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ChicagoNow 2.0 live chat - Thursday, July 7 at 2 p.m.

Hey everybody, We’re a week into our new site and bloggers Exavier Pope and Christine Whitley suggested we hold another live chat, which was a fine idea. Open to bloggers and readers alike, click here for the live chat... Read more »
By ChicagoNow Staff,
July 6, 2011 at 1:50 pm
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Welcome to ChicagoNow 2.0

Two years ago, we launched this experiment with a handful of blogs not knowing quite what to expect or what the response would be. In that time, we’ve had nearly 100,000 posts from our bloggers read tens of millions of times and our readers have written a half million comments. As of today we’ve got... Read more »
By ChicagoNow Staff,
June 29, 2011 at 5:20 pm
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Coming June 30 to ChicagoNow: A brand new ChicagoNow

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Greetings, and welcome to the last moments of ChicagoNow 1.0. In a few hours we’re going to be unveiling a completely new site, for our readers and for our bloggers. From approximately 9 p.m. tonight until 11 a.m. Thursday morning the old version will remain viewable and online with one notable exception: Commenting will be... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
June 29, 2011 at 4:41 pm
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ChicagoNow Tweet-up at Casey Moran's - Thursday, Jan. 27

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Learned something very important at last night’s Tweet-up: If I’m going to handle photographer duties I’ll have to, you know, take photos. The upside is I spent a lot more time talking to all the ChicagoNow bloggers and readers who came out, the downside is far fewer photos to share with you. Great to see... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
January 28, 2011 at 9:21 am
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ChicagoNow Holiday Party 2010

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A wonderful time was had by all at Funk Groove Bar, and I just want to thank everybody for passing up the opportunity to use the two stripper poles. Thanks to John Morrison (aka @localcelebrity) for the great photos, be sure not to miss Clark Bender’s photobomb in No. 28. A classic... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
December 15, 2010 at 12:42 am
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ChicagoNow Tweet-up at SUB 51 - Tuesday, Nov. 9

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It’s the morning after our latest Tweet-up and three things are clear: SUB 51 is a kick-ass venue with phenomenal chicken tacos, John Morrison is a masterful photographer and ChicagoNow’s bloggers like to party. Thanks to John for these photos, to SUB 51′s wonderful staff and to everyone who came last night for another terrific... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
November 10, 2010 at 12:22 pm
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Why we removed 2 Arresting Tales posts

We have removed two posts by Joe the Cop about a recent shooting on the Red Line because we felt they didn’t meet our blogger guidelines. Joe’s blog, Arresting Tales, has been with us from the start and has provided insight into the life of a law enforcement officer. As we say in our community... Read more »
By bill80,
September 23, 2010 at 6:05 pm
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Suburban Bloggers Wanted

You heard us. If you are in the suburbs and you have a blog–or think you’d make a good blogger–we want to hear from you. We are specifically looking for people who will write about what’s going on in their own communities. Topics we are particularly interested in are:     Politics     Schools     Parenting... Read more »
By TracySchmidt,
July 2, 2010 at 2:39 pm
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Join us for our Tweet-up at English on May 26

Photo by John Morrison Hey everyone– We hope you can join us for a tweet-up next Wednesday, May 26. The hosts of ChicagoNow Radio, Alex Quigley and Amy Guth, would love to meet our bloggers (and fans) to discuss ideas for the show. We’ll gather at 6 p.m. at English, located at 444 N. LaSalle... Read more »
By TracySchmidt,
May 19, 2010 at 1:59 pm
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What's New At ChicagoNow

Since ChicagoNow launched last summer our readers have let us know, repeatedly, that we’ve needed to do two things better: Search and navigation. Today, we’re very pleased to say we’ve taken a huge step toward doing just that. Using software developed by Loud3r, we’ve launched a revamped site that will do three very important things... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
April 29, 2010 at 9:14 am
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