in the paper's advertising design, quality glossy paper stock for covers and key inside spreads, and editorial destinations shepherded primarily by new editor Mara Shalhoup. A post-redesign checkup several months later revealed a robust page count, innovations in social media and reader engagement, and strong commitment from advertisers.[56]

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"The Straight Dope",by the pseudonymous[57]Cecil Adams, was theChicago Reader's first weekly column and one of the first features to be widely syndicated in the alternative press, at one time appearing in 35 papers.[58]It was started on 2 February 1973 by Michael Lenehan[59]and later written by Dave Kehr.[57]In 1978 it was taken over byEd Zotti,[60]who continued to serve as Cecil's "assistant" as of January 2010. In 1984, Chicago Review Press publishedThe Straight Dope,a compilation of columns; the cover named Cecil Adams as author and Zotti as editor. The title was picked up and republished by Ballantine, which published four more volumes between 1988 and 1999. In 1996, The Straight Dope became a user area onAOL;a short-lived TV series, produced by Andrew Rosen, on the A&E Network;[61]and aWeb site,Straightdope, which was named one ofPC Magazine's Top 101 Web Sites[62]and as of January 2010 was drawing nearly 1.2 million users per month.

TheLos Angeles Readerbegan publishing in 1978 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Reader, Inc. It was the first newspaper to publishMatt Groening's comic stripLife in HellandDavid Lynch's stripThe Angriest Dog in the World.Groening worked at theLos Angeles Readerfor six years, first in circulation[63]and then as a critic and assistant editor.[64]In 1989, the paper was sold to a company headed by its founding editor, James Vowell.[65]In 1996, it was sold to and closed by New Times Media, which later becameVillage Voice Media.[66]

TheSan Diego Readerwas founded in 1972 by Jim Holman, one of the original group who established theChicago Reader.[citation needed]Although Holman briefly owned shares in the Chicago paper, none of the Chicago owners had an interest in the San Diego paper. Holman used theReaderformat and nameplate with the blessings of his friends in Chicago.

Various otherReaders have been published, but the San Diego and Los Angeles papers are the only ones affiliated with theChicago Reader.In the late 1970s, Chicago Reader, Inc. (CRI) sued theTwin Cities Readerfor trademark infringement, arguing that theChicago Readerhad given special meaning to the name "Reader". The federal appeals court ultimately ruled that the term was "merely descriptive" and thus could not be protected as a trademark.[67]

TheEast Bay Express,which serves the San Francisco Bay area, was co-founded in 1978 by Nancy Banks, a co-founder of theChicago Reader,and editor John Raeside.Chicago Readerowners invested in the paper and eventually CRI held a major stake. The paper was sold in 2001 to New Times Media, which became Village Voice Media and in 2007 sold it to editor Stephen Buel and a group of investors.[68]

Washington City Paperwas founded in 1981 byRuss Smithand Alan Hirsch, who had foundedBaltimore City Paperin 1977. Originally named1981,the name was changed the following year.[69]Owners of theChicago Readerinvested in the Washington paper in 1982 and eventually controlled 100 percent of the stock. In 2007, they sold their interest in both papers to Creative Loafing, Inc.

The Reader's Guide to Arts & Entertainmentwas published as a suburban extension of theChicago Readerin 1996. Before then, theReaderhad avoided distribution in all but the closest suburbs of Chicago.The Reader's Guidewas a scaled-down version of theReader,printed as a one-section tabloid meant to satisfy suburban demand forReadercontent and advertising. In 2007, it was closed and distribution of the completeChicago Readerwas expanded to the suburbs.[70]

The Ruxton Group, originally called the Reader Group, was formed by CRI in 1984 as a national advertising representative for theReader,Washington City Paper,and other large-market alternative weeklies. In 1995 the company was sold to New Times Media, which became Village Voice Media and renamed Ruxton as the Voice Media Group.[71]

Index Newspapers is the company that publishesThe StrangerinSeattle,Washington, and thePortland MercuryinPortland, Oregon.In 2002, CRI invested in Index and took a minority interest.[72]

Quarterfold, Inc. is a company formed by most of the former owners of Chicago Reader, Inc. to succeed that company and hold assets that were not included in the sale to Creative Loafing. Quarterfold's chief asset is its ownership interest in Index Newspapers.[9]

Amsterdam Weeklywas a free, English-language weekly published in theNetherlandsfrom May 2004 through December 2008. As of May 2010,it exists in limited form online.[73]The paper was started by Todd Savage, who had been a writer and typesetter for theChicago Readerin the late 1990s. TheReaderwas a major investor.[74]In 2008, the paper was sold to Yuval Sigler, publisher ofTime Out Tel Aviv,who with assets and staff including Savage launchedTime OutAmsterdamin October 2008.[75]

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