22nd Century Media

22nd Century Media
IndustryPublishing, Media, Internet
Founded2005
Defunct2020
Website22ndcenturymedia.com

22nd Century Media was an American media company based in the suburbs of Chicago.[1] The company was founded in 2005 and at one time published 14 weekly community newspapers.[2] The publications had roughly 160,000 subscribers.

It ceased operations April 7, 2020, citing "the economic impact of the coronavirus on all small businesses, from which we earn a large majority of our advertising base."[3]

  1. ^ Channick, Robert. "Suburban Chicago newspaper chain 22nd Century Media folds amid coronavirus ad drought". chicagotribune.com.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus Forces Closure Of 22nd Century Media". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  3. ^ "Citing coronavirus impact, 22nd Century Media goes out of business - Robert Feder".