Windy City (nickname) Windy City (nickname) The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". The earliest known reference to the "Windy City" was actually to Green Bay in 1856. The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The term "Windy City" came into common usage when it was popularized by New York City editor, Charles Dana, in "The Sun" during the bidding for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Chicago won the Exposition, which did not please Dana. The popularity of
Operative Media Dashboard- an ASP-based web application that aims to allow media publishers to automate contract management, product packaging and pricing, inventory management, campaign reporting and revenue recognition. Its clients include Reuters, Dow Jones, National Public Media, NBC Universal, SmartMoney, Constant Contact and iVillage. In December 2007, former Operative CEO Mike Leo was named in the "Silicon Alley" 100, at number 85. he was also included in the Madison Avenue IT list for January 2008. "Inc." magazine listed Operative Media #712 out of the top 5,000 companies for 2007, and ranked it at #56 in the Top Companies in Software, and #55