You know that thing you never do? Now it will cost another 25 cents if you start to do it. Yes, the Tribune is increasing its newsstand price to 75 cents for Monday-Saturday editions, but the Sunday edition remains $1.79. The memo sent out from Tony Hunter, the Trib's senior vice president of circulation and operations, said: more ›

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We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. Dewars Repeal Day, because you shouldn't take the right to have a drink for granted. Sony Card, because you'll get a free MP3 player if you apply. Love is a Mix Tape, Rob Sheffield's book about women, music, and love. American Express' Urban Adventures-- for information about shopping, dining, and entertainment. Homes for Working Families-- working to make housing affordable in... more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. Dewars Repeal Day, because you shouldn't take the right to have a drink for granted. Sony Card, because you'll get a free MP3 player if you apply. Choice Hotels, because you can win a part to be in their next commercial! Busted Tees, where they're selling 12 shirts for $12 each. If you're interested in advertising on Chicagoist or any other... more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. Dewars Repeal Day, because you shouldn't take the right to have a drink for granted. The Backroom, playing tonight at The Note. Homes for Working Families, because who hasn't been squeezed out of the housing market? Sony Card, because you'll get a free MP3 player if you apply. Choice Hotels, because you can win a part to be in their next... more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. The Backroom, playing at The Note on 11/23. Homes for Working Families, because who hasn't been squeezed out of the housing market? Sony Card, because you'll get a free MP3 player if you apply. Choice Hotels, because you can win a part to be in their next commercial! Busted Tees, where you get free shipping with the purchase of three shirts.... more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. AMEX Urban Adventures, because big cities are full of little adventures. The Backroom, playing at The Note on 11/23. Homes for Working Families, because who hasn't been squeezed out of the housing market? Choice Hotels, because you can win a part to be in their next commercial! Busted Tees, where they've thrown their weight behind Hillary in '08. That's Hillary Duff.... more ›

Because of the architectural significance of our building, the condominium association holds a common law copyright on the use of the association name and building image. This means under federal and Illinois law, advertisers, movie-makers, and others cannot use the association name or image without first obtaining express written permission from the association.

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. AMEX Urban Adventures, because big cities are full of little adventures. Choice Hotels, because you can win a part to be in their next commercial! Busted Tees, where you can get free shipping with the purchase of three shirts! If you're interested in advertising on Chicagoist or any other site in our network, check out our online mediakit.... more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. AMEX Urban Adventures, because big cities are full of little adventures. Choice Hotels, because you can win a part to be in their next commercial! Busted Tees, where you can get free 2nd day shipping when ordering 4 shirts! If you're interested in advertising on Chicagoist or any other site in our network, check out our online mediakit.... more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. AMEX Urban Adventures, because big cities are full of little adventures. Rogue Wave, playing Double Door on October 24th. World War Z, perfect as Halloween is coming up. Travelzoo, with its Top 20 list on travel deals. Busted Tees, where they're in Halloween mode! If you're interested in advertising on Chicagoist or any other site in our network, check out our... more ›

As is the custom around these parts, we would like to take a moment to thank this weeks' advertisers on Chicagoist. more ›

We'd like to take a brief moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. AMEX Urban Adventures, because there's shopping, dining, and entertainment destinations to be discovered. OFFICE, with their new album and playing at Schubas next week. The Darjeeling Limited, in theaters now. Look Me in the Eye, by Augusten Burroughs' older brother. The Next Iron Chef, starting Sunday in its quest to find ... the next Iron Chef. Busted Tees, where they have... more ›

Once again, we would like to take a brief moment to thank this week's advertisers on Chicagoist. more ›

Drum roll please ... here's a list of advertisers this week on Chicagoist. Sarah Silverman Program, who has new episodes starting in October. Look Me In the Eye, in bookstores on September 25. Busted Tees, which is still having a sale with free shipping if you buy three shirts. If you, or anyone you might know, wants to be on this list, the first place to start is our online mediakit, featuring Chicagoist and the... more ›

Got a second? Good! Because we want to thank the advertisers on Chicagoist this week: CNN.com, who has a surprising amount of video on their site (including one of a couple with sextuplets). StopBigMedia, which is rallying to prevent monopolies in the local media. Busted Tees, which is having a buy three, get free shipping sale right now. If you're interested in advertising on Chicagoist or the Gothamist Network of sites, head on over to... more ›

