{"id":8679,"date":"2015-08-28T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=8679"},"modified":"2015-08-28T12:44:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T17:44:59","slug":"sun-times-daily-herald-form-content-sharing-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/08\/28\/sun-times-daily-herald-form-content-sharing-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun-Times, Daily Herald form \u2018content sharing alliance\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Chicago<\/a>

<\/a> Chicago newspapers<\/p><\/div>\n

The Chicago area\u2019s No. 2 and No. 3 daily newspapers are teaming up to share content covering the city and suburbs.<\/p>\n

The suburban Daily Herald, <\/a>owned by Paddock Publications, and the Sun-Times, <\/a>owned by Wrapports LLC, announced the editorial alliance Friday in a newsroom memo. The move was prompted in part by the sale <\/a>of Sun-Times Media Group\u2019s six suburban dailies and 32 Pioneer Press suburban weeklies to Chicago Tribune Media Group last fall.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>

John Lampinen<\/p><\/div>\n

Noting the Sun-Times\u2019 reputation for city coverage and the Daily Herald\u2019s dominance in the suburbs, Daily Herald senior vice president and editor John Lampinen and senior vice president\/director of content and strategic planning Colin O\u2019Donnell wrote: \u201cBoth of us are committed to aggressive watchdog reporting, enterprising sports coverage and spirited entertainment advice. There clearly are opportunities where we can supplement each other\u2019s work without detracting from those individual characteristics that makes each publication unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jim Kirk, publisher and editor-in-chief of Sun-Times Media, said: \u201cWe think this is a great first step in a partnership that will make both publications stronger.\"<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s print edition of the Sun-Times will include The Daily Herald Suburban Game of the Week<\/em>, a weekly prep football feature. In exchange for the content, the Sun-Times is expected to direct readers for more to dailyherald.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect several other content-sharing initiatives to follow,\u201d Lampinen and O\u2019Donnell wrote. \u201cAnd we\u2019re excited about this new relationship with the Sun-Times and all the alliance has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is the text of the memo from Lampinen and O\u2019Donnell to staff:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re excited to announce the first step in a content sharing alliance with the Chicago Sun-Times that will \u00a0benefit both news organizations and our audiences. As you know, Sun-Times Media Group sold most of its suburban properties last year, greatly reducing the direct competition between us.<\/em>
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\nThat being the case, there are areas where we can work together to improve the journalism each publication offers. The Sun-Times has a reputation in particular for strong coverage of the city of Chicago. The Daily Herald has a reputation for dominant coverage of the suburbs. Both of us are committed to aggressive watchdog reporting, enterprising sports coverage and spirited entertainment advice. \u00a0There clearly are opportunities where we can supplement each other\u2019s work without detracting from those individual characteristics that makes each publication unique.<\/em>
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\nThe first initiative to arise from this new relationship is a weekly prep football feature we will produce called The Daily Herald Suburban Game of the Week that will debut in Saturday\u2019s print editions of the Sun-Times. In exchange for that feature in print, the Sun-Times will direct traffic to it on dailyherald.com from chicago.suntimes.com and through its social media platforms.<\/em>
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\nWe\u2019re intrigued by this first step. We expect several other content-sharing initiatives to follow. \u00a0And we\u2019re excited about this new relationship with the Sun-Times and all the alliance has to offer.<\/em>
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The Chicago area\u2019s No. 2 and No. 3 daily newspapers are teaming up to share content covering the city and suburbs. The suburban Daily Herald, owned by Paddock Publications, and the Sun-Times, owned by Wrapports LLC, announced the editorial alliance Friday in a newsroom memo. The move was prompted in part by the sale of... 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\/8679"}],"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=8679"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8690,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8679\/revisions\/8690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}