22nd Century Media was an American
media company
A media conglomerate, media company, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, video games, amusement parks, or ...
based in the suburbs of
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
.
The company was founded in 2005 and at one time published 14 weekly
community newspaper
Community journalism is locally-oriented, professional news coverage that typically focuses on city neighborhoods, individual suburbs or small towns, rather than metropolitan, state, national or world news.
If it covers wider topics, community ...
s. The publications had roughly 160,000
subscribers
The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century. It ...
.
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."
Online
In addition to the
print content, each paper posted interactive videos, photo galleries, and a calendar online.
Orland Park's #1 Newspaper
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Newspapers
*''The Lake Forest Leader''
Magazine
*''Chicagoly''
References
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External links
Official website
Mass media companies of the United States
2005 establishments in Illinois
2020 disestablishments in Illinois
Mass media companies established in 2005
Mass media companies disestablished in 2020
Newspapers published in Illinois