About this episode
The future of the Chicago Reader is in question. After years of money troubles and ownership changes, the 50-year-old paper is set to become a nonprofit to gain financial stability. But the transition has been delayed because of a dispute between the Reader’s current owners over its leadership. The Reader has been an essential part of Chicago’s media landscape — at one point, its classifieds were so coveted that people would steal copies from the printing press before they were distributed — and longtime journalist Mark Jacob argues the Reader’s owners should come to an agreement to save the storied paper. Jacob has written about the dispute and the Reader’s 50th anniversary , and he talks with host Jacoby Cochran about why the Reader is so important in Chicago. Guest: Mark Jacob — Freelance writer and editor Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm Call or text us: (773) 780-0246