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Home » New Media

Tag: New Media

Posted inArts & Culture

‘Chicago New Media 1973-1992’ pays tribute to the city’s contribution to video games and digital art

by Caroline Picard November 29, 2018August 18, 2021

On the frontier of free information, experimentation, and self-expression.

This is what a few thousand VHS copies of Jerry Maguire look like.
Posted inArts & Culture

Everything is wonderful in the world of Everything Is Terrible!

by Drew Hunt May 20, 2014August 18, 2021

Everything Is Terrible! is collaborating with the likes of MTV and Fox, but its core mission—to be as weird as possible—holds true.

Who will lead the crusade for better advertising rates?
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The fine line between journalism and viral marketing

by Michael Miner April 18, 2012August 19, 2021

What traditional media can learn from Betty White, Old Spice, and Joan of Arc

Posted inNews & Politics

Introducing the new ChicagoReader.com

by Mara Shalhoup February 29, 2012September 5, 2021

Introducing the ChicagoReader.com, the Reader‘s shiny new digital home

Posted inBlogs

Film is dead in Logan Square (but not in our hearts)

by Ben Sachs January 31, 2012August 19, 2021

A preview of the video installation “Film Is Dead”

Posted inBlogs

Whet Moser

by Michael Miner January 15, 2011October 1, 2021

Whet Moser leaves the Reader for Chicago magazine

Posted inBlogs

The Leak in Your Hometown

by Ed M. Koziarski September 13, 2010August 19, 2021

Joe Hocking and Mark Skwarek subvert the BP logo with their iPhone app “The Leak In Your Hometown,” presented Tuesday in the monthly Upgrade! Chicago new media series at The Nightingale.

Posted inBlogs

Bernie Lincicome Seeks a Role

by Michael Miner January 22, 2010August 19, 2021

Back in Chicago, sports columnist Bernie Lincicome wants to write again for print.

Posted inNews & Politics

Twitter’s Not Private . . .

by Michael Miner August 6, 2009August 19, 2021

Twitter’s not private, but is it private-ish? If Horizon Realty insists on a jury trial for Amanda Bonnen, we may find out it is.

Posted inBlogs

11/11 — “Shoot an Iraqi”

by Alex Yablon November 10, 2008August 19, 2021

Tuesday: Iraqi-American artist Wafaa Bilal and writer Kari Lydersen discuss art, the war in Iraq, and new media.

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