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Chicago Public Media offering buyouts to Sun-Times editorial staffers, WBEZ business employees

Chicago Tribune · Robert Channick · last updated
Struggling with declining revenue in its groundbreaking nonprofit radio/newspaper model, Chicago Public Media is offering voluntary buyouts for Chicago Sun-Times journalists and business employees at WBEZ.
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