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Summertime Travelers Find Chicago's
Best Dining and Entertainment on Metromix.com
Award-winning
online city guide captures Chicago’s best summer food,
music and fun
CHICAGO, May 21, 2003 --
Planning a Windy City visit this summer? Looking for Chicago’s
best festivals, theater and restaurants? Let metromix.com
be your guide!
Covering everything from museums to music to nightlife to
spas, the Chicago Tribune’s metromix.com (http://www.metromix.com)
is the essential insider’s resource for visiting Chicago.
Drawing on the expertise of its entertainment
savvy producers and a database of more than 20,000 events
and 15,000 places, Metromix provides a feast of dining and
other entertainment choices. Visitors also can browse reviews
from Chicago Tribune movie, music and dining critics, as well
as more than 30,000 Reader Review opinions. The site also
provides shopping tips, weather, maps and even driving directions.
"Metromix makes it easy to discover the
best and most interesting things to do in Chicago," said
Leigh Behrens, Metromix editor. "Whether it’s a
hot new restaurant in Bucktown, a play that’s opening
at Steppenwolf or the Outdoor Film Festival in Grant Park,
visitors can find what they need to plan their day, weekend
or complete vacation."
Winner of three national awards for excellence,
Metromix draws 384,000 unique users monthly, and features
more than 9,000 dining listings and 350 restaurant reviews.
Metromix is designed to share content easily
with its print partners, Chicago Tribune and RedEye, a weekday
commuter edition of Chicago Tribune. A unique print version
of Metromix appears daily in RedEye; and on Wednesdays Metromix
expands its content in RedEye to a special 24-page pullout
containing a wealth of entertainment and dining options for
the weekend ahead. The site also has partnered with CLTV,
Chicagoland’s 24-hour local cable news channel, to produce
"metromix: the tv show."
Metromix recently converted to Tribune Interactive’s
proprietary publishing platform called Oxygen. The platform
helps Metromix provide easier searching, streamlined navigation
and expanded options for advertisers.
Recognized as one of the top city guides
by the online publishing industry, metromix.com was awarded
the 2002 EPpy Award for Best Entertainment Section by Editor
& Publisher magazine. In 2001 and 2002, the site was also
honored with Digital Edge Awards by the Newspaper Association
of America.
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Tribune Interactive is among the leading
news and information networks in the country, operating more
than 50 Web sites and attracting more than 7 million unique
visitors per month. The group manages all aspects of Tribune
Company’s newspaper and television sites, plus numerous
special-interest sites such as those offering local dining
and entertainment options.
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