Who we are
Chicago Innerview previews the premier concerts coming to the Windy City each month through insightful articles and interviews with the hottest bands slated to play at local venues. Our specialty is well-written, entertaining and in-depth pieces that showcase our commitment to top-quality content, delivered with genuine human interest and humor.
Staffed with over a dozen experienced, high-caliber and professional music journalists, a pair of graphic designers, two Web developers and team of friendly sales associates, we come fully-equipped ready to rock and roll. Founded in 2003, the magazine has continued its rapid expansion by boosting circulation and distribution due to increased audience demand while hosting an increasing number of regular local and national events.
What we do
Chicago Innerview targets a monthly surveyed readership of 47,000 people by circulating 20,000 print copies per month at 300 distribution outlets in the city and a few near suburbs. We can be found throughout Chicago, but are specifically targeting the neighborhoods of Bucktown/Wicker Park, Lincoln Park/Lake View, Rogers Park/Uptown, UIC/South Loop and West Loop/Downtown.
Our monthly magazine features approximately between 30 and 40 band interviews and previews per issue, as well as occasional concert or album reviews, news reports, investigative and general music features, a comprehensive live music venue listing, and a complete day-to-day concert calendar.
Where we are
Chicago Innerview can be found in the top venues, entertainment centers, record stores, coffeehouses, universities, bookstores and shops frequented by our young adult audience. A complete list of our distribution outlets is available at www.chicagoinnnerview.com/where_to_find.htm.
We circulate through stacking, through sponsorship booths at local music events as well as through direct distribution at shows. Each month our street team heads out to the biggest concerts and events in order to hand out magazines directly to attendees, placing the magazine and your ad directly into the hands of the fans — a highly effective direct marketing technique not available through any other publication. Chicago Innerview also circulates the publication through its trademark black Chicago Innerview newspaper bins placed at train stops and other key high-traffic areas of the city.
We are also worldwide, clocking in between 400,000 and 500,000 hits to our Web site every month, with an exponentially increasing number of unique users flocking to the site each week by the hundreds. We also boast a monthly newsletter with more than 2,000 subscribers — targeted to serious music fans and high-level industry professionals nationwide. They come to us because the quality of our content is simply unmatched by any music publication, whether on a local or on a national basis.
Why we are
Because we dig live music.
Why advertise with us
There is no better place to reach music fans than Chicago Innerview. Period. We target the biggest music spenders at the lowest rates. Advertisers range from local venues and shops to national record labels and major corporations. A complete list of advertisers is available on our Web site at www.chicagoinnerview.com/advertise.htm.
Also, our professional magazine format and in-depth content lends itself to a significantly longer retention period than more disposable weekly publications. Our readers hang on to Chicago Innerview, and your ad sticks around for the ride.
Chicago Innerview
1849 S. Blue Island Avenue
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: 312.850.3635
Fax: 312.850.3676
Jay Gentile
Publisher/Editor-In-Chief
editor at chicagoinnerview dot com
Zarah Delrosario
Art Director
zarah at chicagoinnerview dot com
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Edmund Scanlan
Online Editor
escanlan at chicagoinnerview dot com
Don Bartlett
Senior Editor
don at chicagoinnerview dot com |
We're looking for a few good interns and part-timers:
- PROMOTIONS/STREET TEAM
Be a part of the action by distributing magazines at some of the biggest monthly shows as well as Innerview-sponsored events held at local clubs like Metro, Aragon, Riviera, Subterranean, Double Door, Empty Bottle, etc. Become an integral part of a great magazine and help put out the word. Internships assigned on a case-by-case basis and are unpaid, but free concert tickets may be available.
- GRAPHIC DESIGN
Help create artwork for each monthly edition of Chicago INNERVIEW Magazine. See your work published and your name credited in the magazine and online. Work assigned on a case-by-case basis. Create your art from home and e-mail it to us when competed.
- AD SALES
Help sell ads for each monthly edition of Chicago INNERVIEW Magazine. EARN PAID commission on all successful sales. Applicants must be experienced in ad sales and have contacts/leads in the local/national music industry.
think you got what it takes?
send resume to jay gentile at editor at chicagoinnerview dot com
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