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, May 10, 2012
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Reader
sale—we continue to exist
Other suitors would have shut down the Chicago Reader, says Brad Bulkley
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, Sep 22, 2011
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, Oct 27, 2009
The Reader’s New Publisher Is an Edit Guy
A former features editor of the Chicago Tribune is hired as publisher of the
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by Michael Miner
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, Aug 27, 2009
That Didn't Work Out So Well, Did It?
by Michael Miner
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, Aug 26, 2009
The Easoniad
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, Aug 25, 2009
Ben Eason on what happens next
Creative Loafing CEO ponders the future following the loss of his company to his main creditor.
by Michael Miner
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, Aug 25, 2009
Chicago Reader enters Atalaya Era
Creative Loafing loses its last bid in bankruptcy court, and its main creditor takes the reins at the Reader.
by Michael Miner
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, Aug 25, 2009
Under New Management*
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, Aug 25, 2009
Auctioneering
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, Aug 24, 2009
Reader Bidder Would Bring Jim O'Shea Back to Chicago Media
LA Times editor who was fired for bucking budget cuts would be on the board if Atalaya wins the Creative Loafing chain in an auction today.
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, Aug 20, 2009
Reporting on Your Own House
The pitfalls of covering the publication you work for—and why you have to do it.
by Michael Miner
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, Aug 11, 2009
The latest from Cheese Station C
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, Aug 7, 2009
Will the Creative Loafing Managers Line Up?
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, Jul 29, 2009
In America's bankruptcy court
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, Jul 29, 2009
Who will own the Reader? — the thickening murk
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, Jul 21, 2009
Ben Eason discusses what's next for the Reader
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, Jun 29, 2009
Kirk MacDonald leaves Creative Loafing
Kirk MacDonald leaves Creative Loafing Inc., where he'd been chief operating officer and publisher of the Reader
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, Apr 1, 2009
How to Write About Food
Creative Loafing's primary creditors put 300K into the Michigan Avenue Bennigan's. Boy, could we use that kind of cheddar.
by Mike Sula
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, Mar 31, 2009
Creative Loafing hangs on to the Reader
The word from Tampa on the latest round of Creative Loafing's bankruptcy battle.
by Michael Miner
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