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On stronger footing, the Chicago Reader hires a CEO and publisher

The nonprofit organization that owns the publication has hired Solomon Liberman to succeed Tracy Baim, who said last summer she wanted to step down.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 1, 2023

Tracy Baim to leave the Chicago Reader by year-end

She took over the alternative publication in 2018, overcoming a dispute with an owner to convert it to nonprofit ownership.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 5, 2022

Chicago Reader completes transition to nonprofit following months of turmoil

The Chicago Reader completed its transition to a nonprofit organization Monday, starting a new chapter for the iconic 51-year-old alternative newspaper.

Chicago Tribune · May 18, 2022

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Fight’s over, sale closes and the Chicago Reader lives

The free biweekly, published since 1971, has completed a move from for-profit to nonprofit ownership.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 17, 2022

Chicago Reader co-owner gives up scrap over column, agrees to nonprofit transfer

Co-owner Leonard Goodman had accused the publication of trying to censor a piece he wrote about COVID-19 vaccinations.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 26, 2022

Is ‘flu’ really hurting ‘birds?’

Peddlers of paranoid conspiracy theories, hiding behind First Amendment, might destroy the Chicago Reader.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 25, 2022

Some free advice to rescue the Chicago Reader

Let’s not make this current dispute personal. The Reader is an important voice, especially for journalists of color and other often-marginalized groups.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 14, 2022

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Board fight imperils Chicago Reader’s future

Chicago’s leading alternative newspaper for decades faces extinction as its board members split over the leadership of the Reader’s co-publisher and president, Tracy Baim.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 14, 2022

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