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Tell WC: Testing out some new commenting features

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:57:45 -0600

We're going to try out a few things on the WC comments over the next few days...

1. User pics won't appear with comments. 2. Comments that get lots of downvotes will disappear gradually the lower their score.

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Windy Citizen awarded $35,000 grant through Chicago Community Trust news incubator

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:10 -0600

Exciting news! The Chicago Community Trust today announced $500,000 in awards to 12 recipients under an new program, Community News Matters, to spur the growth of new sources of quality local news and information about the Chicago region. The award winners were selected from among 86 requests, totaling $5.7 million.

cct.org

Former Trib Guy Now Reader's Publisher

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:40:05 -0500

The interim CEO of Creative Loafing, the company that bought out the Chicago Reader, has announced that former Tribune co-managing editor and Washington bureau chief James Warren will be the new publisher.

chicagoreader.com

New York Times staffs Chicago edition… or Gray Lady courts suburban blue hairs

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:10:44 -0500

It’s disappointing to see the Times brass staff the Chicago edition in a manner that suggests it may follow a model Chicago has rejected. There’s plenty of evidence Times brass isn’t very astute lately, but this isn’t an iPhone they’re trying to build. It’s a newspaper.

trueslant.com

New York Times Hires Gang Who Killed Chicago Tribune to Kill Tribune

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:26:58 -0500

The Chicago Tribune is a terrible newspaper that was driven into bankruptcy by timid bureaucrats posing as editors. So who is the New York Times hiring to launch its new Chicago edition? The same people that ruined the Trib.

gawker.com

Sinatra to Royko: I punch you in the mouth

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:11:49 -0500

A Rockford, Ill., woman is auctioning off a 1976 letter from Frank Sinatra to Mike Royko in which the blue-eyed singer takes umbrage to some charges penned by the Chicago columnist. Royko wrote five columns per week in the city of Slats Grobnik, but Sinatra more than holds his own as a sharp-tongued tough guy.

trueslant.com

Global Death-Balloon Watch 2009 Special Breaking Update!

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:50:52 -0500

National Press literally distracted by shiny object...

driftglass.blogspot.com

Who Should Defend the Copyright of Content Network Bloggers?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:50:09 -0500

Chicago Huffington Post blogger Mike Doyle quits over content theft, saying "I'd bet money on copyright defense for resident bloggers to become a touchstone issue in the not-so-distant future."

chicagonow.com

Jim Tyree, new owner of the Sun-Times, interviewed on Chicago Tonight

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:57:00 -0500

The man attempting to buy the Sun-Times, Jim Tyree, sits down with Eddie Arruza to talk about the future of the newspaper.

wttw.com

Retail Therapy is back to help breast cancer survivors. Video included.

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:32:23 -0500

Save money, save lives! Yorktown Center Mall is getting "Back in the Swing!" This non-profit organization uses "retail therapy" to help fund breast cancer survivorship programs in the Chicago area.

abclocal.go.com