Chicago Defender Loses Publisher, Lays Off Top Editor
By Dan WeissmannChicago Defender Loses Publisher, Lays Off Top Editor
By Dan Weissmann
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Publisher Cheryl Mainor resigned after a failed attempt to buy the Chicago Defender from its parent company, Real Times Media. For much of the 20th century, the Defender was a pre-eminent newspaper serving the African-American community. Now — after decades of declining circulation and several leadership changes — the Defender claims a circulation of less than 12 thousand.