Chicago's American

Chicago's American, an afternoon newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, was the last flowering of the aggressive journalistic tradition depicted in the play and movie The Front Page.

The American's Predecessor Newspapers

• Morning Record, March 13, 1893-March 27, 1901 (originally News Record aka Morning News aka Chicago Daily News (Morning Edition) beginning July 24, 1881)
• Chicago Times, June 1, 1861-March 4, 1895
• Chicago Republican, May 30, 1865-March 22, 1872
• Inter Ocean, March 25, 1872-May 10, 1914
• Chicago Daily Telegraph,March 21,1878-May 9,1881
• Morning Herald, May 10, 1893-March 3, 1895
• Times-Herald, March 4, 1895-March 26, 1901
• Chicago American July 4, 1900-August 27, 1939
• Record-Herald, March 28, 1901-May 10,1914
• Chicago Examiner, Mar 3,1907-May 1, 1918
• Chicago Herald, June 14, 1914-May 1,1918
• Herald-Examiner May 2, 1918-August 26, 1939
• Herald American August 26, 1939-April 5,1953
• The Chicago American April 6, 1953-September 23, 1959
• Chicago Record Herald & Interocean May 11, 1914- June 1,1914
• Chicago Today May 24, 1970-September 13, 1974
• Chicago's New American Sep 23, 1959-October 24, 1959
• Chicago's American October 25, 1959-April 27, 1969
• Chicago Today American April 28, 1969-May 23, 1970