voluntary buyouts.<\/a><\/p>\nZwecker, a Chicago native and second-generation Sun-Times star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the paper\u2019s longtime fashion editor), said his editors were forthright about the change: \u201cThey went out of their way to tell me that this had nothing to do with my performance or my contributions to the paper or anything like that. It was strictly a financial decision,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re faced with some really challenging economic issues, and we all know about them. There\u2019s no secret to that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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