101 Top Illinois Advertising Companies and Startups of 2021

June 7, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best Illinois based Advertising companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Advertising industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top Illinois Advertising Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

IRI

IRI

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IRI is a Market research company specialized in development of big data and predictive analytics solutions.

Centro

Centro

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Centro’s technology platform, Basis, is an advertising solution unifying programmatic buying, workflow automation and business intelligence.

Centro

Vibes

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Vibes is a mobile marketing software platform.

Centro

Cooler Screens

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Cooler Screens is a developer of interactive digital displays to replace glass doors in store aisles.

Centro

Cheetah Digital

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The technology and marketing expertise B2C marketers need to deliver enterprise-scale brand experiences.

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4C Insights

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Scope by 4C™ is the leading self-service intelligence platform for marketers to drive business outcomes across closed ecosystems.

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Market Track

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Market Track offers web-based competitive analysis, ad tracking, and decision-support solutions that help businesses make better decisions.

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Rise Interactive

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Rise Interactive is a full-service digital marketing agency, helping leading brands drive better business outcomes.

Centro

LotLinx

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LotLinx’ is a SaaS provider of Digital Retailing and Marketing technologies and for the Automotive Industry.

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Hatch Loyalty

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Hatch is a customer engagement & loyalty platform for large retailers & brands. Belly, is its leading solution for small businesses.

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MoveSpring

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MoveSpring is a fun, simple, highly engaging health platform enabling employers to educate and motivate employees toward better health.

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AP

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AP is a brand image and digital communications firm.

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UpCity

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UpCity helps businesses find service providers they can trust.

Centro

Freeosk Inc

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Freeosk is a network of in-store kiosks, driving trial and awareness for brands by giving free samples of new products to customers.

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Sandbox Agency

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Sandbox Agency is an international full-service agency. It creates personalized emails, Websites, e-newsletters, and mobile experiences.

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Block Six Analytics

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Maximizing Revenue For Buyers And Sellers Of Sports Sponsorship Using Technology And Analytics

Centro

Upshot, Inc

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Upshot specializes in total brand engagement, brand initiatives, and shopper marketing.

Centro

Huvii

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Huvii is a gaming and advertising platform that digitalizes bar and restaurant entertainment.

Centro

Target Data

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Target Data operates as a performance marketing agency fueled by data.

Centro

Zorch

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Zorch is the exclusive supplier of branded merchandise for some of the largest corporations in the world.

Centro

Strike Social

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The global leader in AI for social advertising

Centro

Specless

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Specless empowers publishers to evolve beyond tired display ad formats and bring to market a more valuable advertising experience.

Centro

PowerPublish

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PowerPublish is a virtual newsroom that leverages technology and content automation that turns modern brands into power publishers.

Centro

Brandgility by Elateral

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Brandgility: The platform for self-service adaptation and localization of print and digital assets

Centro

AdYapper

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AdYapper tracks display and mobile ads that generate detailed verification data, consumer sentiment, and viewability.

Centro

Tagkast

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Tagkast is a photo marketing platform to help event marketers increase social reach and capture consumer data

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Persio

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Persio helps retailers personalize cross channel communications using a simple SaaS platform.

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Music Dealers

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Music Dealers is a music licensing platform providing pre-cleared music and custom song creation for content creators.

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InfoActive

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INFOACTIVE is an online platform that provides web publishers with tools to create interactive, mobile-friendly infographics with live data.

Centro

Earshot

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Earshot is a precision-based customer acquisition platform

Centro

Manifest Digital

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Manifest Digital provides designing, rapid application development, online marketing strategy and hosted management services.

Centro

Digi-Me

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Digi-Me is a video technology company that uses a global patented technology to reach job seekers with VideoJobs, helping staffing, recruiting and talent acquisition professionals improve their return on investment in the human resources technology market.

Centro

Appnoxious

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Appnoxious is a development house focused on mobile applications and games.

Centro

Elevate Digital

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Elevate Digital is an interactive digital advertising and software company that transforms the way advertisers interact with consumers.

Centro

Marketing Card Technology

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Marketing Card Technology is a single-source provider for card production and direct mail services.

Centro

FanFueled

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FanFueled Engagement Systems empower brands to build, congregate, mobilize and monetize fan communities.

Centro

Wordego

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Wordego is a Programmatic Ad Exchange Platform for Advertisers and Publishers.

Centro

ADSHIFT

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We help companies spend their digital ad budget more efficiently by automatically reallocating ad spend to their most profitable products

Centro

Optyn

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Optyn is an email marketing software platform that offers an easy-to-use tool for email marketing campaigns.

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Revenue Well Systems

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Automated practice marketing and patient communication suite.

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Sharetapes

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Sharetapes are physical cards for launching digital content on smartphones

Centro

ShopperTrak

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ShopperTrak is a provider of people counter technology and foot traffic analysis that improve retail profitability.

Centro

SocialCrunch

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SocialCrunch is a data collection platform providing social and human behavior-related statistics to users.

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Brandmuscle

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Brandmuscle provides integrated local and channel marketing for companies that want to make an impact.

Centro

Clearstream.TV

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Clearstream is a data-enabled video distribution platform.

Centro

Affinitiv

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Affinitiv is a marketing technology company

Centro

SPR

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SPR is a digital transformation agency that specializes in enterprise technology.

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Victor Tech Inc

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Bringing local businesses and organizations together to support the military community.

Centro

Rewards Network

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Rewards Network is a provider of capital and marketing services to the restaurant industry.

Centro

Fusion92

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Fusion92 is a independent marketing innovation agency.

Centro

Conversant

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Conversant is a leader in personalized digital marketing.

