Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Chicago Tribune ready to buy local
Wrapports LLC Suburban papers and weekly holdings from Pioneer Press are slated for sale once the details are penciled in. Robert Feder broke the story of the impending sale, while Sun-Times staffers found out via twitter. Philip Rosenthal of the Trib was the first to get a story in print.
 
Robert Feder = 10.21.2014 @ 10:00 AM Central = "Stop the presses: Tribune buying
Sun-Times suburban newspapers"= htttps://www.robertfeder.com

Robert Feder = 10.21.2014 @ 2:30 PM Central = " CEO tells staff: Wrapports 'evaluating
variety of investments' " = https://www.robertfeder.com

Philip Rosenthal = 10.21.2014 @ 2:30 PM Central = " Sun-Times suburban strategy may leave no prints" = https://www.my.chicagotribune.com

Papers affected by the purchase will include:
the Aurora Beacon 
the Elgin Courier-News
the Lake County News-Sun
the Naperville Sun
the Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune
the Southtown Star
plus 32 weeklies published by the Pioneer Press

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