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The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (the slogan from which its integrated WGN radio and television received their call letters), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region. In 2022, it had the seventh-highest circulation of any American newspaper. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the Chicago Tribune became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century, under Medill's grandson Robert R. McCormick, its reputation was that of a crusading newspaper with an outlook that promoted American conservatism and opposed the New Deal. Its reporting and commentary reached markets outside Chicago through family and corporate relationships at the New York Daily News and the Washington Times-Herald. In the 1960s, its corporate parent owner, Tribune Company, sought to expand its market. In 2008, for the first time in its over-a-century-and-a-half history, its editorial page endorsed a Democrat, Barack Obama, a U.S. Senator from Illinois, for U.S. president. Originally published solely as a broadsheet, the Tribune announced on January 13, 2009, that it would continue publishing as a broadsheet for home delivery, but would publish in tabloid format for newsstand, news box, and commuter station sales. The change, however, proved unpopular with readers; in August 2011, the Tribune discontinued the tabloid edition, returning to its established broadsheet format through all distribution channels. The Tribune was owned by parent company Tribune Publishing. In May 2021, Tribune Publishing was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties through Digital First Media. History 19th century The Tribune was founded by James Kelly, John E. Wheeler, and Joseph K. C. Forrest, publishing the first edition on June 10, 1847. Numerous changes in ownership and editorship took place over the next eight years. Initially, the Tribune was not politically affiliated, but tended to support either the Whig or Free Soil parties against the Democrats in elections. By late 1853, it was frequently running editorials that criticized foreigners and Roman Catholics. About this time, it also became a strong proponent of temperance. However nativist its editorials may have been, it was not until February 10, 1855, that the Tribune formally affiliated itself with the nativist American or Know Nothing party, whose candidate Levi Boone was elected Mayor of Chicago the following month. Around 1854, part-owner Capt. J. D. Webster, later General Webster and chief of staff at the Battle of Shiloh, and Charles H. Ray of Galena, Illinois, through Horace Greeley, convinced Joseph Medill of Cleveland's Leader to become managing editor. Ray became editor-in-chief, Medill became the managing editor, and Alfred Cowles, Sr., brother of Edwin Cowles, initially was the bookkeeper. Each purchased one third of the Tribune. Under their leadership, the Tribune distanced itself from the Know Nothings, and became the main Chicago organ of the Republican Party. However, the paper continued to print anti-Catholic and anti-Irish editorials, in the wake of the massive Famine immigration from Ireland. The Tribune absorbed three other Chicago publications under the new editors: the Free West in 1855, the Democratic Press of William Bross in 1858, and the Chicago Democrat in 1861, whose editor, John Wentworth, left his position when elected as Mayor of Chicago. Between 1858 and 1860, the paper was known as the Chicago Press & Tribune. On October 25, 1860, it became the Chicago Daily Tribune. Before and during the American Civil War, the new editors strongly supported Abraham Lincoln, whom Medill helped secure the presidency in 1860, and pushed an abolitionist agenda. The paper remained a force in Republican politics for years afterwards. In 1861, the Tribune published new lyrics by William W. Patton for the song "John Brown's Body". These rivaled the lyrics published two months later by Julia Ward Howe. Medill served as mayor of Chicago for one term after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. 20th century In the 20th-century, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, who took control in the 1920s, the paper was strongly isolationist and aligned with the Old Right in its coverage of political news and social trends. It used the motto "The American Paper for Americans". From the 1930s to the 1950s, it excoriated the Democrats and the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was resolutely disdainful of the British and French, and greatly enthusiastic for Chiang Kai-shek and Sen. Joseph McCarthy. When McCormick assumed the position of co-editor with his cousin Joseph Medill Patterson in 1910, the Tribune was the third-best-selling paper among Chicago's eight dailies, with a circulation of only 188,000. The young cousins added features such as advice columns and homegrown comic strips such as Little Orphan Annie and Moon Mullins. They promoted political crusades, and their first success came with the ouster of the Republican political boss of Illinois, Sen. William Lorimer. At the same time, the Tribune competed with the Hearst paper, the Chicago Examiner, in a circulation war. By 1914, the cousins succeeded in forcing out William Keeley, the newspaper's managing editor. By 1918, the Examiner was forced to merge with the Chicago Herald. In 1919, Patterson left the Tribune and moved to New York City to launch his own newspaper, the New York Daily News. In a renewed circulation war with Hearst's Herald-Examiner, McCormick and Hearst ran rival lotteries in 1922. The Tribune won the battle, adding 250,000 readers to its ranks. The same year, the Chicago Tribune hosted an international design competition for its new headquarters, the Tribune Tower. The competition worked brilliantly as a publicity stunt, and more than 260 entries were received. The winner was a neo-Gothic design by New York architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood. The newspaper sponsored a pioneering attempt at Arctic aviation in 1929, an attempted round-trip to Europe across Greenland and Iceland in a Sikorsky amphibious aircraft. But, the aircraft was destroyed by ice on July 15, 1929, near Ungava Bay at the tip of Labrador, Canada. The crew were rescued by the Canadian science ship CSS Acadia. The Tribune's reputation for innovation extended to radio; it bought an early station, WDAP, in 1924 and renamed it WGN, the station call letters standing for the paper's self-description as the "World's Greatest Newspaper". WGN Television was launched on April 5, 1948. These broadcast stations remained Tribune properties for nine decades and were among the oldest newspaper/broadcasting cross-ownerships in the country. (The Tribune's East Coast sibling, the New York Daily News, later establi.... Discover the Chicago Tribune popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Chicago Tribune books.
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The Truth About the Congo
Frederick StarrWith centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are w...
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El caso de Cristo
Lee StrobelSi usted fuera periodista, ¿cómo enfuertaría las noticias de una historia tan grande que podría eclipsar por completo a todos los demás hechos del mundo? ¿Cómo llevaría a cabo su i...
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The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Bulls
Chicago TribuneA gorgeous and comprehensive look at one of the NBA’s most storied and valuable franchisesfrom their first season to Michael Jordan and beyond. The Chicago Bulls have been b...
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The Eyes of the Dragon
Stephen King“It is just not possible to stop turning the pages” (The Washington Post) of this bestselling classic talean epic fantasy as only #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King ...
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The Mockingbird Next Door
Marja MillsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel’s celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almo...
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Packman V. Chicago Tribune Co.
Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of AppealsOn June 15, 1998, in recognition of the Chicago Bulls' sixth National Basketball Association ("NBA") championship, the headline of the front page of the Chicago Tribune read "The j...
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Motherhood
Sheila HetiFrom the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talkedabout books of the year”Time Magazine) and the New York Times Bestseller Women in Clothes comes a daring novel ab...
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Weekends in Chicago
Chicago Tribune StaffNearly 40 million people visit Chicago every year, but how many of them make a visit to Navy Pier and "The Bean" and call it quits? How many local residents and tourists from out o...
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The Comfort Food Diaries
Emily NunnA former New Yorker editor chronicles her journey to heal old wounds and find comfort in the face of loss through travel, friends and family, and homecooked meals in this memoir “f...
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In Defense of Jesus
Lee StrobelAn enlightening followup to the bestselling book The Case for Christ, In Defense of Jesus follows awardwinning journalist Lee Strobel as he explores the most ex...
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The Untold Story About How Unions Took over Illinois Government
Dr. Norman JonesThis book was inspired by a report in the Chicago Tribune in November 25, 2019. The newspaper asked, “Who is actually running Illinois state government? It’s not the administration...
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Harry Potter y la Biblia
Richard AbanesHarry Potter y sus aventuras mágicas en una escuela de hechicería continúa cautivando a millones de personas mundialmente. El mercado ha sido inundado con un centenar de productos...
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The Case for the Real Jesus
Lee StrobelHas modern scholarship debunked the traditional Christ? Has the church suppressed the truth about Jesus to advance its own agenda? What if the real Jesus is far different from the ...
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Paul J. Caniglia v. Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate Inc.
