New Chicago News Bureau Will Produce Content for New York Times

A new Chicago News Cooperative (CNC) has been formed to provide high quality, professionally edited news and commentary to the Chicago region on the Web, in print and over the airwaves, according to Poynter Online today.

CNC has a contract with the New York Times in which journalists will provide two pages of CNC branded news and commentary to The New York Times twice a week in its Chicago editions on Friday and Saturday. It will also produce a Web site called Chicago Scoop that will provide news, commentary and investigative reporting. Expected to go live in early 2010, reports will also appear on WTTW. It is in discussions with Chicago Public Radio about providing content as well.

CNC editor is James O'Shea, former editor of the Los Angeles Times and former managing editor of the Tribune. James Warren, former Tribune managing editor will write a regular column for CNC that will appear in the NY Times Chicago pages.