Independent Publishers Group

Fifty-six media and news companies show up in Chicago's directory, and most give you a fast way in: 54 list a phone number and 51 list a website. That means before you even open a browser tab, you can call two or three and get a live person on the line. Listings cluster around downtown, with 60601 holding six and 60611 holding five, plus smaller pockets in 60654 and 60661.

None of these listings carry a Sponsored tag at the moment, since paid placement for this category hasn't launched in Chicago yet, so the order here is straight directory sequencing rather than anyone's pick of the day. If you run one of these outlets and want the website field filled in or corrected, you can claim the listing and update it yourself, which gives someone browsing 60606 or 60608 more to check out before they reach for the phone. Nothing here is inspected or ranked by SiteCity; it's a record of who's listed and how to reach them, sorted the way the directory stores entries rather than by any judgment call.