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About Last Night: Photos from the ChicagoNow Tweetup

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We’re still recovering from last night’s ChicagoNow tweetup at Bull & Bear, but somehow our photographer John Morrison (aka @localcelebrity and the guy behind the ChicagoNow photo blog Focal Points) already uploaded these shots. Don’t know how he did it, but we love him all the more for it. If you missed last night’s tweetup... Read more »
By TracySchmidt,
July 22, 2010 at 7:39 am
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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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Mashable, Poynter recognize ChicagoNow

Yesterday Mashable, in partnership with the Poynter Institute, named ChicagoNow one of “5 innovative websites that could reshape the news.” The announcement was a surprise to us and we are honored to be listed alongside WikiLeaks, Everyblock, Spot.Us and Fwix. As I wrote on TribNation, ChicagoNow has come a very long way in a short... Read more »
By TracySchmidt,
May 19, 2010 at 4:07 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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ChicagoNow planned outage

ChicagoNow is going to be offline starting at 9 p.m. tonight. We expect it to be down for several hours but back up well before morning. This is being done in part because of a server migration but also in preparation for the launch of our new home page/navigation software that will likely take place... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
April 21, 2010 at 4:19 pm
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How to get a blog on ChicagoNow

We’re always looking for new bloggers to join the ChicagoNow community. But what exactly are we looking for? How do you get your blog onto ChicagoNow? What will make your blog stand out? These questions and many more are answered by my colleague, Jimmy Greenfield, on this great podcast from today’s episode of ChicagoNow Radio.In... Read more »
By TracySchmidt,
April 3, 2010 at 3:56 pm
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What we've been working on

We have been quiet for a couple of weeks. The main reason is that we’ve been talking with many of our bloggers offline. After this post played out on Windy Citizen, we decided to address the situation directly. Our bloggers gave us candid, helpful feedback. We’re already acting on a few of their ideas. We’ve... Read more »
By TracySchmidt,
March 17, 2010 at 12:17 pm
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ChicagoNow Social Media session: March 10, 2010

Muhammad Saleem, ChicagoNow’s Director of Social Media Strategy, spent an hour on the phone with dozens of CN bloggers going over social media strategy... Read more »
By Jimmy Greenfield,
March 8, 2010 at 8:52 pm
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ChicagoNow: Open for discussion--and debate

February may have only been 28 days long, but it was our strongest month yet. ChicagoNow received a record 13 million pageviews and 1.3 million unique visitors in February. That continues our track record of month-over-month growth since our site launched last summer. We also set a new record for revenue in February. While ChicagoNow... Read more »
By TracySchmidt,
March 2, 2010 at 6:46 am
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