In a move that’s undoubtedly receiving a thumbs up from its long time film-critic Roger Ebert, the Sun-Times Media group has filed for bankruptcy. The motion for Chapter 11, which will seek to ensure protection for the corporation responsible for running the Chicago Sun-Times, was filed in a Delaware court today. The company’s monetary problems are just another sign of the struggles of the newspaper industry, which has recently seen longstanding publications like the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Colorado’s Rocky Mountain News cease print operations.
Sun-Times Media group represents the fifth such company to file for Chapter 11, but in between now and its potential end-of-days the company will continue on as it always has, printing newspapers, posting online columns, and reviewing other forms of media with simple hand gestures.
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