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Filing year 2024

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES MEDIA INC

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 87-4304197·3
Total revenue
$31.4M
Total assets
$24.4M
Total expenses
$38.1M
Reported officers
18
Mission

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY STRENGTHENING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OUR DEMOCRACY THROUGH INDEPENDENT LOCAL JOURNALISM.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Editor
key employee
$310k
$332k
Base
$254k
Bonus
$35k
Other
Benefits
$17k
Chief Digital Officer
key employee
$282k
$302k
Base
$225k
Bonus
$50k
Other
Benefits
$2k
Controller
highest compensated employee
$192k
$206k
Base
$181k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Washington Bureau Chief
highest compensated employee
$190k
$204k
Base
$180k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Managing Editor
highest compensated employee
$175k
$187k
Base
$163k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Editorial Director
highest compensated employee
$172k
$184k
Base
$169k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$938
City Hall Reporter
highest compensated employee
$156k
$167k
Base
$155k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$1k
President - Thru 09/2024
$39k
$41k
Treasurer - Thru 02/2025
$38k
$41k
Secretary
secretary (operational)
$30k
$32k
Treasurer - Beg. 03/2025
$25k
$27k
President - Beg. 09/2024
$6k
$6k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 6 unpaid individuals.

Down 26%
from 2023

From $421k in 2023 to $310k in 2024.

$421k
2023
$310k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 29% in real terms$466k to $332k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES MEDIA INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$39.5M
$40.6M
2023
$31.4M
$38.1M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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