OnMilwaukee.com

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OnMilwaukee.com is an online magazine for news and activities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The site features dozens of articles weekly, focusing on dining, arts and entertainment, movies, music, and sports. Local personalities, including nationally-known sports columnists Drew Olson, Steve Czaban, Jason Wilde, and Gregg Hoffmann, complement OnMilwaukee.com's editorial staff.

OnMilwaukee.com, LLC is based in Milwaukee (1930 E. North Ave.). It was formed by three local entrepreneurs (Andy Tarnoff, Jeff Sherman and Jon Krouse) in 1998. Sherman (president) and Tarnoff (publisher) remain active in the organization.

Currently, the company employes 15 people, including writers, programmers, graphic designers and sales people. In 2004, the company acquired RummageWorks, LLC, an online classified company.

The company also has built several Web sites for its clients and partners, including Czabe.com, MetroMilwaukee.org, MilwaukeeCollegeLife.com, ParkMilwaukee.com and FLATO.com. It has business relationships with WMSE, Milwaukee ESPN Radio, The Business Journal of Milwaukee and WisPolitics.com.

[edit] Notable events in the history of OnMilwaukee.com:

September 1, 1998: Site is launched
May, 2003: Web site is named finalist in 2003 Eppy Awards for "Best Entertainment Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors"
May 19, 2004: President George W. Bush visits OnMilwaukee.com office; company founders ride with president to speech at Art Museum
March 1, 2006: Company is featured in national media trade magazine, OMMA
April 4, 2006: Web site reports first month with 1 million total readers, 10 million page views
April 29, 2008: Web site is again named finalist in 2008 Eppy Awards for "Best Entertainment Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors"