It seems like not a month passes without some major, potentially status-quo altering Chicagoland media news breaking.

On Monday morning, we found out that Gannett, owner of USA Today and about a hundred newspapers in small and medium-sized towns throughout United States (and almost 300 newspapers in United Kingdom), wanted to buy Tribune ( Read more... )

Brian Mowrey wants you to pay for the privilege of reading his webcomic. And he hopes to persuade you by being a condescending asshole with inflated sense of entitlement. He thinks that he is the first writer to attempt a "concise," finite, graphic-novel-like story. He also seems to think he's the first webcomic creator to offer paid subscriptions. ( Read more... )