Feder: News director Sandy Pudar bails out of 'NewsNation'

Just weeks before the planned expansion of "NewsNation," the Chicago-based cable news operation on WGN America suddenly finds itself without a news director, Robert Feder writes.

Sandy Pudar, who oversaw the launch of the three-hour prime-time newscast in September, resigned Tuesday, multiple sources confirmed.

It's not yet known why she quit. Pudar and officials of parent company Nexstar Media Group declined to comment.

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