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An 1870 advertisement for Chicago Tribune subscriptions The lead editorial in the Chicago Tribune following the Great Chicago Fire. The Tribune was founded by James Kelly, John E. Wheeler, and Joseph K. C. Forrest, publishing the first edition on June 10, 1847. Numerous changes in ownership and editorship took place over the next eight years.
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" [2] [3] (the slogan from which its integrated WGN radio and television received their call letters), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region.
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Robert Rutherford "Colonel" McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American publisher, lawyer, and businessman.. A member of the McCormick family of Chicago, McCormick became a lawyer, Republican Chicago alderman, distinguished U.S. Army officer in World War I, and eventually owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
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James Kelly (1809–1895) was a founder of the Chicago Tribune, serving as business manager among other roles when the first daily issue of the paper came out July 10, 1847, according to the recollection of a partner some 50 years later in the Tribune. [1] The partner, Joseph K.C. Forrest, recalled his colleague as a "practical writer."
After serving a four-month internship at the Miami Herald, Zorn started working for the Chicago Tribune in summer 1980. He has been a columnist for it since 1986. [5] About four times a year for some years, Zorn and fellow Tribune columnist Mary Schmich wrote a week of columns that consisted of a back-and-forth exchange of letters.