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Chicagonista Social Media Soiree @ Sushi Samba

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:07:44 -0500

Call it a tweet-up, meet-up, or whatever else you want…but Chicagonista will be hosting and gathering all Social Media folks together for one major partay.

chicagonista.com

Tribune Interactive Creates Photo Galleries Using Creative Commons Images from Flickr

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:42 -0500

Most newspaper Web sites have user-generated photo galleries, for which the organization passively solicits photos from the audience on different topics and local events.

poynter.org

Chicago's getting trounced in Gawker's "Great American News City" poll, vote us up

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:08 -0500

Chicago is the Great American News City...but we're currently losing out to New York City, New Orleans, and *gasp* Washington D.C. Vote us up!

gawker.com

Chicago Now pays its bloggers "carfare"...but what will it pay Jay Mariotti?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:35:12 -0500

Michael Miner asks if the bloggers over at Chicago Now will care if Jay Mariotti gets a better deal than they do, currently $5 for every 1000 pageviews, he reports.

blogs.chicagoreader.com

The Capitol Fax Blog upgrades to new servers after a big day

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:33:22 -0500

Anyone know how many readers Rich does in a day?

thecapitolfaxblog.com

Michael Miner: The Trib's U of I admissions stories "tainted by a disingenuousness"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:25:53 -0500

He writes: "We are asked to be shocked and appalled that admissions procedures at Illinois' top state university aren't always on the square, that clout and money sometimes play an ugly hand.

blogs.chicagoreader.com

A look at making it the '30s in Chicago for Public Enemies [PHOTOS]

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:23:30 -0500

Some great high resolution shots of the sets of Public Enemies in Chicago.

stopsmilingonline.com

A little windfall for Community Media Workshop

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:18:53 -0500

Last March, when the Wednesday Journal chain of community weeklies stopped publishing two of its Chicago titles -- the Booster and the News-Star -- the chain mailed those papers' 4,000 subscribers a l

blogs.chicagoreader.com

Chicago's First Indie Celebrity Late Night Talk Show airs Friday July 3 on CBS

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:45:41 -0500

Chicago's pilot for our first, non-station produced celebrity late night talk show premieres Friday, July 3 on CBS Ch. 2. Called “The Good Night Chicago Show,” it is

reelchicago.com

"Public Enemies" review by Michael Phillips

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:30:51 -0500

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