Everyone's favorite search engine, Google, gives the Windy City some love. In the past week, they've made two announcements with Chicago-area companies: The Sun-Times is running "text ads" from Google's key word advertising program in its un-sold ad inventory. Crain's Chicago reports that the terms of the deal weren't disclosed and that only 15 boxes of ads have run since they debuted on December 9th. Many newspapers consider Google the enemy, but Sun-Times Publisher John... more ›

Try as they might to spin things in a positive manner, it has NOT been a good year public relations-wise for the Chicago Transit Authority. Remember in the spring when they proposed so many "doomsday budget" scenarios that they came across like a spoiled child begging for more allowance money while not doing any more work around the house? Those were good times. Or when CTA Board Chair Carole Brown started her own weblog... more ›

It has been a while since we've read something from a major newspaper that caused us to repeatedly hit our head against the wall. Just that happened when we were introduced to the first blog from the Chicago Sun-Times. We'll pause here for you to skim the first page of Debra Pickett's new blog. Go ahead... just watch your head. See what we mean? The Sun-Times hasn't had the greatest last couple of years: circulation... more ›