The Meridian Archive
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May 1991
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Closed mid-April 1991 · On stands late April 1991

The Front

The Meridian Index: April

Tax Day lines, the price of a Sunday paper against ten years ago, curbside recycling compliance

The Essay

The Foreign File

Managed, Not Reported

Filed after the ceasefire, an argument that the Gulf War press pool managed coverage rather than reported it; CNN's live Baghdad broadcast becomes one exhibit inside that argument, not the story itself — the live-broadcast angle, originally assigned and typeset on its own, was cut and absorbed here

The Feature Well

The City

Subject: The Daily News's nine-union walkout and the Tribune-to-Maxwell sale that ended it

The Surcharge

The new Safe Streets, Safe City surcharge funds a large police expansion

The Back

Books: [object Object] · Art: A profile of a Chicago society hostess's spring benefit auction, the paddle numbers doubling as a status ledger · Film: [object Object] · Television: [object Object]