{"id":69,"date":"2009-03-31T08:55:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T08:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/wp\/2009\/03\/the_next_newspaper_casualty\/"},"modified":"2009-03-31T08:55:22","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T08:55:22","slug":"the_next_newspaper_casualty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/2009\/03\/the_next_newspaper_casualty.html","title":{"rendered":"The Next Newspaper Casualty?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest newspaper to teeter to the edge of existence is the Chicago Sun-Times, which has just filed for bankruptcy<\/a>, joining a half dozen other major papers:<\/p>\n

\n

\nThe company has one significant creditor — the Internal Revenue
\nService. The IRS has said Sun-Times Media Group owes up to $608 million
\nin back taxes and penalties from past business practices by its former
\ncontrolling owner, Conrad Black, now imprisoned for theft from
\ncorporate coffers.\n<\/p>\n

Unlike other newspaper owners that have filed for bankruptcy
\namid steep dropoffs in advertising, including Chicago-based Tribune
\nCo., Sun-Times Media Group has no bank debt. But its IRS debt thwarted
\nefforts to raise new capital.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest newspaper to teeter to the edge of existence is the Chicago Sun-Times, which has just filed for bankruptcy, joining a half dozen other major papers: The company has one significant creditor — the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS has said Sun-Times Media Group owes up to $608 million in back taxes and penalties […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ePZm-17","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/2009\/06\/of_rocket_science_and_making_m.html","url_meta":{"origin":69,"position":0},"title":"Of Rocket Science And Making Money On Journalism","author":"Douglas McLennan","date":"June 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Further to yesterday's post on how newspapers ought to expand their definition of news to make money comes this post by Steve Outing, suggesting such a strategy:The way for newspapers to charge for content is not rocket science. 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