Chicago Reader
This Friday, the Chicago Sun-Times' Weekend section will be replaced by content from the Chicago Reader, Michael Miner reports. The new 20-page section, featuring listings, reviews and features clearly marked as coming from the Reader, will be called Agenda.

"The Reader isn't changing—its content, press run, and circulation will stay the same," Miner writes. "The Friday Sun-Times will change conspicuously."

Sun-Times Media Editor-in-Chief Jim Kirk tells Miner he spoke with the Weekend staff. "I think they understand this makes sense," he said. "The Weekend section had a great run -- 17 years. But we need to evolve." (more...)

Chicago Tribune
This week's Reader will be bound by staples and feature a glossy cover, reports Phil Rosenthal. "The goal is to make the Reader seem less disposable, more indispensable and more distinct in a crowded media marketplace that includes Time Out Chicago, Newcity and Chicago Tribune's RedEye," he writes. "It's hoped those who pick up the Reader to plan their weekend will feel greater compulsion to keep it on a coffee table into the next workweek." || Ron Reason looks at the Reader's new music section. || A feature from 1979: Chicago Reader -- a '70s success story.
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Chicago Reader
"I miss the extra real estate and space flexibility" at the Reader, says Mike Dumke. || July 15, 2010: Dumke is crossing the street.
> Earlier: Chicago News Cooperative managing editor leaves after eight months