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Reports the conversion of the newsprint machine to production of lightweight coated stock by Madison Paper Co. in Chicago, Illinois. Significance of the paper industry trend to the paper production of the company; Replacement of the deinking and repulping systems; Role of Voith Paper Co. in the conversion.

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 the Coalition for Concerned Students and its supporters ended a sit-in in the Chicago, Ill. campus of DePaul University to protest a racially biased article in the February 17, 1995 issue of the student publication `DePaulia'. Demands of the group; Students and professional journalists' reaction to the suspension of the publication of two issues of the paper; Concessions offered by university officials.

Reports on the postponement of the sale of Chicago, Illinois' black-oriented newspaper `Chicago Daily Defender' to attract more bidders. Inaccuracy of reports that the paper would be sold by auction with bidders limited to three black-owned firms; Expected value of the purchase; Prerequisite set by the newspaper for a bidder.

Discusses the decision of Chicago, Illinois' biggest newspapers to agree to experiment with a few multiple-title news racks. Details of the lawsuit filed by the papers; Description of the pilot program.

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 on the mediocre rating given by Chicago ethnic leaders to the news coverage of their communities by the `Chicago Tribune' and `Chicago Sun-Times'. Good rating for general news coverage; Reasons for the leaders' low rating for ethnic coverage.

Reports on the move of Hollinger International's newspaper `The Daily Southtown' and other newspapers to suburban Tinley Park in Chicago, Illinois. Specific departments that will make the move.

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

Reports that Ripco Communications Inc. has resorted to directing `La Raza' newspaper's Web traffic to a pornography site to compel the Spanish-language Chicago, Illinois daily to pay its overdue account. `La Raza' sales director Edward Balderas' reaction to the practice; Denial that the bill was overdue.

Reports that Barbara Davis, a vendor of Streetwise newspaper was killed in a hit and run accident on Christmas Eve in 1996 in Chicago, Illinois. Who writes Streetwise; Description of car involved.

Presents the results of a Chicago, Illinois-based study conducted on the market of English-language publications in Spanish-speaking homes. Percentage of Hispanic households that can be reached by English- and Spanish-language periodicals; Statistics; List of publications which sponsored the study.

Reports the boycott of the tabloid Chicago Sun Times by Arab Americans in Chicago, Illinois. Reasons for the boycott; Impact of anti-Palestinian issues on the protest activities of the Arab Americans; Response of Editor in chief Michael Cooke to the protests.

Focuses on the decline of youth-oriented newspaper in Chicago, Illinois. Implication of national affair awareness among the youth on the idea of picking a newspaper; Effect of Web site technologies on the traditional newspaper reading among youth; Significance of news content on the fundamentals of approach to the youth readers.

Reports on McHenry County, Illinois-based newspaper `Northwest Herald's' addition of the integrated services digital network (ISDN) in its color technology toolbox. Comments from `Northwest Herald' systems integrator Greg Pike; Solving a file transfer problem dogging the expansion of its sister publications `McHenry County Business Journal' and the `Kane County Business Journal'; Features of the ISDN technology.

Reports on the issues tackled during the Suburban Newspapers of America's fall conference in Chicago, Illinois in September 1999. Comments of marketing professor Dan Schultz on community newspapers' ability to thrive in a media environment; Views of panelists Eli Portnoy and Tom Grubisich.

Announces that 'Naperville Sun' newspaper in Chicago, Illinois became a daily in its March 30, 2003 issue. Circulation of the newspaper; Redesign of the paper; Goal of the community newspaper.

Reports on a court decision ordering the family of journalist Robert S. Abbott to sell the black newspaper `Chicago Defender' and its sister weeklies to PublicMediaWorks Inc. of Chicago, Illinois. Terms under the ruling by Circuit Court Judge Bernetta Bush; Dispute for control of the newspaper by two Abbott grandchildren.

Reports on the launch of a youth oriented-tabloid titled 'RedEye,' by Chicago, Illinois-based newspaper 'Chicago Tribune,' five days before schedule. Free distribution of the tabloid to youth; Strategic reason behind the decision to launch the tabloid before schedule; Other youth-oriented tabloids launched in various parts of the United States.

Reports on Liberty Group Publishing's agreement to purchase Life Printing & Publishing Co., which publishes 17 weekly newspapers in Chicago, Illinois. Families that have owned Life papers; Appointment of Larry Randa as publisher and chief executive officer of the papers.

Reports that the city council of Chicago, Illinois has proposed a multiple-news racks rule for all downtown distribution of newspapers. Newspaper companies' reaction to the plan; Criticism of news rack clutter in city; Mayor Richard M. Daley's idea for the multiple-title news boxes.

Focuses on redesign of newspapers in and around Chicago, Illinois. Most notable changes in 'The Chicago Tribune'; Transformation of Friday entertainment tabloid into a broadsheet; Elimination of folksy hometown look of 'Daily Herald.'

Announces Life Printing and Publishing Co.'s new newspaper `Elmhurst Suburban LIFE.' serving west and southwest suburban Chicago. Total market coverage distribution; Display and classified advertisements on the new newspaper.

Focuses on `Chicago Tribune's conversion of its polybags for its Sunday home-delivered newspapers into a recycling container. Expansion of polybags' sizes to meet specifications for Chicago's Blue Bag recycling program; Difference of Chicago's Blue Bag recycling from the average municipal program; Newspaper's marketing slogan to introduce its Sunday polybag.

Reports on the reaction of theaters and the performing arts community of Chicago, Illinois to the `Chicago Tribune' newspaper's daily and Sunday arts coverage. Opposition to changes in the paper's ArtPlus section; Renaming of Section One to ArtsWatch; Availability of reviews run by the paper on Chicago Online.

