The ''Daily Chronicle'' is a newspaper which covers
DeKalb County in northern Illinois. Its newsroom and press are located in
DeKalb, Illinois
DeKalb ( ) is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 43,862 according to the 2010 census, up from 39,018 at the 2000 census. The city is named after decorated Franconian- French war hero Johann de Kalb, who died ...
, a city about 60 miles west of
Chicago along
Interstate 88. The paper has a daily circulation of 19,968 and a Saturday/Sunday "Weekend Edition" circulation of 20,719, as of September 30, 2006. It was formerly owned by
Scripps League Newspapers, which was acquired by
Pulitzer in 1996;
Lee Enterprises acquired Pulitzer in 2005. Shaw Newspapers (now
Shaw Media
Shaw Media was the television broadcasting division of Shaw Communications. Shaw Media owned the Global Television Network, which broadcasts nationally via 13 television stations, as well as 19 specialty channels including Slice (TV channel), Sli ...
) of
Dixon, Illinois
Dixon is a city and the county seat of Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,733 as of the 2010 census, down from 15,941 in 2000. The city is named after founder John Dixon, who operated a rope ferry service across the R ...
acquired the newspaper in late 2007.
Prior to 1970, the publication ran under the title ''The DeKalb Daily Chronicle'', which began publication in 1909.
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