ABOUT UR CHICAGO

UR CHICAGO ONLINE
published by En Prise Entertainment, LLP
(Matt DuFour and Chess Hubbard)

[en prise |ahn 'preez| a french chess term, said of a piece that is in a position to be taken or captured]

R.I.P.: Some examples of covers from the days of print, April 2007 - September 2008

En Prise began as an event promotion, influencer marketing and artist development company in late 2006, but soon took over the print magazine UR Chicago in early 2007. En Prise re-branded and re-vamped UR Chicago, broadened and enriched its editorial content, featured original artwork on each cover, and even improved the quality of its paper. After a year and a half of publishing through an increasingly bad recession, with paper prices going up and advertising dollars going down, En Prise decided to turn their free publication into an online-only property rather than decrease the quality of the physical magazine.

Over the course of just one year, UR Chicago went from a financially failing print magazine to a flourishing online property with over 10,000 unique visitors per month and an e-list of over 25,000 active, double opt-in subscribers. In addition to the site, UR continued to develop their event and street marketing arm, which attracted lasting partnerships with brands like Diesel, Adidas, Puma, Bushmills, Tito's Handcrafted Vodka, Vitamin Water, Goose Island, and Rockstar Games.

For online advertising, design, and street marketing services, GO HERE!

The UR Chicago ONLINE Staff

UR Chicago ONLINE is a family of writers, musicians, and artists of all different types of media! These are the people that make this website possible:

Web Editor/Lead Creative
Chess Hubbard

Music Editor
Neil Miller Jr.

Copy Editor
Andrew Molloy

Film Editor
John Esther

Staff Writers
Pawl Schwartz, Rebecca "Bonks" Rothschild

Contributing Writers
Rachel Boissevain, Jenna Brandon, Daniel Cain, Isabel Dieppa, Fitz Doubet, Niki Fritz, Marcie Garcia, Rannell Guese, Lenora Houseworth, Patrick Johnson, Sarah Joseph, Bri LaPelusa, Tiffany Melanis, Jeremy Meyer, Zach Partin, Gina Provenzano, Lindsey Shaw, Justin Valmassoi, Erik Widman

The UR Chicago Events & Marketing Staff

UR Chicago books, promotes, and/or produces various events around Chicago in addition to running street and event marketing campaigns for clients. These are the people that make that possible:

Marketing and Event Honcho
Chess Hubbard

Director of Influence and Event Promotion
Zack Eastman

To contact select members of our staff, GO HERE!

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