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The ''RedEye'' is a daily publication put out by the ''Chicago Tribune'' geared toward 18- to 34-year-olds. ''RedEye'' (not to be confused with ''Red Eye'', or ''Red-Eye'', or other popular international websites and business sharing the same name) was created due in part to the loss of readership among young people of the ''Chicago Tribune'' and other major newspapers. Tribune Company began publishing the ''RedEye'' in an effort to pull readers back into readership and eventually migrate them into the big edition (''Tribune''). When ''RedEye'' appeared, it was in direct competition with another paper ''Red Streak'', which the ''Tribune's'' Chicago competitor the ''Sun-Times'' began publishing at the same time. Initially, both papers were handed out for free by "hawkers" on street corners, usually with one vendor from each paper directly next to each other.〔 After about 6 months of the free papers, both companies placed vending boxes throughout the city with the papers thereafter costing 25 cents. At the end of 2005, the ''Sun-Times'' discontinued ''Red Streak''. According to ''Sun-Times'' publisher John Cruickshank, ''Red Streak'' was only launched "to stop (''Tribune'' ) from gaining a foothold in the paid tabloid market...". Its only purpose was to undermine ''RedEyes attempt at drawing commuters, customers which have historically belonged to the ''Sun-Times''.〔 At the beginning of 2006, ''RedEye'' became a free paper once again, with vending boxes being unlocked and coin slots covered over. In February 2007, after NewsCorp launched a late-night talk television program on Fox News entitled ''Red Eye'', the Tribune Company filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tribune Sues Fox News Over 'Red Eye' )〕 ==Content== As compared with mainstream newspapers, ''RedEye'' strongly emphasizes pop culture and entertainment news; humorous or lighthearted rather than serious columns, and flashy graphics and large pictures. Like the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', ''RedEye'' is a tabloid-format newspaper, oriented vertically rather than horizontally and with a front page consisting only of a large picture and a banner headline. ''RedEye'' is published five times a week and has a circulation of 250,000 as of December 2, 2009.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RedEye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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