January 2, 2013 – Little more than a photograph from the Chicago Air & Water Show, published on August 18, was Marina City Online’s most-read news story of 2012. The photo showed U.S. Navy Blue Angels flying over John Hancock Center.

There were meatier stories. MCO published 240 original news stories in 2012, collectively read 119,649 times. Other popular stories covered filming in September along the Chicago River for a new “Bollywood” action movie, investigation of a fall from Marina Towers in June, a condo at Marina City that was home to 27 cats, and a new hair salon opening at Trump International Hotel & Tower.

(Left) Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan performs a scene shot on the Chicago Riverwalk on September 16 for Dhoom 3: Back in Action.

The top ten…

1. Big John salutes Blue Angels (18-Aug)
2. Chicago River set for Bollywood film (16-Sep)
3. Police investigating possible fall from Marina Towers (24-Jun)
4. Weekend filming for Victor’s Venom (14-Sep)
5. Condo board decides 27 cats is enough (8-Jul)
6. Fall victim was Marina City resident (25-Jun)
7. Hair salon to open in Trump retail space (26-Mar)
8. Howard Stern a no-show on State Street (12-Nov)
9. Levin helps condo board president ‘bully,’ say frustrated board members (12-Jan)
10. Meet Marina City…the band (26-Jan)

In November 2012, MCO published its 1,000th news story. More than 200,000 people have visited Marina City Online since 2007, according to Google Analytics. According to MCO’s own direct count, each month in 2012, an average of 10,898 people visited the news and information website 15,244 times.

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