The headquarters of the 'Chicago Sun Times' is located in Chicago itself. The Sun-Times Media Group which owns the newspaper founded it in the year 1948. The Chicago Sun Time is a daily tabloid. Although the 'Sun Times' is said to be smaller than the 'Chicago Tribune' it still makes more money on the newsstand than any other newspaper in Chicago. The newspaper is priced at US $ 0.50 all over the country. It is ranked 13th on the worlds most widely distributed newspaper. This research was carried out by the world almanac in 2005.

The two most famous writers for the Sun Times were the veteran Robert Novak and the very highly acclaimed film critic Roger Ebert. The current editor of the Chicago sun times is Michael Cooke.