Illini Media

The Illini Media Company is a nonprofit, student <a href="/facts/Media_company/M1UE4TTp">media company</a> based in <a href="/facts/Champaign%2c_Illinois/WSYI1SH3">Champaign</a>, <a href="/facts/Illinois/MuPb1Ctn">Illinois</a>. The company owns several student-run media outlets associated with the <a href="/facts/University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign/gusw7HoS">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign</a>: the general newspaper, the <a href="/facts/Daily_Illini/9RcoGCAF">Daily Illini</a>; the entertainment paper, Buzz Magazine; the engineering quarterly, Technograph; the U of I <a href="/facts/Yearbook/45Feznpm">yearbook</a>, the Illio; and the commercial radio station, <a href="/facts/WPGU/hm67E2cS">WPGU</a>.
The Illini Publishing Company was chartered by the State of Illinois in 1911. In 1984, it became the Illini Media Company. The company helps students prepare for and careers in print media and broadcasting and to inform and entertain the University of Illinois community. Revenues exceed $2.5 million.
In 2012, the Illini Media sought support to keep its business running. Prominent alumni, such as film critic <a href="/facts/Roger_Ebert/ogYo6zQj">Roger Ebert</a>, urged alumni to donate to the corporation. Additionally, a referendum passed to allow a fee on student's tuition to go towards the company.

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