Chicago Newspapers

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Below is a Family Tree listing of Newspapers that were published in Chicago:

Chicago Democrat, 1833 – 1861 (merged with Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune, 1847 – present

Weekly Chicago American, 1835 – 1837
Daily Chicago American, 1839 – 1842
Chicago Express, 1842 – 1843
Chicago Daily Journal, 1844 – 1929
Chicago Daily Times, 1929 – 1948 (merged with Chicago Sun)
Chicago Sun, 1941 – 1948 (merged with Chicago Daily Times)
Chicago Sun-Times, 1948 – present

Star, 1901-2008 (absorbed by Daily Southtown)
Southtown Economist, 1906 – 1993 (renamed Daily Southtown)
Daily Southtown, 1993 – present

Chicago Democratic Press, 1852 – 1857

Chicago Times, 1854 – 1895 (became Chicago Times-Herald)
Chicago Morning Post, 1860 – 1865 (became Chicago Republican)
Chicago Republican, 1865 – 1872 (became Inter Ocean)
Chicago Times-Herald, 1895 – 1901 (became Chicago Record-Herald)
Inter Ocean, 1872 – 1914 (became Chicago Record-Herald)
Chicago Daily Telegraph, 1878 – 1881 (became Chicago Morning Herald)
Chicago Herald, 1881 – 1918 (merged with Chicago Examiner)
Chicago Examiner, 1902 – 1918 (merged with Chicago Herald)
Chicago Herald-Examiner, 1918 – 1939
Chicago Record, 1881 – 1901 (merged with Chicago Morning Herald)
Chicago Morning Herald, 1893 – 1901 (merged with Chicago Record)
Chicago Record Herald, 1901 – 1914
Chicago American, 1900 – 1939, (became Chicago Herald-American)
Chicago Herald-American, 1939 – 1958 (became Chicago’s American)
Chicago’s American, 1958 – 1969 (became Chicago Today)
Chicago Today, 1969 – 1974

Chicago Courier, 1874 – 1876

Chicago Post & Mail, 1875 – 1878 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News)
Chicago Evening Post, 1886 – 1932 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News)
Chicago Daily News, 1876 – 1978

Chicago Mail , 1885 – 1894

Chicago Globe, 1887 – 1895

Chicago Chronicle, 1895 – 1908

Chicago Defender, 1905 – present

Chicago Reader, 1972 – present

StreetWise, 1992 – present

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