 ChicagoNow logo |
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| URL | www.chicagonow.com |
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| Slogan | Where Chicago blogs. |
| Commercial? | yes |
| Type of site | Blogging site |
| Registration | optional |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Tribune Media Group |
| Launched | August 2009 |
| Alexa rank | 20,567 (as of February 2012)[1] |
ChicagoNow is a blogging site managed by Tribune Media Group, a subsidiary of the Chicago Tribune. It features a small network of blogs of mainly local interest on a variety of topics ranging from crime to public schools to local politics.[2]
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History [edit]
ChicagoNow was launched in August 2009.[3][4]
The website of the Tribune daily RedEye was initially hosted on ChicagoNow but with very little ChicagoNow branding.[citation needed] ChicagoNow utilized Movable Type as its blogging platform when it first launched but later switched to WordPress.[5]
Reception [edit]
In April 2010, the World Editors Forum described ChicagoNow as a "hyperlocal blog network" that has "a personal quality that many larger newspapers lack."[6]
In September 2010, Time Out Chicago criticized ChicagoNow for hosting an unidentified police officer in what they called "a hate-filled, racist rant by blogger Joe the Cop, entitled The ghetto shooting template, for three days and counting now."[7] ChicagoNow removed the posts in question, stating that while they don't edit posts, they reserve the right to remove them.[8]
References [edit]
- ^ "Chicagonow.com ranking". Alexa. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Rao, Leena (April 24, 2010). "The Tribune Company Finds An Audience For Homegrown Hyperlocal News Site ChicagoNow". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ "About ChicagoNow". ChicagoNow. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ^ Tribune Media Group, "Reach and Engage Chicago's Blogging Community"
- ^ "Welcome to ChicagoNow 2.0". ChicagoNow. June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ^ Jaffe, Alexandra (April 26, 2010). "ChicagoNow offers hope for hyperlocal news sites". World Editors Forum. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Sennett, Frank (September 23, 2010). "Trib's ChicagoNow hosts cop's racist rant three days and counting". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ "Why we removed 2 Arresting Tales posts". ChicagoNow Staff Blog. September 23, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
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