ChicagoNow
| Name | ChicagoNow |
| Logo |  |
| Logocaption | ChicagoNow logo |
| Url | www.chicagonow.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Type | Blogging site |
| Registration | Optional |
| Language | English |
| Owner | Tribune Publishing |
ChicagoNow was a blogging site managed by Tribune Publishing, owner of the print Chicago Tribune newspaper. It featured a network of blogs of international, national, and local interest on a variety of topics ranging from crime to public schools to politics and diplomacy.
Notable ChicagoNow contributors included the staff of the Chicago Reporter, and Shimer College president Susan Henking.
On August 18, 2022, the site was shut down with no announcement.
History
ChicagoNow was launched in August 2009. Its launch coincided with the Tribune company's bankruptcy. As a newspaper-run blogging community, with the initial tagline "a blog by and for locals", it represented what one observer called "a new value proposition for newspapers".
ChicagoNow used Movable Type as its blogging platform when it first launched, then switched to WordPress in 2011.
The website of the Tribune daily RedEye was initially hosted on ChicagoNow but later moved to its own domain.
After the acquisition of the Tribune by Alden Global Capital, ChicagoNow was shut down without warning on August 18, 2022.
Reception
In April 2010, the World Editors Forum described ChicagoNow as a "hyperlocal blog network" that has "a personal quality that many larger newspapers lack."
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." ChicagoNow removed the posts in question, stating that while they don't edit posts, they reserve the right to remove them.
References
- ChicagoNow, www.chicagonow.com, en-US, 2018-04-04, August 20, 2012, dead
- The Tribune Company Finds An Audience For Homegrown Hyperlocal News Site ChicagoNow, Rao, Leena, TechCrunch, April 24, 2010, February 25, 2012
- About | Chicago Muckrakers, ChicagoNow, 2013-05-23
- 2013-05-23, About Shimer Prez, ChicagoNow, May 7, 2013, dead
- Kaufmann, Justine, August 25, 2022, ChicagoNow is now Chicago history after Tribune shuts down blog network, April 3, 2024, Axios
- About ChicagoNow, ChicagoNow, August 31, 2011
- 73–74, Can Journalism be Saved?: Rediscovering America's Appetite for News, Rachel Davis Mersey, 2010
- Welcome to ChicagoNow 2.0, ChicagoNow, June 29, 2011, August 31, 2011
- 2009-12-18, RedEye | ChicagoNow
- ChicagoNow offers hope for hyperlocal news sites, Jaffe, Alexandra, April 26, 2010, World Editors Forum, February 25, 2012
- Sennett, Frank, September 23, 2010, Trib, , s ChicagoNow hosts cop's racist rant three days and counting, September 26, 2010, February 25, 2012, Time Out Chicago
- Why we removed 2 Arresting Tales posts, ChicagoNow Staff Blog, September 23, 2010, February 25, 2012
External links
Category:American blogs
Category:Defunct American websites
Category:Tribune Publishing
Category:Internet properties established in 2009
Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2022
Category:2009 establishments in Illinois