Reports on the refusal of the `Chicago Jewish Star' newspaper to follow the ordinance by Chicago, Ill. Mayor Richard M. Daley which focuses on cracking down on newspaper box placement to tidy up the city in time for the World Cup 1994. `Jewish Star' vice-president Paul Wertheimer's claim that their honor boxes have been the target of city employees; Picture taken of a city worker cutting the chains of a `Star' box and moving it.

Reports the allegations faced by the rhythm and blues singer R. Kelly of having sex with an underage girl in Chicago, Illinois. Details on the evidences of the case; Relationship of the alleged to the girl; Identification of the sources of the videotape showing the sexual activities of R. Kelly and the young girl.

Reports on the stalled deal to but the historic black daily 'Chicago Defender' and its Sengstacke Enterprises Inc. weekly papers. Haggling over price; Comment by designated buyer Afro-American investment group PublicMediaWorks Inc.

Focuses on the competition among newspaper publishers in Chicago's fast-growing north western and western suburbs readers. Communities served by the `Daily Herald'; Market penetration of Copley Chicago Newspapers; Nontraditional geographic area covered by `Lincoln-Way Sun.'

Reports that a street in Chicago, Illinois' far northwest side was given an honorary designation as Bette Nadig Lane, in honor of the late publisher of the Nadig Newspapers group of community papers.

Reports on the alleged bribe offered by a city official to the `Chicago Jewish Star' newspaper in Illinois to settle newsbox damage claims. Newspaper's efforts for recompense for the damage done to its newsboxes by city workers since 1992; Comments from the newspaper's vice president Paul Wertheimer.

Focuses on the relaunch of the Chicago, Illinois-based tabloid newspaper, `Chicago Sun-Times.' Departure of editor in chief Nigel Wade; Appointment of Michael Cooke as editor in chief; Appointment of John Cruickshank as vice president for editorial; Installation of offset printing presses.

Focuses on newspaper competition in Chicago, Illinois. Expansion from core strengths into new markets; Extension of competition in the audiotex and the World Wide Web; Competition with television news programs.

Discusses the negative impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) on newspaper reporting in Chicago, Illinois as of July 2003. Obstacle provided by the HIPAA to the newspaper coverage of the porch collapse at a Chicago apartment on June 29, 2003, which killed several young adults; Punishment given by the HIPAA for hospitals leaking health records of their patients; Refusal of smaller hospitals to give out patient information.

Focuses on the suggestion of American Society of Newspaper Editors President Tim McGuire during the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Significance of covering ordinary people in the feature section of newspaper. Remarkable stories of ordinary people during the September 11 terrorists attack; Number of people attended the convention.

Reports on Chicago, Illinois-based newspaper publishing firm Tribune Co.'s plan to reduce its work force as of June 25, 2001. Newspapers to be affected by the layoff program.

Focuses on the launch of a consumer Web site that will sell automobiles in Chicago, Illinois. Partnership in the initiative by the `Chicago Sun-Times' and `Daily Herald' newspapers.

Reports on the labor agreement between newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc. and the workers represented by the Chicago, Illinois-based Chicago Newspaper Guild. Details of the labor contract.

Reports that Chicago Illinois' tradition of evening newspapers is coming to an end with the conversion of the `Courier News' into a morning publication.

Reports on the closure of the City News Bureau in Chicago, Illinois. Prominent columnists who graduated from City News; Sale of the bureau's news service in the 1990s; Number of employees; Financial loss incurred by the bureau in 1997.

Reports that the Community Development Commission in Chicago, Illinois has approved a deal to sell the Chicago Sun-Times a site on the Southwest Side to build a newspaper printing plant. Terms of deal; Comments from Sun-Times vice president Frank Marcangelo; Benefits of plant.

Reports that the Chicago Board of Trade Recyclables Exchange's first trade was for 100 tons of old newspaper. Increase in the size and volatility of the market for old newspapers.

Reports that old newspaper (ONP) is being traded on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) in Illinois. CBOT's launching of the Recyclables Exchange; Volatility and size of the market.

Reports on celebrations marking the 90th birthday of Margaret Whitesides, editor and publisher of a newsletter to some 300 alumni of the defunct `Chicago Daily News.' Awards of the newspapers before it closed on March 4, 1978; Career history; Recollections of the now-deceased Mike Royko, Washington bureau chief.

Reports on a protest by Italian Americans and their supporters in front of Tribune Tower over a story that appeared in `Chicago Tribune' newspaper. Offense at sports item written by Steve Rosenbloom comparing Mafia gangster Sammy Gravano and collegiate basketball coach Rick Pitino; Newspaper's refusal to publish an apology over the article.

Reports on the expansion plans of Copley Chicago Newspapers for its fox Valley Press production plant in Plainfield, Illinois. Copley's daily newspapers printed by the plant; Other newspaper customers; Problems in meeting its deadlines; Keys to its success.

Reports on the launching of the Community News Project (CNP) designed to attract reporters out of the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois and get them cover the interesting stories that abound in the city and its suburbs. Compilation of a list of story ideas; Aim of helping shape stories that go beyond the usual Chicago cliches; Presumed dullness of the convention.

Presents information on reporter John Hanchette. Role in the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, Illinois; Career in journalism.

Provides information on the 'Chicago Sun-Times' young-adult tabloid 'Red Streak' in Chicago, Illinois. Features of the tabloid; Discussion on the naked pictures of women published in the November 19, 2002 issue of the tabloid; Reason why the tabloid is not receiving any complaints from its readers.

Focuses on the possible dismissal of the Phillip True case in Chicago, Illinois. Suspects of the crime; Amount donated by Miguel Gatins to fund the defense; Accounts on the discovery of the decomposing body of Trues in a shallow grave.