Operating on an upwardly revised but “razor-thin” $4.75 million budget, the Reader lost close to a half-million dollars last year.
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Chicago Tribune

Chicago Reader announces layoffs and CEO exit as alternative weekly struggles to survive as nonprofit

Driven by an “urgent need to reduce costs” and the “imminent risk of closure” amid financial challenges, the Reader announced the immediate layoffs of six non-union employees, organizational restructuring and the resignation of CEO Solomon Lieberman in a news release this week.

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