Austin Weekly News was founded 1986 by Liliana Drechney, a former reporter for the now-defunct Leader Papers, Inc. community newspaper chain.
In 2010, it expanded its circulation to cover North Lawndale and West Garfield Park community areas.
[3] Launched by Lerner Newspapers in the 1960s, the Skyline covered the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, the Loop and the Near North Side, with an emphasis on society gossip.
Today, it covers the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Old Town, former Cabrini-Green and River North.
[5] The Wednesday Journal-published editions covered Lake View, North Center and Roscoe Village.
In December 2012, the Chicago Journal announced in their print editions and website that the newspaper would cease publication that month.
In 2005, Pioneer Press sold the nameplate to the Wednesday Journal, which resold it to Inside Publications in 2008 .
[6] Lesley Sussman, now an author and journalist in New York City, was for many years editor of the Uptown and Edgewater News.
It was cancelled in 2008 when the Wednesday Journal management determined that it didn't generate enough ad revenue to justify its existence.