Centro

Performics

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Performics is the leading provider of performance marketing services and technological solutions in the SEM industry.

Centro

SocialKaty

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SocialKaty is a social media marketing agency developing strategy and daily execution of social media marketing for brands.

Centro

HALO Branded Solutions

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HALO Branded Solutions offers enterprises with marketing solutions and is a distributor of promotional products.

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Starcom Worldwide

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Starcom is a world-renowned media agency that simplifies human understanding to deliver meaningful brand experiences.

Centro

bizHive

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bizHive offers small businesses with advisory services that focus on increasing their profitability.

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Rapid Displays

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Rapid Displays is a marketing and advertising company providing retail displays, store fixtures, and kiosk merchandising products.

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InnerWorkings

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InnerWorkings offers coding sandbox, a learning tool integrated with Visual Studio to help.

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Closerlook

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Closerlook, inc. is a digital marketing agency which provides solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. 

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dCommerce – Hotel E-Commerce Consulting

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dCommerce is a consulting firm that assists hotels in managing their digital marketing and e-commerce systems.

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Dotomi

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Dotomi provides Personalized Media display advertising that is dynamically adapted in real time at the user and impression level.

Centro

Affinity

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Affinity is a contextual advertising network building innovative contextual advertising, media, and monetization solutions.

Centro

Buzz Digital (formerly Buzz Referrals)

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Buzz Referrals enables companies to have their own referral programs that integrate with both social media and their company websites.

Centro

AdGooroo

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AdGooroo is the leading provider of internet marketing competitive intelligence, keyword research, and other keyword tools.

Centro

Band Digital

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Band Digital is an independent and industry-leading digital connection agency that provides digital marketing services.

Centro

VivaKi

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Vivaki, a marketing communications organization, provides digital advertising solutions that connects advertises with consumers.

Centro

ShareASale

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ShareASale is retail focused performance marketing network, enabling users to tap into a wider consumer base without additional costs.

Centro

Optimus

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Optimus is a collective of award winning filmmakers, storytellers, and artists working with agencies and brands.

Centro

VEVE

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A performance marketing platform to reach consumers through OEMs & Browsers.

Centro

Transistor.fm

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Podcast hosting and analytics for creatives, brands, and professionals.

Centro

Storymix Media

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Storymix Media is a crowdsourced automated video creation platform for digital agencies and content marketers.

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Leo Burnett

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Leo Burnett Worldwide, Inc., is an American globally active advertising company

Centro

MoreWithUs – Everyday Jobs

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Jobs and hiring for small businesses and people seeking entry level, part-time, and hourly wage jobs. Need a job? Let employers find you!

Centro

Egen Solutions

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Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Design and Software Consulting

Centro

Walker Sands

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Walker Sands is a B2B marketing agency focused on accelerating growth.

Centro

CraftJack

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CraftJack helps contractors generate more leads with fair.

Centro

Cogensia

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Cogensia is the premier provider of breakthrough data-driven marketing strategies and solutions.

Centro

Affinity Express

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Affinity Express is a multi-shore online provider of high-volume advertising and marketing production solutions for digital and print media.

Centro

JDS Marketing Holdings

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JDS Marketing Holdings is operates in stealth mode.

Centro

Leapfrog Online

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Leapfrog Online is a digital direct marketing firm developing programs for Fortune 500 marketers that find and monetize the right customers.

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Sapphire Apps

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Sapphire Apps drives innovative digital marketing by enhancing how users interact with the influencers and brands that inspire them

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Lightswitch

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Lightswitch is a web video production company specializing in the creation of content for small- and medium-sized businesses.

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Exact Data

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Direct Marketing Services including Postal, Email, and Phone Lists and Social Media Pay-Per-Click Advertising

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Golin

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Golin offers businesses with technology solutions and insights that focus on connecting brands with their customers.

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HomeFinder.com

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We help homes and people find each other.

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Visual Feeder

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Visual Feeder lights up the city streets with full-motion brand advertising experiences on high traffic commercial retail locations.

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GiftPrompt, Inc.

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GiftPrompt is a tech company with a vision to automate and personalize eCommerce via mobile app.

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Risefy

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Risefy helps businesses of all sizes find and work with marketing, advertising, and creative professionals.

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Straight North

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Straight North is a digital marketing, search engine optimization, and website design company.

Centro

Yes Lifecycle Marketing

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Yes Lifecycle Marketing is a solution provider that brings together multichannel marketing platforms and data services.

Centro

Aspen Marketing Services

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Aspen Marketing Services is a digital marketing company focusing on both response and engagement techniques.

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The Marketing Store

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The Marketing Store is a customer engagement agency. We bring people and brands closer together.

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Allant Group

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Allant is a company that specializes in multi-source data data aggregation, and advance data analytics.

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EnsembleIQ

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EnsembleIQ is a premier business intelligence resource that exists to help people and their organizations succeed.

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Vision Integrated Graphics Group

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Vision is a full service marketing solutions provider specializing in cross media marketing, strategy, technology, print & fulfillment.

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VSA Partners

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VSA Partners offers interconnected branding and communications solutions for today’s increasingly cross-channel.

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Amsive

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Amsive is a data-centric omnichannel agency.

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SocialDefender

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Social Defender helps businesses manage and protect their social presence across all social platforms.

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Liquidus Marketing

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Liquidus Marketing is delivers the power to drive scalable, multi-screen digital advertising campaigns using an innovative solutions.

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AffinityX

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AffinityX is a white label creative and marketing services partner .

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Chicago Tribune

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Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper that features local and international news, along with in-depth coverage of sports, business, and more.

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