{"id":14895,"date":"2017-07-13T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=14895"},"modified":"2017-07-13T10:32:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:32:50","slug":"sun-times-sale-start-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/07\/13\/sun-times-sale-start-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun-Times sale \u2014 from start to finish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Chicago Sun-Times<\/p><\/div>\n

An investor group headed by Edwin Eisendrath and a coalition of Chicago labor unions completed the purchase Wednesday of the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a> and the Chicago Reader.<\/a> The agreement culminated eight weeks that shook local media and changed the course of Chicago\u2019s history as a two-newspaper town.<\/p>\n

Here is a timeline of events leading to the sale, as reported on this blog. To read the full posts, click on the headlines:<\/p>\n

May 15:<\/strong> Chicago Tribune owner tronc moves to buy Sun-Times<\/a><\/p>\n

May 15:<\/strong> Tronc could buy Sun-Times by month\u2019s end, publisher says<\/a><\/p>\n

May 15:<\/strong> Sun-Times sale to Tribune owners would unite old rivals<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chicago Sun-Times<\/p><\/div>\n

May 18:<\/strong> One city under tronc<\/a><\/p>\n

May 18:<\/strong> Reader staffer\u2019s shot at tronc bosses comes and goes<\/a><\/p>\n

May 30:<\/strong> Sun-Times, Reader staffers oppose sale to tronc: \u2018No news monopoly\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

May 31:<\/strong> For sale: Sun-Times extends deadline for outside bidders<\/a><\/p>\n

June 4:<\/strong> Eisendrath, Ritchie poised to bid for Sun-Times, Reader<\/a><\/p>\n

June 6:<\/strong> Eisendrath, unions still in running to buy Sun-Times, Reader<\/a><\/p>\n

June 12:<\/strong> One week to go for Sun-Times bidders<\/a><\/p>\n

June 19:<\/strong> Eisendrath confirms bidding for Sun-Times, Reader today<\/a><\/p>\n

June 19:<\/strong> Exclusive: Eisendrath wants Sun-Times to serve \u2018the 99 percent\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

July 10:<\/strong> Eisendrath says he\u2019ll \u2018close the deal\u2019 for Sun-Times<\/a><\/p>\n

July 10:<\/strong> Eisendrath confirms cash for Sun-Times deal: \u2018I\u2019m truly grateful to everybody\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

July 11:<\/strong> Kirk tries to allay \u2018uncertainty and concern\u2019 at Sun-Times<\/a><\/p>\n

July 12:<\/strong> Done deal: Eisendrath beats tronc to buy Sun-Times, Reader<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An investor group headed by Edwin Eisendrath and a coalition of Chicago labor unions completed the purchase Wednesday of the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Reader. The agreement culminated eight weeks that shook local media and changed the course of Chicago\u2019s history as a two-newspaper town. Here is a timeline of events leading to the... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14897,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895\/revisions\/14897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}