Shaw Media (United States)

Shaw Media is a newspaper publisher based in Crystal Lake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Its portfolio includes about 80 newspapers and news websites in Illinois and Iowa.^[1] Originally based in Dixon, Illinois; it has acquired a swath of properties in the Chicago suburbs and moved its headquarters there. Founded in 1851, Shaw Media is the third oldest, continuously owned and operated family newspaper company in the nation.^[2]

Acquisitions[]

In 2013, Sun-Times Media sold The Herald-News of Joliet to Shaw Media.^[3]

In 2012, Shaw Media acquired Suburban Life Publications, a group of weeklies in Chicago's western suburbs, from GateHouse Media.^[4]

Properties[]

– Princeton
Daily Chronicle- DeKalb
The Herald-News– Joliet
Kane County Chronicle – Geneva
– Morris
Northwest Herald– Crystal Lake
Suburban Life Media – a group of twenty weekly newspapers headquartered in Downers Grove
– Dixon
^[5] – Ottawa
The Record newspapers – Yorkville
Kendall County Record
Plano Record
Sandwich Record
Ledger-Sentinel
– Creston
– Osceola
– Greenfield
Fontanelle Observer – Fontanelle (formerly)

Other properties[]

Shaw Media and the Daily Herald announced in spring 2014 the launch of a new Chicago Football magazine led by veteran football analyst Hub Arkush.^[6]^[7] The magazine subsequently merged with the re-launched Pro Football Weekly.^[8]

On December 18, 2020 they launched Shaw Local, a digital news platform covering northern Illinois.^[9]

References[]

^ Marek, Lynne (May 2, 2013). "Shaw Media names Rung president". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
^ "Shaw Media". Shaw Media. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
^ "Shaw Media to purchase The Herald-News". mySuburbanLife.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
^ "Subscription Center". ChicagoBusiness.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
^ "Shaw Media buys Small Newspaper Group's The Times of Ottawa, Illinois". Inland Press Association. April 3, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
^ "Daily Herald, Shaw launching "Chicago Football" magazine". Football.dailyherald.com. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
^ "Hub Arkush & Daily Herald To Publish New 'Chicago Football' Magazine". Chicagoradioandmedia.com. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
^ Chicago, Pro Football Weekly. "Pro Football Weekly: Chicago". Google Podcasts. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ Mateos, Evelyn (18 March 2021). "Shaw Media Creates Digital News Network for Northern Illinois". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

External links[]

[Crains-2013-05-02-1] Marek, Lynne (May 2, 2013). "Shaw Media names Rung president". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2018-12-03.

[2] "Shaw Media". Shaw Media. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

[3] "Shaw Media to purchase The Herald-News". mySuburbanLife.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

[4] "Subscription Center". ChicagoBusiness.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

[InlandPress-2018-04-03-5] "Shaw Media buys Small Newspaper Group's The Times of Ottawa, Illinois". Inland Press Association. April 3, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-29.

[6] "Daily Herald, Shaw launching "Chicago Football" magazine". Football.dailyherald.com. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

[7] "Hub Arkush & Daily Herald To Publish New 'Chicago Football' Magazine". Chicagoradioandmedia.com. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

[8] Chicago, Pro Football Weekly. "Pro Football Weekly: Chicago". Google Podcasts. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[eandp-9] Mateos, Evelyn (18 March 2021). "Shaw Media Creates Digital News Network for Northern Illinois". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

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Daily newspapers	Creston News Advertiser Daily Chronicle The Herald-News Kane County Chronicle Newton Daily News Northwest Herald
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