About

ChicagoNow is an online community created by Chicagoans for Chicagoans.

More than 10 million of us call ourselves Chicagoans. Some of us live in the city proper, many of us live in the suburbs and more than a few live a plane ride away. Our stories vary, but all of us are connected to Chicago. ChicagoNow is where we connect to each other online and share our interests.

Every day, our bloggers post dozens of entries about all things Chicago. One day you might read about CTA fare cuts, see photos of a new bar in Pilsen or watch an interview with White Sox prospects. The next day you might read about Mayor Emanuel, Boystown or watch Miss Illinois work out.

It's our bloggers' job to lead the conversation on Chicago. We encourage you to join the conversation by commenting on their posts. Many of our bloggers are also on Twitter and host their own meet-ups offline. To find out more about our bloggers, including how to contact them directly, please see their individual about pages.

We are always looking for more bloggers to join ChicagoNow. If you have an existing blog or an idea for a blog, we'd like to hear from you. Please email us directly.

ChicagoNow launched in August 2009 and is owned by the Chicago Tribune Media Group. The site is run by community manager Jimmy Greenfield and web developers based in downtown Chicago.

Capabilities
  • Desktop Display
    • Brand Integrations
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    • Sponsored Posts
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    • Native Ads
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    • High-Impact (Takeovers, Billboards, Overlays, Sliders, Skins)
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    • Rich Media (Expandable & Non-Expandable)
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  • Email
  • Mobile Display
    • Mobile Rich Media (Including Interstitials & Expandables)
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    • Tablet Traffic
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    • Native & Custom Mobile Executions
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    • Requires SDK Integration
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  • Social
  • Desktop Display, Email, Mobile Display, Social
  • CPM
  • Web Publisher
  • Headline:
    Latest and greatest from Chicagoans
  • Self / Managed Service:
    Managed Service
  • Industries
    Entertainment, Government & Politics, Sports
  • Key Differentiator
    ChicagoNow is a new digital brand that connects Chicagoans through a network of niche sites. Our goal is to attract new local audiences that will engage with each other and with advertisers. When you join ChicagoNow as a sponsor . . . You will be engaging with a local and passionate audience in areas such as parenting, fashion, gardening, real estate, books and sports along with the dozens of other topics covered by the ChicagoNow network. You will be using the best and most innovative social-media methods to connect with your customers. You will be driving qualified traffic to your business and generating qualified leads. Sponsorships are available at a number of levels to meet your business' specific needs.
Site Traffic
  • 256838 Global Rank
  • 68482
    United States
  • 274 K Estimated Visits
Traffic Sources
  • Search
    70.00%
  • Direct
    22.61%
  • Social
    3.95%
  • Referrals
    3.44%
  • Display
    0.00%
  • Mail
    0.00%
Geography Breakdown
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Alexa Traffic Data
Global Rank 73,809
3,989
Japan Rank 10,627
48,866
Japan Page Views 49.6%
13.7%
Top Countries
Top Sites Linking In
Top Search Keywords
  • Remodeling
  • Kitchen and Bath
Ad Intelligence
  • Native
    60.55%
  • Standard
    38.93%
  • Direct
    0.52%
Ads Seen Recently
10,394
Longest Running Ad
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Ads.txt
Ad Exchange
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Publisher ID
Certification ID
google.com
reseller
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Chicago Now advertising reaches 274k visitors across desktop and mobile web, in countries such as United States, Canada, Pakistan, Australia, India. Pricing models they offer are CPM on channels such as Display, Email, Mobile, Social Advertising on Chicago Now will allow you to reach consumers in industries or verticals such as Sports, Government & Politics, Entertainment.

They are headquartered at Idalia, CO, United States, and have advertising & marketing contacts listed on Kochava. According to their Ads.txt, Chicago Now inventory partners include: google.com, advertising.com, yahoo.com, appnexus.com, emxdgt.com, telaria.com, openx.com, gumgum.com, pubmatic.com, undertone.com, indexexchange.com, rhythmone.com, rubiconproject.com, spotxchange.com, spotx.tv, tribalfusion.com, teads.tv, tremorhub.com, contextweb.com, taboola.com, behave.com, aps.amazon.com, adtech.com, subdomain=games.chicagonow.com, triplelift.com, yieldmo.com.

