Noisy Creek has added the Chicago Reader to its existing portfolio that includes the Portland Mercury and Seattle's The Stranger. Noisy Creek intends to build a national network of alternative weeklies focused on championing the arts, delivering investigative and long-form reporting, and platforming community voices. Newspaper closures have contributed to reduced civic engagement, increased political polarization, and fewer local watchdogs, creating community harm. The Chicago Reader has provided fearless local journalism since 1971. Noisy Creek aims to support and improve the Reader through community, philanthropic, and creative business-model partnerships to sustain strong local media.
Great news! (Especially if you're a fan of the survival of newspapers and smart local media.) The Chicago Reader-one of the grand dames of alternative weeklies-is joining the Portland Mercury and Seattle's The Stranger as the newest member of the Noisy Creek newspaper family! In case you've forgotten, Noisy Creek purchased the Mercury and The Stranger last summer, with the dream of growing a national network of alternative weeklies that serve their readerships by championing the arts, providing top-notch reporting, and platforming community voices.
We are very excited to grow our model beyond the Pacific Northwest. By linking iconic weeklies like The Stranger, the Portland Mercury, and now the Chicago Reader, we're showing how local journalism can thrive when communities, philanthropy, and creative business models work together. We are in a vital moment to sustain and grow strong local media for our democracy.
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