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It's official: The Red Eye is the Wave of the Future (TM)! For all the yada yadas about selling the Trib, reporters having to beg for food on street corners, and the inarguable lack of print news readers, the Red Eye seems to be doing OK — the paper will soon have a Saturday edition.

Maybe it's the drink specials in Metromix, or that one "Boy on Boystown" column. Perhaps it's the full page ads and the fact they get stories for free from their parent newspaper. Who knows how or why, but the Red Eye is apparently going to turn a profit for the Tribune company by the end of the year.

Look out Metromix, the Sun-Times is getting into the entertainment Web site game. On Wednesday, the Bright One announced its purchase of CenterstageChicago.com for an undisclosed price. Unlike Metromix, which was developed by the Tribune and launched in 1997, CenterstageChicago has operated on its own for a decade. The site was founded by four Northwestern grads and has expanded its features and coverage over the years. Obviously, the Sun-Times wants a piece of the online...

The Full Impact of Falling Newspaper Circulation

Reina Hardy - Way Off Loop, the viola project

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...

Last week, as the first major snowfall melted just in time for Christmukkah, questions were raised and points were argued on the nature of dibs, what really constitutes journalism, and the evergreen topic of smoking.

Last week Chicagoist wrote: "Memo to John Cruickshank: Time to fold the Red Streak. This is getting embarrassing."

Chicagoist loves it when the Red Eye and Red Streak seem like the same paper, which is almost every day. On the left, yesterday's cover of the Red Eye. On the right, today's cover of the me-too Red Streak. Memo to John Cruickshank: Time to fold the Red Streak. This is getting embarrassing. Now to the topic at hand, Brokeback Mountain. What more can we say about this cowboy love story other than the twenty...

• A fluke in scoring caused more than 4,000 5th graders to flunk the state reading test last spring.
• A girl in FL was hurt after falling from a carnival ride run by a Chicago-area company. This is the latest in a string of accidents by the company, including one last summer where a little boy died.
• Need a job? Are you a tumbling midget or willing to go topless? Apply at the Lyric Opera.

Take a deep breath today folks, it'll be one of your last whiffs of Blommer's chocolate. The EPA was serious about ridding downtown Chicago of the scourge of chocolate pollution. The Blommer Chocolate factory is heeding a complaint by the agency about the pollution caused by grinding cocoa beans and will soon be installing equipment to stifle the emissions.

We just had to chuckle this morning when we saw that Red Streak decided again tell the White Sox, "Who gives a shit? World Series? World Schmeries!" and bring us the breaking news that the FDA might approve a OTC DIY HIV test. Might? Yeh, that seems like something that shouuld take priority over the Sox. We realize that not everyone's into sports and last time we thought, "Well, maybe they're appealing to the people who aren't baseball fans," but come on! It's not every day that the hometown underdog for 88 years wins baseball's world title! And we'd like to think the story of their win transcends just sports. Also, how totally predictable are the three local headlines "Believe It"? If we have to listen to that Journey song one more time we're going Van Gogh on our ears. Seriously!

Red Streak going out on a limb and trying to appeal to the anti-sports reader?

If you can think of a product, then there's an apparent untapped market for the it. Places like Cereality popping up and doing balls-out business prove the theory of supply-and-demand. But cupcakes made with mostly organic ingredients? Can a "Homer Simpson's Dumpster Buns and Giant Donuts" be far behind?

As Pride Weekend gears up, gay news is spewing forth from Chicago faster than Jerry Falwell can yell "boycott!" A few gay briefs: · A recent poll commissioned by Equality Illinois found that while a majority of your neighbors would reject a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, most don't favor marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples. Even though no amendment is likely to be introduced soon, 67% of those polled would vote no, only...

Maybe this is the beginning of the end for the Red Streak. Chicagoist noticed this last week but we haven't heard anything anywhere about it... all over the city the Red Streak boxes now say that the paper is free. Maybe people just aren't noticing it, the boxes look the same for the most part, but we're not sure how this flew under the radar of like .. everyone.

a study he conducted found that Chicago's young adults are actually reading the RedEye and Red Streak.

Mary Ann Anzalone took her cat, Blackie, to Kragness Animal Hospital on the South Side and in that hospital Blackie was mauled by a big 'ol Rotweiler. Now a state appeals court has ruled that she can receive damages for the pain and suffering she has experienced.

A wire story on Chicago-bred hip hop in this morning’s Red Streak runs with the idea that a high tide raises all boats. In this case, the motion of the ocean is courtesy of “recent” success of Kanye West and Twista. Members of Chicago’s hip-hop community interviewed for the article praise the underground scene, but note that Chicago’s also-ran status is due to a lack of management that can push local artists and, in turn, raise the profile of a city that’s had a thriving scene for years. In the early 1990s, Chicago became a flashpoint for the alternative rock scene thanks to bands like the Smashing Pumpkins and Screeching Weasel. Perhaps the “aughts” will be the time for Chicago’s hip-hop community to finally break wide.

Uh, look, we know this is a joke--the article is about seven states voting to ban same-sex marriage--but we're just not sure it's that funny. Although, it is in the Red Streak, so what'd we expect?

Chicagoist is psyched as hell for our very own Time Out, and no matter how much we love the Reader, use Metromix, do the crosswords from RedEye and Red Streak, and gush over the ultrabank lifestyle of Chicago magazine, there is plenty of printed word love to go around.

Just as Chicagoist was about to give the Red Streak a teensy bit of respect for its coverage yesterday of the Emmett Till case, the Sun-Times�s rag has to go get stupid again with today�s cover story �To Be or Not To Be Outrageously Gay.� Yesterday�s story was informative, sensitive, relevant, and it presented the Till case in, if not a unique, at least an interesting way. Today�s story? �Advocates worry that if the media treat gay marriage the same way they treat gay pride parades�with a focus on the outrageous, such as leather-clad Dykes on Bikes, buttocks-flashing cowboys and drag queens�it could make it worse.