Chicago Tribune launches video venture
Article by StrategyEye
The Chicago Tribune is launching an online video site that will feature user-generated and professional content related to Chicago, spanning news, politics, entertainment and lifestyle. ChicagoLive, which is still in beta, already counts WGN, Metromix, RedEye and Tribune’s own TV network, CLTV, among its content partners. The site says it hopes to offer a gateway for local content as well as for citizen journalism, keeping a strong news focus.
The Chicago Tribune is not the only Tribune unit expanding into the digital sector. Earlier this month the Los Angeles Times acquired a strategic stake in Mixx, a social tagging and bookmarking service, which already works with Reuters, USA Today and The Weather Channel. The Tribune group is in the process of being privatised as part of a USD8.2bn takeover by Sam Zell.
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