Chicago Daily Times

The ''Chicago Daily Times'' was a daily newspaper in Chicago from 1929 to 1948, and the city's first tabloid newspaper. It was founded out of a reorganization of assets of the '' Chicago Daily Journal'' by the ''Journal''s last owner, Samuel Emory Thomason. It is best known as one of two newspapers which merged to form ''Chicago Sun-Times'' in 1948. For much of its existence, the paper also operated the small Chicago Times Syndicate, which distributed comic strips and columns.

History

The paper was founded as the ''Daily Illustrated Times'' in 1929 by Samuel Emory Thomason, who had just sold the name and circulation of his '' Chicago Daily Journal'' to the '' Chicago Daily News'', but retained the paper's building and resources for his new venture. The paper was edited by Richard J. Finnegan, who had been with the ''Journal'', and based on the tabloid model of ''New York Daily News''.INVENTORY OF THE FIELD ENTERPRISES RECORDS, 1858-2007, BULK 1950-1975
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Thomason died in 1944, and Marshall Field III purchased the paper in 1947. Field already owned the ''Chicago Sun'' (founded in 1941), and converted that paper into a tabloid so the papers could share the same press and Sunday edition. In January 1948, the papers merged to become the ''Chicago Sun-Times''.Studenkov, Ivan (12 December 2012)
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Chicago Times Syndicate

The company operated the small Chicago Times Syndicate from c. 1935 until the 1948 merger with the ''Chicago Sun''; strips distributed by the syndicate included George Lichty's '' Grin and Bear It'' and Russell Stamm's '' Invisible Scarlet O'Neil''. The syndicate also distributed a weekly column written by Carl Sandburg during World War II.

The General Manager of the syndicate was Russ Stewart, who ended up staying on as general manager of the Field Enterprises Syndicate, the successor to both the ''Sun'' and the ''Times'' syndication services."Who's Who Among Leading U.S. Syndicate Executives," '' Editor & Publisher'' (September 7, 1946), archived a
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''Stripper's Guide'' (July 21, 2010).

Strips and panels

* ''Bozo'' by Foxo Reardon
* ''Candy'' by Harry Sahle and later by Tom Dorr
* ''Dick Draper, Foreign Correspondent'' by George Sixta
* '' Grin and Bear It'' by George Lichty
* '' Invisible Scarlet O'Neil'' by Russell Stamm"Famous Funnies #112,"
Grand Comics Database. Retrieved Aug. 13, 2020.

See also

* '' Chicago Times''

References

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External links

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Daily Illustrated Times
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Defunct newspapers published in Chicago
Publications disestablished in 1948
Newspapers established in 1929