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Chicago Sun-Times drops its paywall (suntimes.com)
34 points by marban on Oct 6, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



For more background, the Sun-Times was scooped up earlier this year by Chicago Public Media, the organization that owns the local NPR radio station WBEZ.

https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-public-media-will-acqui...

The CEO, Matt Moog, has a background in the Chicago tech scene. He's also Bob's son.


> He’s also Bob’s son.

That’s unexpected in a good way! Hope he has the same level of ingenuity and integrity as his dad.


I’m really glad to hear this!


Interesting. I hope this works out, for multiple reasons.

I'm particularly intrigued by this being the Chicago Sun-Times, as Chicago is one of my favorite cities in the US outside of my home (I am from, and live in, North Carolina). I will probably sign up to support these guys, both because I love Chicago and because I generally like the idea of non-paywalled news.




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