{{Short description|Newspaper based in Illinois}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Madison / St. Clair Record | logo = Madrecord2.gif | type = Weekly newspaper | owners = Madison County Record, LLC | founder = Brian Timpone | founded = September 2004 | headquarters = 21118 Plum Grove Rd., #190 Elk Grove Village, IL 60008 | website = {{URL|legalnewsline.com/madison-stclair-record}} }} '''''The Madison / St. Clair Record''''', also called '''''The Record''''' and formerly called '''''The Madison County Record''''', is a weekly legal journal covering the Madison and St. Clair County Civil Courts in the state of Illinois<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.madisonrecord.com/about/|title=About Us|website=madisonrecord.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220085728/https://madisonrecord.com/about-us|archive-date=February 20, 2016}}</ref> with subsidiaries covering other counties, states and the country.
==Subsidiaries== It owns similar sites: Northern California Record, Southern California Record, Florida Record, Louisiana Record, Pennsylvania Record, West Virginia Record, Southeast Texas Record, Cook County Record, and St. Louis Record, and a national site, Legal Newsline.<ref name=cjr/> Their Privacy Policies all list the Madison County Record as owner.
==History== The Record was started by Timpone in September 2004 with The Madison County Record, a legal journal for Madison County, Illinois. It was silently funded by the United States Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform to oppose lawsuits against businesses and to support tort reform. The Chamber later funded a site run by The Record called Legal Newsline.<ref name="niem_Usin">{{Cite web |title=Using the power of publishing to influence: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's entry into the news biz |author=Laura McGann |work=Nieman Lab |date=22 October 2010 |access-date=2 March 2021 |url= https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/10/using-the-power-of-publishing-to-influence-the-u-s-chamber-of-commerces-entry-into-the-news-biz/}}</ref><ref name="wash_Advo">{{Cite web |title=Advocacy Groups Blur Media Lines : Some Push Agendas By Producing Movies, Owning Newspapers |first=Jeffrey H|last=Birnbaum |work=The Washington Post |date=6 December 2004 |access-date=2 March 2021 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38184-2004Dec5.html}}</ref><ref name=cjr>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/hundreds-of-pink-slime-local-news-outlets-are-distributing-algorithmic-stories-conservative-talking-points.php/|title=Hundreds of 'pink slime' local news outlets are distributing algorithmic stories and conservative talking points|website=Columbia Journalism Review|first=Priyanjana|last=Bengani|date=December 18, 2019}}</ref>
==Staff== As of 2011, it was located at 301 N. Main Street, Edwardsville, Illinois, with a staff consisting of publisher Brian Timpone, editor Ann Knef, senior writer Bethany Krajelis, office manager, Stacey Strojny and courts reporter Christina Stueve.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.madisonrecord.com/about/122463-contact-the-record|title=Contact the Record|website=madisonrecord.com}}</ref>
As of 2026, it was at 300 S Riverside Plaza Suite 1625, Chicago, IL<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.legalnewsline.com/site/forms/contact_us/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |website=Legal Newsline |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|madisonrecord.com}}
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