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Chicago metropolitan area The Chicago metropolitan area, also colloquially referred to as Chicagoland, is a metropolitan area in the Midwestern United States. Encompassing 10,286 sq mi (28,120 km2), the metropolitan area includes the city of Chicago, its suburbs and hi ...

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Chicago Sun-Times The ''Chicago Sun-Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of Chicago Public Media, and has the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the ''Chicago T ...

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Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...

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The Courier-News The ''Courier News'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Somerville, New Jersey, that serves Somerset County and other areas of Central Jersey. The paper has been owned by Gannett since 1927. Notable employees * John Curley, former presi ...

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Daily Southtown The ''Daily Southtown'' (formerly ''SouthtownStar'') is a newspaper of the Chicago, Illinois, United States metropolitan area that covers the south suburbs and the South Side neighborhoods of the city – a wide region known as the Chicago S ...

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The Herald-News ''The Herald-News'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Joliet, Illinois, United States. It serves the Joliet, Will County and Grundy County area, and is owned by Shaw Media. History The paper was founded in 1904 as the ''Joliet Herald''. In ...

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Kane County Chronicle ''Kane County Chronicle'' is a weekly newspaper, published in St. Charles, Illinois, serving Kane County. Market The ''Kane County Chronicle'' serves central Kane County, located in the Fox Valley region of Illinois, about 40 miles west of Ch ...

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Naperville Sun The ''Naperville Sun'' is a newspaper based in Naperville, Illinois, USA. It is published three days a week, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. It is owned by Tribune Publishing's Chicago Tribune Media Group, a group that also includes the ''Aurora Be ...

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News Sun The ''Lake County News-Sun'' is a regional newspaper based in Gurnee, Illinois, United States, that predominantly covers news for Lake County, Illinois, a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. It is currently owned by the Chicago Tribune Media ...

'', 1892–present * '' Northwest Herald'' * '' Post-Tribune''

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Chicago Defender ''The Chicago Defender'' is a Chicago-based online African-American newspaper. It was founded in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott and was once considered the "most important" newspaper of its kind. Abbott's newspaper reported and campaigned against Jim ...

'', 1905–present (daily between 1956 and 2003) * ''

Chicago Reader The ''Chicago Reader'', or ''Reader'' (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative weekly newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. It was founded by a ...

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Newcity Newcity is a media company based in Chicago, founded in 1986 by Brian and Jan Hieggelke." It started as the ''Newcity'' independent, free weekly newspaper in Chicago. Effective March 2017, the founders changed the newspaper into a glossy monthly ...

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South Side Weekly The ''South Side Weekly'', previously known as the ''Chicago Weekly News'' and ''Chicago Weekly'', is an American alternative newspaper based in Woodlawn on the South Side of Chicago. It was established in 1995 under the ''Chicago Weekly News'' ...

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Chicago American The ''Chicago American'' was an afternoon newspaper published in Chicago, under various names until its dissolution in 1974. History The paper's first edition came out on July 4, 1900, as '' Hearst's Chicago American''. It became the ''Morning ...

'', 1900–1939, became ''Herald-American'' * ''Chicago Chronicle'', 1895–1908 * ''Chicago Courier'', 1874–1876 * ''

Chicago Daily News The ''Chicago Daily News'' was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. History The ''Daily News'' was founded by Melville E. Stone, Percy Meggy, and William Dougherty ...

'', 1876–1978 * ''Chicago Daily Telegraph'', 1878–1881 (became ''Chicago Morning Herald'') * ''

Chicago Daily Times The ''Chicago Daily Times'' was a daily newspaper in Chicago from 1929 to 1948, and the city's first tabloid newspaper. It is best known as one of two newspapers which merged to form ''Chicago Sun-Times'' in 1948. For much of its existence, the ...

'', 1929–1948 (merged with ''Chicago Sun'' to form ''Chicago Sun-Times'') * ''

Chicago Democrat The ''Chicago Democrat'' was the first newspaper in Chicago, Illinois. It was published from 1833 to 1861. In 2017 Atom, LLC restarteChicago Democratand has built a website aimed at statewide coverage of news, sports, weather and information in Il ...

'', 1833–1861 * ''Chicago Democratic Press'', 1852–1857 * ''Chicago Evening Mail'', 1870–1875 (became Post & Mail) * ''Chicago Evening Post'', 1865–1875 (became Post & Mail) * ''

Chicago Evening Post The ''Chicago Evening Post'' was a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, from March 1, 1886, until October 29, 1932, when it was absorbed by the ''Chicago Daily News''. The newspaper was founded as a penny paper during the technologic ...

