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The Record Community News is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that launched in 2020 to serve the suburbs of Chicago. The Record’s growing coverage area includes northern suburbs — such as Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe and Highland Park — from the site TheRecordNorthShore.org. The Record was founded by three former editorial leaders at 22nd Century Media, a 14-title suburban newspaper group that went out of business early in the pandemic. The Record is dedicated to producing credible, courageous, community-first journalism on a variety of platforms, including a daily website and weekly newsletters and podcasts. We strive to fill suburban-news gaps via a responsible, reliable and sustainable community-news outlet that enables a better informed and engaged local populace.

Third Coast Review is an online magazine covering arts and culture in Chicago and suburbs with original longform articles and reviews written by a team of 30 editors and writers.

True Star is a nonprofit media company and digital agency led by youth. True Star provides underserved youth a transformative work experience where they learn their voice matters and find the confidence to use it.

24-hour Digital TV Channel provides MBC (aka Win TV1 Ch. 24.5) and MBN (aka Win TV2 Ch. 24.6) programs for over 3.4M potential viewers in Chicago-land.
Win TV 2 (Ch 24.6) can be watched on the chicagototal.com via PC or Android phone or iPhone. It’s also available via IPTV nationwide.
Viewers include Koreans as well as other Ethnics like Chinese, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Europeans, Hispanics, Middle Easterners, English speaking natives, etc.

Windy City Times is an award-winning newspaper serving the Chicagoland LGBTQIA+ community since 1985. It is publishing quarterly in print, and daily online at www.windycitytimes.com.