New Section Provides Region's Best Auto Coverage, As Chicago Auto
Show Begins
CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
With the opening of the Chicago Auto Show, the Sun-Times News
Group announced today the launch of SearchChicago-Autos every Thursday
throughout the group's 58 paid-circulation newspaper titles,
complementing its successful and growing online counterpart,
www.SearchChicago.com/autos.
SearchChicago-Autos, which will have a paid circulation of more
than 750,000, will replace existing auto sections. The new section
will feature respected local auto columnists Jill Ciminillo, Ira
Siegel, John Stein and Jeff Taylor, an auto Q&A and a check of some of
the cheapest gas prices in the Chicago area. The Sun-Times News Group
is also launching a weekly electronic newsletter that will recap the
week's local auto news.
"Our new print SearchChicago-Autos will provide the most
comprehensive auto coverage in the region and link to our Web site
with more new and used car and truck listings than any other service,"
said Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Sun-Times
Media Group, parent of the Sun-Times News Group. "Not only are
SearchChicago-Autos and SearchChicago.com/autos great ways for
consumers to search hundreds of local dealers in the Chicago region
for a new car, but they are great ways for manufacturers and dealers
to reach the Sun-Times News Group's 4.2 million print and online
readers each week."
The Sun-Times News Group's newspapers include the Chicago
Sun-Times; The Beacon News (Aurora), The Herald News (Joliet), Lake
County News-Sun, The Courier News (Elgin), SouthtownStar, The
Naperville Sun, and 51 Pioneer Press titles.
Beginning today at the Chicago Auto Show, the largest auto show in
North America, SearchChicago-Autos will offer attendees the chance to
win $50,000 in its "Drive Away With $50K" sweepstakes at numerous
sites throughout the show.
About the Sun-Times News Group
The Sun-Times News Group is the operating subsidiary of Sun-Times
Media Group, Inc. (NYSE:SVN), which is dedicated to being the premier
source of local news and information for the greater Chicago area. Its
media properties include the Chicago Sun-Times and Suntimes.com as
well as newspapers and Web sites serving more than 200 communities
across Chicago. Further information can be found at
www.thesuntimesgroup.com.
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Sun-Times News Group
Tammy Chase, Director of Investor Relations
312-321-3230
tchase@suntimes.com
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