Archive for September 11th, 2009

Gapers Block: Merge – Chi-Town Daily News Folds broke the news about the online news site Chitowndailynews.com – 2007 winner of Knight news challenge grant ($340,000) – and its current economic problems, suggesting it was in trouble. But Chi-Town Daily News’ Geoff Doherty told the rest of the story on his site, writing, “We’ve concluded... »

It’s coming down to a battle for each aldermanic vote in a fight over the addition of the first Wal-Mart on the South Side. A group of local ministers demanded attention at city hall this week in an attempt to gain aldermanic support in their quest to set fair worker standards. Meanwhile, Ald. Howard Brookins... »