The Newspaper
Inside Publications is the last family-owned and operated neighborhood newspaper serving the North Side communities of Chicago. We are offered free to our readers courtesy of our advertisers. We are proud members of many chambers of commerce, neighborhood associations, local professional and social service organizations and we have an open door policy to all inquiries big and small. We were ‘local first’ before it was considered cool.
Our history in Chicago goes back over a century. The Booster, Skyline and News-Star newspapers were founded in January of 1904 as part of the Lerner chain of community newspapers serving Chicago’s Near North, North and Northwest Sides. In 2009 those papers were purchased [Skyline in 2012] by Inside Publications and publisher Ronald Roenigk who merged them with his own community newspapers. Each edition is devoted to news, events and the promotion of better business throughout Chicago’s Near North, North and Northwest sides.
In 1993 Inside Publications produced it’s first Summer Activity Guide which is now published annually just prior to the Memorial Day weekend. The Guide lists all the festivals, art fairs, public activities and special events on Chicago’s North Side from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
To much of our readership, we are the only free, independent and professional source available for neighborhood news and events - and in the truest sense of community journalism - perhaps the only outlet for many local residents and businesses to redress their concerns and problems when satisfaction cannot be obtained through more general channels.
As a free newspaper, our sole source of income are the businesses who buy advertising. Our 108 years in business speaks to our success in delivering the product into these market areas, and serving as a vehicle for our advertisers’ messages. We stand ready to put the full power of our publications behind serving our client-advertisers and community when called upon.
Our history in Chicago goes back over a century. The Booster, Skyline and News-Star newspapers were founded in January of 1904 as part of the Lerner chain of community newspapers serving Chicago’s Near North, North and Northwest Sides. In 2009 those papers were purchased [Skyline in 2012] by Inside Publications and publisher Ronald Roenigk who merged them with his own community newspapers. Each edition is devoted to news, events and the promotion of better business throughout Chicago’s Near North, North and Northwest sides.
In 1993 Inside Publications produced it’s first Summer Activity Guide which is now published annually just prior to the Memorial Day weekend. The Guide lists all the festivals, art fairs, public activities and special events on Chicago’s North Side from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
To much of our readership, we are the only free, independent and professional source available for neighborhood news and events - and in the truest sense of community journalism - perhaps the only outlet for many local residents and businesses to redress their concerns and problems when satisfaction cannot be obtained through more general channels.
As a free newspaper, our sole source of income are the businesses who buy advertising. Our 108 years in business speaks to our success in delivering the product into these market areas, and serving as a vehicle for our advertisers’ messages. We stand ready to put the full power of our publications behind serving our client-advertisers and community when called upon.
