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With the Chicago Tribune, marketing opportunities don't stop at the newspaper. We offer a wide variety of products publications and services that help you reach the audience you're after.
Local Values

Extend Chicago Tribune reach with Local Values
What is Local Values? An extension of the Chicago Tribune that features display ads on the wrap and inserts inside. This allows for all types of advertisers and all types of readers to use this cost-effective in-home product for greater reach.

Used in conjunction with the Chicago Tribune, Local Values offers 100% coverage of single-family households and strategic distribution to multi-family buildings. Maximize your household penetration ë Local Values adds 2.2 million households (MidWeek) and 1.9 million households (Weekend) to the Chicago Tribune's reach.

Local Values is the dominant saturation vehicle in this market, with an advertising base which includes major grocery stores, retailers and service companies. With ZIP code and sub-ZIP code distribution for inserts, Local Values offers great flexibility to target your ad to the areas you need to reach.

MidWeek and Weekend distribution is available every Week -- Local Values is the only twice-a-Week saturation program in the Chicagoland market, giving you the flexibility to choose the best day to insert for your business.
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Trib Prints

Streamlining the insert process
Trib Prints provide advertisers a turnkey entry point into the Chicago Tribune preprint program. This is the easiest, most cost-effective way to develop an insert. The Chicago Tribune does the creative (if needed), printing and inserting of your Trib Print ë all with one order and one bill.

Trib Prints offer a variety of insert sizes, formats and color options that allow advertisers to choose the most effective format to communicate their advertising message. Short deadlines give advertisers flexibility to determine final offers, prices and copy changes.

Available Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday every Week.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION download it Printable PDF
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Additional Newspaper Advertising Opportunities

Comic Spadeas and Gatefolds
Spadeas and Gatefolds are available on the front of the Sunday Comics. Providing an eye-catching way to promote your offer or brand to a broad audience, these advertising options are a strong way to achieve a return on your advertising investment. Available for distribution by ZIP code.

Chicago Tribune Magazine Blow-in/Bind-in/Glue-on Cards
Blow-in, bind-in and glue-on cards are an easy way to deliver an offer or message within the pages of Chicago Tribune Magazine. This format plays the perfect home to coupons, subscriptions and other direct response advertising.

TV Week Glossy Outserts
Appearing as a wrap on the outside of TVWeek, Outserts are a colorful and impactful way to have your message at the fingertips of a wide audience. Plus, given TV Week's long shelf life, Glossy Outserts give your message some staying power.

Polybags/Sample Bags and Trib Bags
What's the best way to have your advertising message appear as a billboard on newspaper subscribers' doorstep? Advertisers who utilize these advertising opportunities ensure their message stands out because they are the first thing the home delivery customer sees every morning.

Polybags may be provided with product samples that enable advertisers to directly deliver their samples for trial usage and/or couponing. They're also very effective in drawing attention to a special promotion or event.

For even easier execution, the Chicago Tribune can design, print and deliver your polybag advertising via our turnkey Trib Bag program.

Toppers
For special impact, put your preprint next to the newspaper inside of the polybag which covers the home delivered Chicago Tribune. Toppers are available Monday - Saturday (except Thanksgiving Thursday), subject to schedule availability, and may be targeted to ZIP codes.

Only one toppers can be included with an individual newspaper - contact your sales representative to reserve.
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Chicago Tribune Interactive

Chicago Tribune Interactive plays host to a wide variety of online products that cover everything in Chicago and beyond. From the latest local breaking news, weather and traffic updates, to the newest restaurant and bar openings, deep fan coverage of Chicago professional sports teams, to utility sites that help Chicagoans find shopping, cars, homes, apartments and jobs, Chicago Tribune Interactive sites has it covered.

Take a look at our online media kit for more information about each of the sites.

Chicagotribune.com
Chicagoland's award-winning news and information site featuring both content from the newspaper and original reporting.

Metromix.com
Chicago's preeminent entertainment site talking to the going out and about crowd.

ChicagoSports.com
If it's happening in sports around Chicagoland, you can read about it instantly on this sports-focused site.

chicagotribune.com & CareerBuilder
The first place to look for a career or an employee in Chicago.

chicagotribune.com/homes
In Chicagoland, nothing moves faster that real estate. And this site helps both buyers and sellers keep up.

chicagotribune.com & Cars.com
Your virtual road map to what you should be driving can be found here. Along with reviews, editorial and helpful hints.

chicagotribune.com & Apartments.com
Looking to find a new place to hang your hat, renters know that this is the first address they need to visit.

chicagotribune.com & ShopLocal.com
For the latest shopping deals and information, Chicagoans turn here for the best deals.
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Tribune Direct Marketing

Tribune Direct Marketing is your complete direct marketing solution. It offers coordinated services that range from market analysis to delivery.

For more information, click here.
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Tribune Chicago Cross Media

A buy with Tribune Chicago Cross Media lets you touch the Chicagoland market regardless of how they receive their news and entertainment. The Chicago Tribune, RedEye, WGN-TV, WGN Radio, CLTV, Chicago Tribune Interactive, Chicago Cubs, Tribune Direct, Chicago Magazine and Hoy are all the channels we use to customize your media buy.

For more information, contact Renee Skower at (312) 222-5560 or at rskower@tribune.com.
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Tribune Media Net

Tribune Media Net's presence in the three top markets of Chicago, New York and Los Angeles as well as 26 other prominent cities allows you nationwide coverage via a combination of print, broadcast and the internet.

For more information, contact Lee Jones at (212) 448-2647 or at ljones@tribune.com.
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Chicago magazine

With a paid circulation of more than 184,000, Chicago magazine remains the preeminent monthly city publication in the country. Focusing on the city's movers and shakers, Chicago magazine's powerful narrative lends insight into how the city works. While stories are grounded here in Chicago, the journalistic style can compete anywhere in the country.

Written by the city's best editors, critics, columnists and contributors, Chicago magazine covers the stories, events and goings-on that affect the lives of its readers. And with an average household income of $192,100, our subscribers have the means to experience the best Chicago has to offer. And they look to us to learn where to spend it.

For more information on Chicago magazine, please click here or contact Jen Eveslage at (312) 832-6759 or at jeveslage@chicagomag.com.

Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations, June 2005; 2005 MRI Subscriber Study
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NIE

Chicago Tribune News in Education (NIE) provides curriculum programs that integrate the newspaper into the classroom environment and encourage learning. Educators can use the Chicago Tribune to make connections between local, national and international news to enhance their lesson plans.

Advertisers have the opportunity to promote educational programs and literacy by sponsoring newspapers and curriculum. Adopt-a-School programs are also available. Contact NIE today to learn more about sponsorship opportunities.

For more information about NIE, please click here or contact Monica Turner at (630) 368-4289 or at mturner@tribune.com.
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Chicagoland Publishing Company

Chicagoland Publishing is a full-service niche publishing subsidiary of the Chicago Tribune. CPC produces and delivers products that fit your specialized marketing needs by creating publications that speak directly to your community, organization or business.

CPC has the resources and capabilities to create advertorial sections and custom publications - taking your project across all stages of sales, writing, design, production and delivery. Distribution is available via ZIP Code as well as through other channels.

For more information about NIE, please contact Jane Jansen at (630) 368-4250 or at jjansen@tribune.com.
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