Category: Future of News

• The countdown is on. In less than a week Chicagoans–and the rest of the world–will know which city will the host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The campus of the Michael Reese Hospital, targeted…

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• By Deal Journal Michael Corkery and Jessica E. Vascellaro report: Twitter, the messaging web site that has become an Internet sensation, is nearing a deal to close as much as $100 million of new funding from as many as seven investors, according to people familiar with the deal. The investor group includes mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price and private-equity firm Insight Venture Partners, which are new investors to Twitter. The $100 million investment is about twice as much as Twitter was reportedly expected to haul in this latest round of fund-raising. Other investors in this round include venture-capital firms Spark Capital and Institutional Venture Partners, which have previously invested in Twitter.

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• One of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Chicago will start work on a third public library next year, while two aldermen from the struggling West Side fight for funding to keep their library branches…

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• By Dimitrios Kalantzis, Contributing Editor, Lake Effect News Last month the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University released a study, which found a significant increase in…

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• Lawsuit: Copyright Filtering Technology Infringes | Threat Level | Wired.com

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• Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) will hold a Town Hall Meeting Wednesday evening to discuss critical, post-turnover issues faced by homeowners and condominium associations. The meeting will feature a…

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• New York Post- Website for the special “We’re Screwed” edition

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• My Day with the Fake New York Post

  Citizen journalism, Politics in Media Matters, Smartphones

• The Active Transportation Alliance is partnering with RTA, CTA, Pace and Metra to encourage people to get around with transit or on bike and on foot, and asking you to consider joining the…

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• Chicago’s former Inspector General David Hoffman is one of the Democrats running for the U.S. Senate. He is vying for his party’s nomination in the February primary, however his campaign isn’t…

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