Lerner Newspapers

Lerner Newspapers
Founded1926
FounderLeo Lerner (founding owner)
Defunct2005
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationChicago
Publication typesWeekly newspapers, community journalism

Lerner Newspapers was a chain of weekly newspapers. Founded by Leo Lerner, the chain was a force in community journalism in Chicago from 1926 to 2005, and called itself "the world's largest newspaper group".[1]

In its heyday, Lerner published 54 weekly and semi-weekly editions on the North and Northwest sides of Chicago and in suburban Cook, Lake and DuPage counties, with a circulation of some 300,000.[1] Editions included the Booster, Citizen, Life, News, News-Star, Skyline, Star, Times and Voice.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Lerner Newspapers". Chicago Tribune. 2005-02-17. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  2. ^ Internet archive: Chicago Public Library holdings