'', 1886-1932 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News) * ''Chicago Evening Press & Mail'', 1884–1897 * ''Chicago Examiner'', 1902–1918 (became ''Herald-Examiner'') * ''Chicago Express'', 1842–1843 * ''Chicago Globe'', 1887–1895 * ''Chicago Herald'', 1881–1918 * ''Chicago Herald-American'', 1939–1958 (became ''Chicago's American'') * ''Chicago Herald-Examiner'', 1918–39 (became ''Herald-American'') * '' Chicago Journal'', 1844–1929 (absorbed by ''Chicago Daily News'') * ''Chicago Mail'', 1885–1894 * ''Chicago Morning News'', 1881 (became ''Chicago Record'') * ''Chicago Morning Herald'', 1893–1901 (became ''Record-Herald'') * ''Chicago Post'', 1890–1929 (absorbed by ''Daily News'') * ''Chicago Record'', 1881–1901 * ''

Chicago Record Herald The ''Chicago Record-Herald'' was a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois from 1901 until 1914. It was the successor to the '' Chicago Morning Herald,'' the ''Chicago Times Herald'' and the ''Chicago Record''. H. H. Kohlsaat, owner of the '' ...

'', 1901–1914 * ''Chicago Republican'', 1865–1872 (became ''

Chicago Inter Ocean The ''Chicago Inter Ocean'', also known as the ''Chicago Inter-Ocean'', is the name used for most of its history for a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, from 1865 until 1914. Its editors included Charles A. Dana and Byron Andrews. Histo ...

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Chicago Times The ''Chicago Times'' was a newspaper in Chicago from 1854 to 1895, when it merged with the ''Chicago Herald'', to become the ''Chicago Times-Herald''. The ''Times-Herald'' effectively disappeared in 1901 when it merged with the ''Chicago Record' ...

'', 1861–1895 (became ''Times-Herald'') * ''Chicago Times-Herald'', 1895–1901 (became ''Record-Herald'') * ''

Chicago Whip The ''Chicago Whip'' (sometimes referred to as simply ''The Whip'') was a militant African-American newspaper in Chicago from 1919 until 1939. History In 1919, William C. Linton became the founding editor and publisher of the paper. Linton u ...

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Chicago's American The ''Chicago American'' was an afternoon newspaper published in Chicago, under various names until its dissolution in 1974. History The paper's first edition came out on July 4, 1900, as '' Hearst's Chicago American''. It became the ''Morning ...

'', 1958–1969 (became ''Today'') * ''

'', 1872–1914 (became ''Record-Herald'') * ''Chicago Post & Mail'', 1875–1878 (absorbed by ''Chicago Daily News'') * ''Today'', 1969–1974 * City News Bureau of Chicago, local cooperative wire service

Chicago weekly community newspapers

* ''Ashburn Independent'' * '' Austin Voice'' * ''

Austin Weekly News Wednesday Journal, Inc. is a newspaper publisher based in Oak Park, Illinois. It publishes a free weekly community newspaper in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, paid weekly newspapers in the city's western suburbs and parenting magazines in the Chi ...

'' * ''Beverly News'' * ''Beverly Review'' * ''Brighton Park/McKinley Park Life'' * ''

Bridgeport News The ''Bridgeport News'' is an American weekly community, non-partisan independent newspaper that serves the Chicago neighborhoods of Bridgeport, Canaryville, Armour Square, Chinatown, McKinley Park and Dearborn Park Dearborn may refer to: Peopl ...

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Chicago Independent Bulletin (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

'' * '' Chicago Journal'' * ''Chicago Standard'' * '' Clear Ridge Reporter'' * ''Exito''
''Extra Bilingual Community Newspaper''
* ''The Garfield Lawndale Voice'' * ''

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'' * ''The Gate'' * ''Greek Star'' * ''Hi India Weekly

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Hyde Park Herald The ''Hyde Park Herald'' is a weekly newspaper that serves the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Overview The newspaper was founded in 1882. For the ''Heralds first seven years, it was a suburban newspaper covering affairs in an i ...

'' * '' India Bulletin'' * '' Inside-Booster'' * ''Korean News'' * ''Korean Times'' * '' Journal News'' * ''La Raza'' * ''La Voz de Chicago'' * ''La Voz del Paseo Boricua'' * ''

Lawndale News Lawndale may refer to: Places ;In the United States * Lawndale, California, a city in Los Angeles County * Lawndale, San Mateo County, California, former name of the town of Colma * In Illinois ** Lawndale, Logan County, Illinois, an unincorpor ...

'' * ''Mt. Greenwood Express'' * ''

Our Neighborhood Times Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulato ...

