Shaw Media has purchased Suburban Life publications, formerly part of GateHouse Media. In addition to the Kane County Chronicle, we now publish The Republicans, serving St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia. This acquisition also adds newspapers, websites and other specialty products that serve DuPage, Will, McHenry and Cook counties.

What does this announcement mean for subscribers of the Kane County Chronicle? What changes can be expected for readers of the St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia Republicans? What will this mean for our advertisers and the community?

Our purpose is to make the communities we serve better places to live. We do this by providing the best community newspapers, websites and specialty products we can offer. Through news, information, photos and videos, we strive to gather and share anything that is of interest to our readers. Print continues to be a key platform; however, our audience is larger than ever because of digital readership on websites, smartphones and tablets.