225 north michigan avenue suite 1600 chicago il 60601 u.s. key people kara walsh ceo jim marzullo vp operations & business development parent chicago tribune tronc website chicago.metromix.com metromix llc is a chicago entertainment website at chicago.metromix.com owned by the chicago tribune division of tronc . 1 it serves the metropolitan chicago area of illinois . contents 1 history 1.1 present day 2 references 3 external links history edit originally launched in 1996 as metromix.com by the chicago tribune it was a local chicago website targeting young socially active adults looking for an insider s perspective on local trends and hotspots . 2 users were typically 21 to 34 years of age with significant disposable income and highly active social lives . it earned various awards including the eppy award for best entertainment site and the digital edge award for best advertising program . 3 in 2007 metromix became a joint venture between the media conglomerates gannett company and former tribune company . 4 5 6 a guide to local restaurants bars and clubs events concerts and movies metromix became available in over 60 markets . 7 in late 2009 the company launched 27 new sites to complete their presence in the top 50 dmas . 8 9 the company introduced metromix deals a suite of new features on its websites that showcase deals and specials to its visitors who use the sites to plan nights out in their cities . 10 11 12 metromix also operated mobile sites an iphone app 13 and in several markets a metromix branded print publication or section within another publication e.g. in redeye in chicago . in october 2010 metromix launched a new section to their site which offered aggregated deals in each respective market 14 in 2012 gannet and tribune ended the metromix partnership . 15 metromix no longer offers a national presence and all references to cities besides chicago were removed . present day edit in 2014 metromix was spun off with the chicago tribune as part of the new tribune publishing group . the former metromix.com website is now located at chicago.metromix.com . references edit metromix.com tribune publishing history timeline ap metromix wins eppy for best overall site design gannett co. inc. gannett to join tribune and partner on local entertainment sites gannett to join tribune and partner on local entertainment sites the hollywood reporter digest date for aol ; gannett trib venture former metromix.com list of metromix cities business wire metromix launches in 27 additional us markets ad week metromix prepares for national expansion metromix deals tribune list of metromix cities deals business wire metromix introduces one stop destination for deals focused social planning reuters counting on metromix growth update may 12 2008 reuters metromix.com launches new iphone application that helps you find nearby places to go and things to do local onliner gannett blog memo gci tribune end metromix partnership ; gannett digital to absorb entertainment sites . gannett blog . 2012 01 17 . retrieved 2015 06 27 . external links edit chicago.metromix.com official metromix website . v t e tronc inc. the baltimore sun media group the baltimore sun the aegis the capital carroll county times catonsville times maryland gazette chicago tribune media group chicago tribune the beacon news chicago chicagonow the courier news daily southtown forsalebyowner.com hoy lake county news sun metromix naperville naperville sun pioneer press post tribune redeye daily press media group daily press tidewater review the virginia gazette hartford courant media hartford courant ctnow hartford remindernews california media group los angeles times the san diego union tribune daily pilot hoy huntington beach independent burbank leader glendale news press morning call media group the morning call orlando sentinel media group orlando sentinel el sentinel sun sentinel media group sun sentinel forum publishing group florida jewish journal el sentinel del sur de la florida retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title metromix & oldid 743369844 categories media in chicagoreview websitesinternet companies of the united stateschicago tribunecompanies based in chicagointernet properties established in 19961996 establishments in illinoisgannett companytronc inc. navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 10 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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