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Chicago News Cooperative hyperlocal site suspends publication - Posted February 20, 2012
The hyperlocal Chicago News Cooperative site, which supplies Chicago-area content to the New York Times, announced today it will suspend publication. The non-profit site was founded in 2009. It will stop production to reassess the situation on Feb. 26.
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Chicago News Cooperative hyperlocal site suspends publication - Posted February 20, 2012
The hyperlocal Chicago News Cooperative site, which supplies Chicago-area content to the New York Times, announced today it will suspend publication. The non-profit site was founded in 2009. It will stop production to reassess the situation on Feb. 26.
... [10,000 Words]
The Moth Expands to Louisville, Pittsburgh & Ann Arbor - Posted September 28, 2011
The Moth StorySLAM Storytelling Series has expanded to Louisville, Pittsburgh and Ann Arbor.
See all the October events here. Although the series already regularly hosts events in Chicago, t... [GalleyCat]
Marcus Sakey to Host Travel Channel TV Series - Posted September 14, 2011
Crime novelist Marcus Sakey will write and host a new Travel Channel television series called Hidden City. On his website, Sakey gave this description of the show: "It's sort of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations meets Castle."
... [semanticweb.com]
Rahm Emanuel Embraces Open City Government - Posted April 8, 2011
Chicago2011.org reports that, "Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel visited Microsoft's offices downtown to discuss the great ideas coming from Chicagoans to this website, and propose further technology initiatives that City Hall can take to engage citizens, ... [AllTwitter]
Rahm Emanuel Embraces Open City Government - Posted April 8, 2011
Chicago2011.org reports that, "Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel visited Microsoft's offices downtown to discuss the great ideas coming from Chicagoans to this website, and propose further technology initiatives that City Hall can take to engage citizens, ... [semanticweb.com]
Open Jobs in Semantics - Posted March 18, 2011
NexGen Solutions is looking for a Lead Web Developer in San Francisco, CA. The responsibilities of this position include, "Lead ... [semanticweb.com]
Rahm Emanuel to Donate $5000 to Charity if Twitter Impersonator Reveals Identity - Posted February 17, 2011
Rahm Emanuel may be the frontrunner in Chicago's mayoral election, but his Twitter account has only about a quarter of the number of followers that his alter-ego's account boasts. And last night, Emanuel broke his silence on the ultra-popular, profanity-ridden im... [AllTwitter]
Chicago Gets Curbed (and Racked, and Eater, Along with Austin for the Latter) - Posted October 6, 2010
Attention, Chicago: You have just been Curbed. The network of local sites launched three of them in the Windy City Wednesday -- Curbed C... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]
Ira Glass Reveals The End Of "This American Life" TV Show - Posted September 17, 2009
What started as a casual conversation about the humble beginnings of Chicago Public Radio's "This American Life" turned into an impromptu press conference last night as host Ira Glass announced t... [FishbowlNY]










