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Focuses on the efforts of five newspaper companies in Chicago, Illinois to file a lawsuit against the city to throw out a city ordinance that will replace individual news racks with multiple-title boxes. Name of the five newspaper companies; Ordinance's violation of the First Amendment by awarding distribution spots based on a paper's content; Unreasonable restrictions placed by the ordinance on newspapers.

Reports that Shaw Newspapers plans to buy a cluster of newspapers in Chicago, Illinois. Hiring by Copley Press Inc. of merchant bank to assess strategic alternatives for its Fox Valley Press subsidiary; Expansion of Fox Valley Press newspapers to keep in pace with the communities' growth.

Reports that `The Herald News' newspaper delivered its Sunday edition in pizza boxes to spice up its sampling program for non-subscribers in Plainfield/Shorewood, Illinois.

Reports on the pranks on Chicago, Illinois-based newspapers. Hoaxing in `Chicago-Sun Times' recipe exchange column; Engagement notice in the `Daily Herald.'

Reports on the problems faced by gay newspapers in Illinois. Closure of several gay papers like the 'Prairie Flame' and 'Windy City Times'; Creation of a niche newspaper business; Availability in mainstream bookstores and coffee shops; Trend away from sexual content. INSET: Out of the closet and into their beats.

The article reports that high school students of Chicago, Illinois, produce weekly paper "The Mash." It states that the paper was launched in 2008, with the goal is to create a reliable news source created by teens for teens, and which currently reaches 175,000 teenagers weekly. It mentions that the paper focuses on issues that affect all teens, from getting into college to what's popular in music and movies, unlike a school newspaper where stories center on that particular school.

Reports on Chicago, Illinois-based newspaper chain Pioneer Press' launch of `The Antioch Review' weekly paper. Size of paid circulation; Hollinger International Inc.'s ownership of Pioneer.