ChicagoNow

ChicagoNow
ChicagoNow logo
ChicagoNow logo
Type of site
Blogging site
Available inEnglish
DissolvedAugust 18, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-08-18)
OwnerTribune Publishing
URLwww.chicagonow.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedAugust 2009; 15 years ago (2009-08)

ChicagoNow[1] 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.[2]

Notable ChicagoNow contributors included the staff of the Chicago Reporter,[3] and Shimer College president Susan Henking.[4]

On August 18, 2022, the site was shut down with no announcement.[5]

  1. ^ "ChicagoNow". www.chicagonow.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Rao, Leena (April 24, 2010). "The Tribune Company Finds An Audience For Homegrown Hyperlocal News Site ChicagoNow". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "About | Chicago Muckrakers". ChicagoNow. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "About Shimer Prez". ChicagoNow. Archived from the original on May 7, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  5. ^ Kaufmann, Justine (August 25, 2022). "ChicagoNow is now Chicago history after Tribune shuts down blog network". Axios. Retrieved April 3, 2024.