The Daily Herald is printed at the Tribune printing plant Feb. 10, 2026, in Schaumburg. | Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune
By Robert Channick | Chicago Tribune
Three years after buying the Daily Herald printing plant, Tribune Publishing has added the storied suburban newspaper itself to an expanding Chicago-area portfolio.
The purchase closed Monday, putting the 150-year-old Daily Herald, the state’s third-largest newspaper, under the Tribune Publishing corporate umbrella, joining nearly three dozen daily and weekly suburban newspapers and the flagship Chicago Tribune.
“I think it’s a great fit for the Chicago Tribune Media Group,” said Par Ridder, publisher of Chicago Tribune Media Group. “It’s really maybe the crown jewel of our suburban coverage.”
Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed, but Tribune Publishing has extended offers of employment to all Daily Herald employees, according to a published statement by Douglas Ray, chairman, publisher and CEO of Paddock Publications, parent company of the Daily Herald.
In May, Tribune Publishing struck a deal to buy the Daily Herald after waging a monthslong campaign — including taking out several full-page print ads in the Chicago Tribune — to convince the suburban newspaper’s employee owners to support the sale.
“We are pleased that ESOP participants voted by a substantial margin in favor of the sale to Tribune Publishing,” Ray said in an online statement Monday.
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