Author Archives: Mike Fourcher

Yesterday the Chicago Sun Times’ announced they would no longer make candidate endorsements, and I think I can see where they’re going. They want to provide High Church Journalism where the product is utterly essential, credible reporting and analysis. If they … Continue reading →

I don’t know Playboy magazine managing editor Leopold “Lee” Froehlich, and I’m pretty certain he doesn’t know me. But I know one thing: He’s a whiny quitter. At issue is this statement he made to the Chicago Reader, and has … Continue reading →

Yesterday Sun Times Media LLC announced it is adopting a metered paywall for the metro daily Sun Times and its suburban papers for $6.99 a month. Paywalls can be good, but judging by the plan’s execution so far, it’s clear that … Continue reading →

I think that most of us, when we start a business, we sketch out a basic plan of what we’re going to do, how we’re going to do it and then jump right in. We run our businesses, grow them … Continue reading →

On September 30, 2011, during the Block by Block conference at Loyola University Chicago, 21 local, independent online publishers from across the United States voted to form a trade association. A steering committee was appointed to further organize the association. … Continue reading →