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Geoff Dougherty, founder of the recently departed Chi-Town Daily News, launches the new public affairs print-and-web publication Chicago Current Nov. 9.
Chi-Town Daily News Founder Launches New Venture
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And now we hear about it!
Here's the site Geoff's starting: http://www.chicagocurrent.com/
"What we're launching on Nov. 9th is Chicago Current, which is a print and online publication focused on the public affairs and government niche."
So they want to do a local Roll Call, telling you what the local politicos are up to. Geoff says the site will be updated "up to the minute" while the print paper will grow as they sign up advertisers.
Very interesting.
Considering this seems to be the same realm that the newly announced Chicago News Cooperative will be covering -- and some of the same ground Chicago Reporter and Catalyst already cover -- it looks like we suddenly have a public affairs "newspaper war" brewing.
Chicago News Cooperative also just snagged David Greising from the Tribune. We live in interesting times.
Indeed:
-Examiner
-True/Slant
-Huffington Post
-CNC
Lots of new stuff popping up in the past few years.
Couldn't be happier. I loves me some public affairs!
With the news about the boys from Tribune, and the son of ChiTown, we're feeling like the Workshop picked the right week for our communicamp conversation (this Thursday at, where else, Film Row Cinema)!
Is it meaningful do you think that the first round of new online news names (eg GapersBlock, WindyCitizen, ChiTown Daily News) are more playful than the second (News Cooperative, Chicago Current)?
I don't think I'd include WindyCitizen as a "first round" venture. Gapers Block launched in 2003, Chi-Town in 2006. WindyCitizen launched last year, which I think fits it nicely into this second wave. I think the serious names are more a reflection of their intended subject matter.
Agreed.
for whatever it's worth, I think so much has happened in the past year that when we look back in say a couple years, anything from prior to last spring, say, is going to get classed in a "round" or whatever we want to say compared to stuff from this autumn forwards. and i agree on the serious subject matter (but i hope they don't get as earnest as we nonprofit types generally are)
$75 per year for mail delivery seems, well, like a lot. And it sounded like this was a monthly.
I hope it works...
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