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.
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.
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.