The Huffington Post Chicago site has launched and so far I’m impressed. Looks like a nice collection of opening day stories talking about the greatness of Chicago.

I found a few I liked, The Newspaper is Dead, Long Live the Newspaper, Blackhawk Down: Chicago’s Forgotten Franchise and Chicago Tribune’s Social Media Evolution.

One interesting thing is the right rail being mainly links to the local bloggers. I think that’s an incredible way of generating goodwill and probably bringing people back again and again. The key is distribution and aggregation. It’s something I try to preach here though it doesn’t always seem like people are listening.