In our continuing effort to pay for things around the office, we'd like to take a moment to thank the advertisers on Chicagoist this week: Busted Tees because everyone needs some funny shirts, right? Bonus - they have a sale that ends next Wednesday. If you're interested in advertising on Chicagoist or the Gothamist Network of sites, head on over to our our nifty online mediakit where you can learn more.... more ›

Servers aren't cheap, so we'd like to take a moment to thank the advertisers on Chicagoist this week: Busted Tees for making us feel like our T-shirt collection isn't quite funny enough. Strong American Schools lest we end up like Miss Teen South Carolina. If you want to become an advertiser on Chicagoist or the Gothamist Network of sites, why not take a look at our handy-dandy online mediakit?... more ›

While we remain convinced that the major reason newspapers are in decline is because they've consistently refused to change and employed strange dinosaurs long after they should have kicked the bucket, this just plain sucks. more ›

It's official: The Red Eye is the Wave of the Future (TM)! For all the yada yadas about selling the Trib, reporters having to beg for food on street corners, and the inarguable lack of print news readers, the Red Eye seems to be doing OK — the paper will soon have a Saturday edition. more ›

As we get more and more frightened about the threats/promises of impending CTA snafus ranging from commutes that take so long we could draft a thesis (on urban transportation, natch) or the same slashing service and raising fares, we are constantly running through various solutions that could help alleviate some of these problems. (Because at some point, you've just got to help your own cause.) One of the solutions that keeps coming up in all... more ›

That new TV show, "Armed & Famous," where they train Z-list celebs to be cops ... it's in Indiana. Figures! Some racist assholes with a pro-Chief Illiniwek page on Facebook made threats against a Native American University of Illinois student. Suggested one person, "I say we throw a tomahawk into her face." A lady from Florida is suing Kraft because Capri Sun says "All Natural" on the label. When did she figure out that... more ›

Last week Chicagoist wrote: "Memo to John Cruickshank: Time to fold the Red Streak. This is getting embarrassing." more ›

The old man of porn, Chicago-based Playboy, announced that it will raise the newsstand price of its magazine $1 and promised advertisers less sales. The price increase is only expected to effect teenagers scamming a copy at the corner magazine stand/porn hut and horny businessmen buying copies at the airport, since 89% of of Playboy's readers subscribe and have their copies subsequently stolen by the mailman. more ›

This week Chicagoist has been noticing advertising on CTA turnstiles, particularly at the Quincy, LaSalle/Van Buren, Monroe, and Library-State stations. Which.. you know.. we don't really like, but understand that the CTA needs some dough so they're selling off every inch of blank space to advertisers. Fine. Make some money, keep all the train and bus lines, don't hike the fares.. we'll look at the ads.. Great! more ›

Cancer is a total dick. It didn't allow the media even one day to grieve one family member's death before killing another member. It took Peter Jennings yesterday, and today it took John H. Johnson, publisher of EBONY and JET magazines. There's plenty of news about ole P.J. so we're going to stick to Johnson. more ›

Maybe this is the beginning of the end for the Red Streak. Chicagoist noticed this last week but we haven't heard anything anywhere about it... all over the city the Red Streak boxes now say that the paper is free. Maybe people just aren't noticing it, the boxes look the same for the most part, but we're not sure how this flew under the radar of like .. everyone. more ›

Last night, the New England Patriots defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX. A pretty ugly game throughout, at least it was a close game from start to finish. Last night's game was only the second Super Bowl ever to go into halftime with a tie. And the first time a Super Bowl ever entered the 4th quarter tied. After 10 straight points by the Pats, the Eagles could only counter with 7 of their own before time expired, giving New England it's third NFL title in 4 seasons. more ›

Sorry for the lack of posts today.. much of the staff, and we're guessing (hoping!) our readers have the day off to commemorate MLK. We finally got around to dragging our asses over to the computer this afternoon and noticed that the Trib has a new online offerring for it's offline subscribers, the Chicago Tribune Subscriber Advantage, which is designed to reward customers with exclusive online offerings, premier events, valuable offers and customized news and information. It's free.. but again is only available to subscribers of the newspaper. more ›

The Hollinger scandal has finally busted itself wide upen, but the ensuing legal battles have probably just begun. Hollinger International, which owns the Sun-Times, has admitted, after a three-month investigation, that they inflated the Sun-Times' circulation by over 50,000 for weekdays and 17,000 on Sundays. According to Hollinger's press release, Saturday circulation was not inflated. Weird. more ›