{{short description|American novelist}} {{BLP primary sources|date=December 2010}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox person |name= Amy Guth |image= AmyGuth.jpg |alt= |caption= |birth_date= <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> |birth_place= Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. |other_names= |known_for= Radio host<br/>Journalist<br/>Business |occupation= |website={{URL|www.amyguth.com}} }}
'''Amy Guth''' is an American radio host, writer and author, and publisher of Chicago Tribune daily publication, RedEye.
She was a reporter and digital editor for the ''Chicago Tribune'''s books section until February 2011, when the news organization named her as social media editor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bio.tribune.com/amyguth |title=Chicago Tribune bio |work=Chicago Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302005317/http://bio.tribune.com/amyguth |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2013, Tribune Company tapped her to lead RedEye/Metromix Chicago.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130828/NEWS06/130829784/redeye-metromix-get-new-general-manager|title="RedEye, Metromix get new general manager," Crain's Chicago Business}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/08/28/amy-guth-named-general-manager-of-redeye-metromix/|title="Amy Guth named general manager of RedEye, Metromix," Chicago Tribune | date=August 28, 2013}}</ref> She is host of a Tribune Company's AM news-talk station, WGN weekend talk show, "RedEye Remix",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wgnradio.com/redeye-remix/ |title=WGNRadio.com - RedEye Remix}}</ref> after previous stints co-hosting "WGN Weekends with Alex and Amy" and "ChicagoNow Radio."<ref name="tribune-bio">{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/books/newsletter/chi-books-about-amy-guth,0,7554428.htmlstory |title=Amy Guth, digital news editor |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=December 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124234830/http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/books/newsletter/chi-books-about-amy-guth%2C0%2C7554428.htmlstory |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="radioshow">{{cite web|url=http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/alexamy |title=WGN Weekends with Alex and Amy |work=WGN Radio |access-date=December 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225105334/http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/alexamy/ |archive-date=December 25, 2010 }}</ref>
In 2013, Guth was named “Chicago’s Funniest Media Personality,” winning the contest hosted by the Laugh Factory Chicago.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5902425/ | title=Amy Guth | website=IMDb }}</ref>
Guth is author of the 2006 novel ''Three Fallen Women''.<ref name="novel-reference">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonewpublishing.com/catalog/three-fallen-women |title=Three Fallen Women by Amy Guth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726001047/http://www.sonewpublishing.com/catalog/three-fallen-women |archive-date=July 26, 2009 }}</ref>
Guth was involved in the debut season of ''Chicago Live!'', interviewing guests for the live stage production and radio broadcast including Scott Turow.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-tribune-chicago-live-christopher-piatt-paper-machete/Content?oid=2774423|title=That's Journotainment!|work=Chicago Reader}}</ref>
In 2014, media critic Robert Feder named her among the top ten most powerful women in Chicago media.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/05/02/the-most-powerful-women-in-chicago-journalism-2014-edition/|title=The most powerful women in Chicago journalism: 2014 edition|work=robertfeder.com}}</ref>
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