The Chicago Tribune [4] (the Chicago Tribune is translated as the Chicago Tribune) is the most popular newspaper in Chicago and the American Midwest . Despite adopted in the 1920s. The motto, “The Greatest Newspaper of the World,” the Chicago Tribune, remains largely a regional publication.
| Chicago Tribune | |
|---|---|
| Original title | "Chicago Tribune" |
| Type of | daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Tribune company |
| Publisher | Tony W. hunter |
| A country | |
| Editor | Gerould W. Kern [1] |
| Founded by | June 10, 1847 |
| Political affiliation | republican |
| Language | English |
| Main office | Tribune tower 435 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 USA |
| Circulation | 441,508 daily 768,073 on Sunday [2] |
| ISSN | 1085-6706 |
| Awards | [d] ( 2017 ) |
| Web site | chicagotribune.com |
The newspaper was founded in 1847 and after 8 years almost went bankrupt , after which it was bought by the enterprising Canadian Joseph Medill, along with five partners. The publication made its name in the coverage of the Civil War in the United States . In the late 1850s, the newspaper became one of the mouthpieces of abolitionism . Medill remained the publisher of the newspaper until 1899 and gained such authority that he was able to be elected mayor of Chicago. In 1974, Medill acquired a controlling interest in the Tribune and remained its publisher until his death.
In 1914, ownership of the newspaper passed to Colonel Robert McCormick , the grandson of Metil, who put an end to liberalism that had distinguished her before. McCormick demanded the isolation of the United States from the outside world during the years of world wars and harshly criticized the Roosevelt administration. Until 1925, he managed the publication together with his cousin Joseph Medill Peterson, but later headed it alone when the partner left the editor for the New York edition. He was an ardent opponent of Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower . McCormick died in 1955. After his death, the publication changed its editorial policy and began writing about the life of Chicago and the Midwestern United States - industry, agriculture, trade and social life. In the late 60s - under the publisher Harold Groomhouse (1969-73) and editor Clayton Kirkpatrick (1969-79) - the conservative position of the publication was softened and balanced.
In 2002, the publication appeared a free tabloid application RedEye for youth.
In 2008, the company was sold for 8 billion 200 million dollars to Sam Zell [5] .
The Chicago Tribune was the core of the Tribune Company media conglomerate. In 2014, the publishing division was separated into a separate company, and the Tribune Company became part of the newly created company Tronc, Inc [6] .
Journalists and the staff of the publication 27 times won the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism [7] .
Famous employees
- Dodd, Martha is an American journalist and publicist. Daughter of Edward William Dodd - US Ambassador to Germany under Franklin Roosevelt . She worked in the newspaper as an assistant to a literary editor. Together with her husband, she engaged in espionage in favor of the Soviet Union during the Second World War and the Cold War . She died in 1990 in Prague [8] .
- Michael Roiko is a columnist for the publication, writing about 8,000 publications. Many of them are published in books. Michael devoted 2 biographical books. He has been working in the newspaper since 1984. He died in 1997 [9] .
- Clarence Page is a 1989 Pulitzer Prize laureate who has worked for half a century in journalism. Member of the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame. In the publication he wrote about the police, religion ... even acted as a rock critic. In 1976 he was sent by his own correspondent to Africa. From 1980 to 1986 he worked on television, but returned to Tribune as a columnist and member of the editorial board [10] [11] .
Notes
- ↑ Article about resignation of Ann Marie Lipinski in The New York Times
- ↑ Circulation numbers for the 25 largest newspapers , The Boston Globe (October 25, 2010).
- ↑ http://www.usnpl.com/addr/aaddressresult.php?id=945
- ↑ Foreign Press: A Quick Reference Guide. Newspapers. Magazines. News agencies / chap. ed. S. A. Losev . - M .: Politizdat , 1986. - S. 409.
- ↑ New York Times article on the Chicago Tribune .
- ↑ Chicago Tribune | History, Ownership, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica. Date of treatment September 8, 2019.
- ↑ Chicago Tribune Pulitzer Prizes . chicagotribune.com. Date of treatment September 8, 2019.
- ↑ Opinion | Martha Dodd's Embassy Eyes Were Bright Red (unspecified) ? . WSJ. Date of treatment September 8, 2019.
- ↑ Rick Kogan. 20 years without the legendary Mike Royko . chicagotribune.com. Date of treatment September 8, 2019.
- ↑ Clarence Page Biography, African American Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Ohio native Clarence Page to receive journalism award . AP NEWS (January 14, 2018). Date of treatment September 8, 2019.