NY Post Targets Chicago

In a bold and surprising move, the New York Post, the notoriously sensational tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., is entering the Chicago market beginning Monday.

The Chicago Tribune reports Promotional copies of the paper were handed out to commuters at Union Station on Thursday morning.

Executives confirmed that the newspaper is going to enter the market in a bid to export its distinctive if controversial brand of journalism to the Midwest.

"The rumors are indeed true," New York Post publisher Jesse Angelo said in a statement Thursday.

"As of next week, The New York Post is coming to Chicago. We wanted the great people of Chicago to have just a little more fun and a little more NYC in their daily media diet."

The daily newspaper will be available at newsstands, with no home delivery, according to a New York Post spokeswoman. The paper will sell for $2 and will be identical to the New York edition, with no additional Chicago coverage planned, sources said.

The Chicago Tribune Media Group said it will distribute copies of the New York Post to "major retail locations" in the suburbs beginning Sept. 21 but will not be involved in printing the newspaper.