Chicago Now works with Advertising technology companies such as Rocket Fuel, Yahoo Publisher Network, Choice Stream, Drawbridge, AudienceScience, DemDex, Datonics, Intent Media, AOL-Time Warner Online Advertising, Brilig, The Trade Desk, Videology, Media Innovation Group, Atlas, DoubleVerify, Aggregate Knowledge, Adblade, Connexity, Real Media Group, Brandscreen, Criteo, RadiumOne, X Plus One, Tapad, IntentIQ, Dstillery, Centro, Neustar AdAdvisor, Bizo, Zedo, Adify, eXelate, BlueKai, Turn, AppNexus, Index Exchange, Rubicon Project, Collective Media, Evidon, Yield Manager, LiveRail, Adap.TV, Advertising.com, Google Adsense, DoubleClick.Net, SiteScout, AcuityAds, Digilant, Chango, Triggit, Google Publisher Tag, Simpli.fi, Eq Ads, 161Media, Proclivity, Jumptap, IponWeb BidSwitch, Flashtalking, Undertone, NetSeer, comScore adXpose, Adconion, Openads/OpenX, Yahoo Small Business, Facebook Exchange FBX, Integral Ad Science, MLN Advertising, Mediaplex, Twitter Ads, MyBuys, AppNexus Segment Pixel, SpotXchange, Pubmatic, PointRoll, BridgeTrack, Upfront Digital Media, Zenovia, Improve Digital, Crowdynews, eyeReturn, Adition, Flite, Engage BDR, Magnetic, DoubleClick Bid Manager, mediaFORGE, BlueKai DMP, Appier, Open AdStream, AdGear, Taboola, MyBuys MyAds, Falk Realtime, Burst Media, DistroScale, VINDICO, Jivox, Spongecell, Walmart, OpenDSP, Specific Media, Google Adsense Asynchronous, StickyAds TV, GumGum, AdMeta, ContextWeb, ADTECH, DynAdmic, Eye View Digital, Yahoo Ad Sync, Adobe Audience Manager Sync, AdBlade Embed, Google Direct, Ads.txt, AppNexus Direct, Yieldmo Direct, Taboola Direct, Teads Direct, OpenX Direct, Google Reseller, Google Inteactive Media Ads, Teads, IndexExchange Direct, Prebid, RubiconProject Direct, LKQD Direct, Arrivalist, SpotXChange Reseller, Triple Lift Direct, Tremor Video Reseller, SpotX, 33 Across Direct, TripleLift, RhythmOne Direct, AOL Reseller, IndexExchange Reseller, PubMatic Reseller, Innovid, DistrictM Reseller, AppNexus Reseller, SpringServe Direct, RubiconProject Reseller, BounceX, DistrictM, Sonobi, RhythmOne, Tribal Fusion, Avocet, GetIntent, Adhigh, Beeswax, RUN Ads, Amazon Associates, Amazon Ad System, Google AdSense Integrator, Saambaa, Sociomantic, BannerFlow, saambaa Direct, Tremor Video Direct, Sovrn Reseller, Lijit Reseller, OpenX Reseller, ContextWeb Reseller, Sovrn Direct, Resonate Insights, IAB Tech Lab, ZypMedia, AliExpress, eBay Partner Network, MaxPoint Interactive, Adelphic, Technorati Media, bRealtime, AdTheorent, Exponential, Banggood, Facebook Custom Audiences, BidSwitch, BidTheatre, SpotXChange Direct, PubMatic Direct, Exponential Direct, AOL Direct, Amazon Direct, RhythmOne Reseller, Header Tag by Index Exchange, GumGum Reseller, Telaria Reseller, Undertone Reseller, Yahoo Direct, ORC International Reseller, SpringServe, Improve Digital Direct, OneTag Direct, WideOrbit Direct, TargetSpot Reseller, Triton Digital Reseller, Roku, Extreme Reach, PLAYGROUND XYZ, Loopme, Phoenix Marketing International, Amazon Transparent Ad Marketplace, Conversant, comScore Activation, Sharethrough, Clickagy.