Supreme Court of New YorkOrder, Supreme Court, New York County (Beverly Cohen, J.), entered April 15, 1993, which granted the defendants' motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) and 3016(b) to dismis...
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The Chicago Tribune Guide to Midwest Travel
Chicago Tribune StaffThe Chicago Tribune Guide to Midwest Travel, composed of articles from the Chicago Tribune's travel experts, is a convenient and unique handbook for traveling throughout the Midwes...
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White Collar Girl
Renée RosenThe latest novel from the bestselling author of Dollface and What the Lady Wants takes us deep into the tumultuous world of 1950s Chicago where a female journalist struggles with t...
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Laura Green v. Chicago Tribune Company
First District, First Division Appellate Court of IllinoisJUSTICE O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court: Plaintiff, Laura Green, filed an amended complaint against defendant, the Chicago Tribune Company (hereinafter Tribune), allegin...
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The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs
Chicago TribuneThe history of Chicago’s first major league team, packed with photos, stories, and profiles from the archives of their hometown newspaper. The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chi...
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The Story of the Bauhaus
Frances AmblerNow 100 years old, the Bauhaus still looks just as fresh today as it did when it began. It was a place to experiment and embrace a new creative freedom. Thanks to this philosophy, ...
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The Case for Miracles
Lee StrobelNew York Times bestselling author Lee Strobel trains his investigative sights on the hotbutton question: is it really credible to believe God intervenes supernaturally in peop...
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Unexpected
Chris Thomas & Elizabeth SmartThe backstory of finding Elizabeth Smart and how growing up in the Mormon culture pushed the author to develop the exact kind of intuition that was needed to help manage Elizabeth’...
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The Chicago Tribune Guide to Chicago
Chicago TribuneA guide to the best of the city from its premier newspaper.The Chicago Tribune Guide to Chicago is a convenient travel guide for the Chicago area, with recommendations from knowled...
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If It Bleeds
Stephen King#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Includes “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone”now a Netflix original film starring Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell! From the legendary storyteller and master of...
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The Ambition
Lee StrobelA corrupt judge in a mob murder case. A disillusioned pastor, hungry for power. A cynical reporter, sniffing for a scandal. A gambling addict whose secret tape threatens the lives ...
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The Case for Easter
Lee StrobelDid Jesus of Nazareth really rise from the dead?Of the many world religions, only one claims that its founder returned from the grave. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the very ...
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Billy Summers
Stephen KingMaster storyteller Stephen King, whose “restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained” (The New York Times Book Review), presents an unforgettable and relentless #1 New ...
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Game of My Life Chicago Bears
Lew FreedmanSince their founding in 1919, the Chicago Bears have carried the hearts and souls of football fans throughout the country. Now supporters of one of the NFL’s most storied franchise...
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The Institute
Stephen KingFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King whose “storytelling transcends genre” (Newsday) comes “another winner: creepy and touching and horrifyingly believable” (The ...
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Savage Appetites
Rachel MonroeA “necessary and brilliant” (NPR) exploration of our cultural fascination with true crime told through four “enthralling” (The New York Times Book Review) narratives of obsession.I...
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Smile
Sarah RuhlA People Best Book of the Year Time and The Washington Post’s Most Anticipated List Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence From the MacArthur genius, twotime Pu...
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James Wright
Jonathan BlunkThe authorized and sweeping biography of one of America’s most complex, influential, and enduring poetsIn the extraordinary generation of American poets who came of age in the midd...
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From Black Sox to Three-Peats
Ron RapoportBears, Bulls, Cubs, Sox, Blackhawksthere’s no city like Chicago when it comes to sports. Generation after generation, Chicagoans pass down their almost religious allegiances to tea...
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How to Hide an Empire
Daniel ImmerwahrNamed one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago TribuneA Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 | A 2019 NPR Staff PickA pathbreaking history of the United States’ overseas...
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The Case for Christ
Lee StrobelIs there credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, Lee Strobel, former legal editor of the Chica...
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Fake Evidence
Ron MillinerFake Evidence examines the scientific evidence offered in evolutioncreation court cases from the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes in 1925 to Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School...