I subscribed for decades but plan on canceling my subscription when it comes up for renewal in the next few weeks.pudgym29 wrote:The point is that the [/size]Tribune is a zombie which should be buried. And in no way should be contemplated as a trustworthy source. The people taking leave from the newspaper recognize this. [/color]
pudgym29 wrote:dave148 wrote: Greg Kot left the Trib a year ago. Blair Kamin left last month.The point is that the Tribune is a zombie which should be buried. And in no way should be contemplated as a trustworthy source. The people taking leave from the newspaper recognize this.ld111134 wrote: Your point being what, exactly? While Kot and Kamin were at the Tribune, they were (and still are) among the best at their craft. Vettel was nowhere near the best at his.
Try the Veal wrote:...It's very easy (for me, at least) to fall off the Roll & Rocker [game controller]...
The Chicago Tribune is naming Louisa Chu and Nick Kindelsperger as its food critics, following the departure of Phil Vettel in January after 31 years as the city’s definitive authority on dining.
lougord99 wrote:We only do digital subscriptions. On the day that the sale closed, I canceled my subscription and told them why. We are quite happy with a combination of the Sun Times and Washington Post.
It is a shame since I have been a Tribune subscriber for most of the last 50 years. However, it is what it is.
Almost 40 journalists are leaving the Chicago Tribune’s newsroom as part of a voluntary buyout program announced late last month by Tribune Publishing.
The buyouts were offered to nonunion employees two days after hedge fund Alden Global Capital completed its $633 million acquisition of Tribune Publishing, the owner of the Chicago Tribune and other metropolitan daily newspapers. After negotiations with the Chicago Tribune Guild, the program was offered to the newsroom’s union employees.
More than a dozen nonunion editors and support staff in the Tribune’s newsroom took buyouts. Another 24 newsroom employees who are members of the guild applied for and were accepted for buyouts, according to Greg Pratt, a Tribune reporter and guild president.
He said applications by three other members were denied, and the union hopes the company reconsiders their applications. After the departures, the guild will represent more than 80 newsroom employees, Pratt said.
ronnie_suburban wrote:Not surprisingly, the above story had no byline. There was no one left there to write it.
George R wrote:Perhaps the current Sun-Times is the ghost of Christmas future for the Tribune. When the Trib descends to that level I'll make the switch.
lougord99 wrote:When I cancelled, I was unable to get through to anyone until I told the system that I wanted to start a new subscription.
The Chicago Tribune has named its longtime theater critic, Chris Jones, as editorial page editor. Jones, 57, who has been the newspaper’s chief theater critic and a leading voice for Chicago’s cultural scene for nearly two decades, will take the helm of a downsized editorial board July 12, seeking to write a new chapter for himself and the city’s most influential opinion platform.
ronnie_suburban wrote: It's a full-on bloodletting . . .Not surprisingly, the above story had no byline. There was no one left there to write it.some fish-wrapping rag wrote: {edit}
[Greg Pratt] said applications by three other members were denied, and the union hopes the company reconsiders their applications.
I have spliced these responses together because how do we know that Louisa and Nick were not two of the three whose application was denied?The GP wrote: As a daily print subscriber (I am a dinosaur), this has been especially painful. I am a fan of several of the columnists who have asked and received the buyouts. They have pointed out that there are still talented writers and staff to support. Louisa and Nick for example.
ld111134 wrote:At last, the Chicago Tribune has a restaurant review who is an actual critic.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/r ... story.html
Gypsy Boy wrote:ld111134 wrote:At last, the Chicago Tribune has a restaurant review who is an actual critic.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/r ... story.html
For those of us who are not subscribers, would you mind giving us a summary? This is one of the many things now behind a pay wall.... Thanks.
Gypsy Boy wrote:ld111134 wrote:At last, the Chicago Tribune has a restaurant review who is an actual critic.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/r ... story.html
For those of us who are not subscribers, would you mind giving us a summary? This is one of the many things now behind a pay wall.... Thanks.
Coogles wrote:Putting "outline.com/" in front of a URL can get you around a lot of paywalls.
I'm sorry, but nobody owes Alden Global Capital a molecule of restraint in accessing their product by whatever means necessary. If they want to require payment to read the product they've intentionally deteriorated, then come up with a tech solution to guard against "outline.com". Otherwise, nobody should feel at all bad about playing them for the free read.MarlaCollins'Husband wrote:It can also contribute to the continuing decline in the quality of newspapersCoogles wrote:Putting "outline.com/" in front of a URL can get you around a lot of paywalls.
Gypsy Boy wrote:ld111134 wrote:At last, the Chicago Tribune has a restaurant review who is an actual critic.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/r ... story.html
For those of us who are not subscribers, would you mind giving us a summary? This is one of the many things now behind a pay wall.... Thanks.
The GP wrote:Gypsy Boy wrote:ld111134 wrote:At last, the Chicago Tribune has a restaurant review who is an actual critic.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/r ... story.html
For those of us who are not subscribers, would you mind giving us a summary? This is one of the many things now behind a pay wall.... Thanks.
Summary: He didn't love Joe Flamm's Rose Mary.
Tribune Critic Uses Social Media to Rip Northwest Side Pizzeria’s Mask Compliance
Dave148 wrote:Tribune Critic Uses Social Media to Rip Northwest Side Pizzeria’s Mask Compliance
https://chicago.eater.com/2021/10/22/22 ... -pizza-boy