Top Illinois News + Entertainment Startups (57)
We are Chicago’s NPR news station, one of the largest and most respected public media stations in the country. Our mission is at the heart of WBEZ Chicago. We fulfill our mission at WBEZ by serving as a cornerstone of the public conversation; as a central pillar of our civic community; and by reasserting ourselves as the heart of innovation...
We believe in the wisdom of the crowd, where the opinion of millions is more relevant (and far more predictive) than the opinion of one writer or critic. Visitors to Ranker have now cast over one billion votes shaping our pop culture rankings. This voting data powers a predictive insights platform with multiple applications for brands and studios.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater is a leading international theater company dedicated to the works of Shakespeare, producing a year-round season of plays, musicals, and world premieres, alongside extensive education and community engagement programs. It is a Regional Tony Award recipient.
Live Bash is an entertainment technology startup that is building high-tech performer centric stages for Livestream performances. Performers of all types (musicians, comedians, interviewers, dancers, etc) can easily reserve a fully staffed turnkey venue where digital collectibles of their Livestream performance can be purchased by fans. What makes us unique is the proprietary blockchain and smart contracts that are optimized to...
When Albert Whitman was founded more than a century ago, our goal was simple: make good books that kids want to read. Today, we continue this tradition, guided by a deeper mission to create stories that also educate and empower children. Together, we can create a safe space for kids to learn about themselves and their communities. We can promote empathy,...
Founded in 2006, Journatic is a leading provider of content production services to media companies and marketers. Using a transformative, data-driven approach, Journatic delivers rich, original community news to some of the largest media companies in the U.S. Journatic is also one of the largest producers of sponsored content, fueling the online marketing efforts for thousands of small and medium-sized businesses as...
Outlook Amusements, Inc. is an interactive marketing and media company in the business of producing and distributing premium new age, metaphysical and psychic entertainment services.
CelebTango delivers personalized, interactive, live comedy roasts and performances for your party, event, or corporate function...all at an unbelievably low price. Have a comedian entertain you, your family, and friends, in HD over group video chat (a la Skype). Great for birthday, bachelor and bachelorette parties, graduation or retirement parties, divorce parties, or anytime you want to laugh or honor someone.
In a quick changing world, Beatrice has enhanced our digital media assets to offer unique programming. From documentaries, historical, faith-based programming, news, and entertainment films, Beatrice is building upon its legacy of quality and innovation. The New Beatrice of 2024 and beyond ushers in a new beginning.
Gameday Radio is an internet radio broadcasting company that delivers realistic, near real-time, system-generated play-by-play of baseball games and other sporting events. Our professional broadcasts are created from the scoring data coaches and managers capture with mobile scorekeeping applications. Gameday Radio enables parents and fans to:LISTEN on your phone to the games you can't attendFOLLOW every pitch while away...
Aywa is a subscription-based, cross-border, cross-device video on-demand (VOD) streaming service targeting Arabic viewers around the world. Streaming high quality videos of Arabic movies, music / music videos, TV shows, and original content on a variety of internet-connected devices such as laptops, smart devices, smart TVs, set-top boxes, and gaming consoles. Aywa offers both archive and the latest Arabic and Arab-related...
Attention Span Media is a social media agency building and cultivating audiences around original and branded entertainment. ASM currently offers two lines of business: creative services and Fanatic.al, its audience development platform.
LoganSquarist.com is a popular neighborhood website that covers: neighborhood news, food + drink, business, arts + entertainment, politics, crime, living + lifestyle topics, family + youth, historical information and events throughout the Logan Square, Chicago neighborhood. We’ve been covering the Logan Square neighborhood since 2011.
Tickifieds is an online event ticket marketplace in which users can buy and sell tickets to any event for free. Unlike other online classifieds, we only deal with event tickets. By focusing on the event ticket niche we are able to specifically target ticket buyers and sellers ONLY. Since we are only in the ticket business we able to provide...
TigerStartups is a top Asian American social network blog for entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts who want to learn and network among the growing and influential Asian technology business community. It is the ultimate place to find out about the latest news on Asian businesses, their latest product launches, and as well as to connect and promote with fellow entrepreneurs and...
Time Out Chicago is an independent-minded multimedia resource bringing you everything Chicago, from weekly events to the news of our day, all compiled by Chicago's largest cultural reporting team.
Smart Mobile Solutions is a creative software development company based in the Greater Chicagoland Area. We are an innovative leader in the development of mobile apps for different mobile devices. Our company also provides software development, R&D, prototyping, integration with other software systems, QA and consulting. For more information, go to http://www.smartmobilesolutions.com
Fricket is a web application designed to make it easier for everyone to shop for tickets to concerts, theater and sporting events. Like "Kayak" in the travel market, Fricket aggregates the ticket inventories of the best secondary ticket market websites into one location. No need to visit several sites to find the tickets you need and the prices you want....
DoStuff runs 22 local event guides (Do312, DoNYC, DoLA, etc) and a Ticket Membership that drives 60m event attendees a year. Our local teams make us a trusted part of the local scene, and our tech platform ensures we’re introducing people to the best stuff to do. We cover all events, not just those we’re paid to promote, because that...
