Robert Feder notes this is the fifth sale of the Sun-Times in 28 years. more ›

With new ownership now in place for the Sun-Times, the focus now turns to making money. Speaking yesterday to the City Club of Chicago at a luncheon, Sun-Times Media CEO Jeremy Halbreich outlined several changes that are in store for the company in an effort to turn things around financially speaking. According to Crain's: more ›

A group of Chicago investors have submitted a $25 million bid to buy the Sun Times Media Group, the company that owns the Sun-Times and a host (58, actually) of smaller sister papers. The group is led by Mesirow Financial’s James C. Tyree and called STMG Holdings LLC. Said Tyree, “I’m a lifelong Chicagoan, and I believe the Sun-Times and all its properties can make a positive impact on the region well into the future.” Who else is involved in this group? That's not known, though speculation puts the group somewhere in the neighborhood of six to 10 people and is rumored to include Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz. more ›

The Sun-Times Media Group has announced that it is shuttering its Pioneer Press printing plant in Northfield. The closing will result in a loss of 70 jobs and there's no word where the small papers printed at that plant will be printed in the future. The closing comes amidst a growing buzz concerning the STMG's finances and a meeting today with union leaders. Yesterday, The Reader's Michale Miner spoke with Jeremy Halbreich, chairman and interim CEO of the Sun-Times Media Group, who Halbreich told Miner that today's meeting was just another of a series of "periodic updates." more ›