'' * '' News-Star'' * '' North Lawndale Community News'' * ''Northwest Leader-Post'' * '' Northwest Side Press'' * '' Polish Daily News'' * '' Reporter/Journal'' * ''Sauganash Sounds'' * ''Scottsdale Independent'' * ''

Skyline A skyline is the outline or shape viewed near the horizon. It can be created by a city’s overall structure, or by human intervention in a rural setting, or in nature that is formed where the sky meets buildings or the land. City skylines ...

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Southeast Chicago Observer ''Southeast Chicago Observer'' was a semi-monthly newspaper published on Wednesdays by the Southeast Chicago Development Commission (SEDCOM), a community development organization operating in the Southeast Side of Chicago. The newspaper covered th ...

'' * '' South Street Journal'' * '' Ukrainske Slovo Newspaper (Ukrainian Community Newspaper - Est 2002)'' * '' Southwest Courier'' * '' Southwest News Herald'' * ''

Windy City Times ''Windy City Times'' is an LGBT newspaper in Chicago that published its first issue on September 26, 1985. History ''Windy City Times'' was founded in 1985 by Jeff McCourt, Bob Bearden, Drew Badanish and Tracy Baim, who started Sentury Publicati ...

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Suburban community newspapers

* '' Desplaines Valley News'' * ''Evanston Roundtable'' * ''Evanston Sentinel'' * ''Forest Park Review'' * Journal-Topics Newspapers * ''Lombardian'' * ''Lombard Spectator'' * ''Niles Bugle'' * Pioneer Press * '' Saint Charles Republican'' * Suburban Life newspapers * ''Tri-City Journal'' * 22nd Century Media * ''

Wednesday Journal Wednesday Journal, Inc. is a newspaper publisher based in Oak Park, Illinois. It publishes a free weekly community newspaper in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, paid weekly newspapers in the city's western suburbs and parenting magazines in the Chi ...

Past community newspapers

* '' Back-of-Yards Journal'' * ''

Citizen Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

,'' 1900s–1930 * ''Chatham Citizen'', 1965-1975 * ''Edison Review'' * ''

Life Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energ ...

'' * ''Chicago Free Press'' (

, 1999–2010) * ''Gay Chicago'' * ''Gay Life'' (

, 1970s-80s) * ''North Loop News'' * ''Near North News'' * ''New Metro News'' * ''Norwood Review'' * ''Brookfield Enterprise / The Times'' (1932-1985) * ''Residents' Journal'' * ''River North News'' * '' The Skeleton News'' * ''

Times Time is the continued sequence of existence and events, and a fundamental quantity of measuring systems. Time or times may also refer to: Temporal measurement * Time in physics, defined by its measurement * Time standard, civil time specific ...

,'' 1950s–2005 * ''Uptown Action'', 1980-1985http://chsmedia.org:8081/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14086F1C6732A.622&profile=public&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100046~!74259~!3&ri=3&aspect=subtab112&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Uptown&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab112&menu=search&ri=3&limitbox_1=CO01+=+coNews * ''Westside Journal'' * ''West Town Chicago Journal'' * ''West Town Free Press'' (West Town Tenants Union) (1997-2002) * ''

Voice The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production in ...

Specialized local newspapers

* '' Bar Fly'' * '' Catholic New World'', bi-weekly newspaper for the Archdiocese of Chicago * ''

Chicago Computer Guide (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The ''Chicago Daily Law Bulletin'' (''CDLB'') is a daily newspaper in Chicago, Illinois that covers the region's local court systems and the legal community. Founded in 1854, it is the oldest daily court newspaper in the United States. Content P ...

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Chicago Journal of Commerce and Daily Financial Times (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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Chicago Journal of Commerce and LaSalle Street Journal (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

'', 1923-1950 (purchased by ''

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

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Chicago Parent (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

'' * '' Chicago Reporter'' * '' Chicago Sports Weekly'' * '' Chicago Suburban Family'' * ''

Crain's Chicago Business ''Crain's Chicago Business'' is a weekly business newspaper in Chicago, IL. It is owned by Detroit-based Crain Communications, a privately held publishing company with more than 30 magazines, including ''Advertising Age'', ''Modern Healthcare'' ...

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Outlines Outline or outlining may refer to: * Outline (list), a document summary, in hierarchical list format * Code folding, a method of hiding or collapsing code or text to see content in outline form * Outline drawing, a sketch depicting the outer edg ...

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PerformInk ''PerformInk'' is a Chicago theater and entertainment industry website, which began in 1989 as a bi-weekly newspaper. It included show openings and reviews, audition listings, and industry and union news for Chicago actors, directors, dancers, des ...

'' * '' Spark (U.S. organization)'' * '' StreetWise'', 1992–present

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