The Illinois Times is a sophisticated urban weekly with style and substance one would normally find only in a major metropolitan market. The IL Times is distributed free across central IL from 495 newsstands (including every government office building) in Springfield and 14 nearby towns.The Springfield Illinois Times is in the Champaign & Springfield - Decatur, IL DMA. The Springfield Illinois Times offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.