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The two owners of the alternative weekly paper, who bought it for $1 in 2018, transferred ownership to a nonprofit entity. They sold it for a token amount of $100.

The Chicago Reader completed its transition to a nonprofit organization Monday, ushering in a new chapter for the iconic 51-year-old alternative newspaper.

The Chicago Reader, the city’s famed alt-weekly, is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over a co-owner’s column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. Critics including former and current Reader staff blasted his take, arguing that Goodman relied on sources repeatedly fact-checked by media and infectious-disease experts.

The Chicago Reader, the city’s famed alt-weekly, is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over a co-owner’s column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children. The publication was on track to be sold to the new nonprofit last year until the November printing of defense attorney Leonard Goodman’s column…

Chicago's famed alt-weekly is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over a co-owner's column opposing COVID-19 vaccine

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Reader, the citys famed alt-weekly, is expected to become a nonprofit this month after the sale was nearly derailed over a co-owners column opposing COVID-19

Like Isthmus, the Chicago Reader — one of the nation’s oldest alt-weeklies — decided to transition to a nonprofit. But a dispute over content almost derailed the whole thing.

The Chicago Reader will become a nonprofit organization after co-owner Len Goodman announced he would sign off and step down this past Wednesday. This comes after the Chicago Reader Union started mobilizing to transition into nonprofit status on April 14. They held one rally at Goodman’s residence on April 21. The union found out about...

Chicago Reader owner Len Goodman and three board members stepped down Tuesday amid protests from employees, freeing the embattled alternative newspaper to transition to a nonprofit organization.

Co-owner Leonard Goodman had accused the publication of trying to censor a piece he wrote about COVID-19 vaccinations.