Media
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Feder: Chicago Reader names two editors-in-chiefJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - Following the adage that two heads are better than one, the Chicago Reader finalized its editorial reorganization this week with the appointment of two editors-in-chief....
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O'Donnell: Michael Jordan to Eloy Jimenez - tales behind two mammoth arrivalsJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Thursday - June 20, 1984 - Chicago awoke to the somewhat hopeful clarion, "Bulls Draft Michael Jordan." Now long forgotten was a Chicago Tribune he...
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Feder: WTTW's 'Chicago Tonight' exec producer to retireJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - The exodus of executives continues at WTTW-Channel 11: Mary Field, executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" since 1996, has announced her retirement from the Window to th...
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Feder: Curse word led WGN Radio to fire Patti VasquezJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - The last straw for Patti Vasquez turned out to be an accidental F-bomb that dropped during her show on WGN 720-AM earlier this month. Vasquez was fired Monday after five...
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O'Donnell: Resilient Mike Leiderman set to leave Chicago an unquestioned victorJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - MIKE LEIDERMAN IS finally leaving this town. More than four decades after a resolute young man from Great Neck, N.Y., set out to conquer Chicago sportscasting, he and wi...
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Feder: Film screening to honor Chet Coppock at New Trier West tonightJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - One of Chet Coppock's last video projects will have a public screening tonight at New Trier West High School in Northfield as a tribute to the late Chicago sportscaster....
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O'Donnell: Vegas Stats and Info aiming to cash in on Chicago TVJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - What happens in Vegas continues to further impact that growing media intersection of Sports and Gaming. And with segments of Illinois business and leisure anxiously awai...
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O'Donnell: American women bend into ugly during 13-0 overkill of ThailandJun 12, 2019 1:00 am - "THE UGLY AMERICAN" isn't anything new. From the USS Maine to Allen Dulles to now, it's a global virus that only gets more virulent. There was no missing the ugly when t...
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O'Donnell: New sports gaming bill means absolutely nothing to currently credible bookiesJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - So Illinois has a new sports gaming bill-plus. Translated in "Combine" - John Kass's clever description of the bipartisan sneak oilers who manipulate some affairs of the...
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O'Donnell: Bears wide receiver Johnny Morris is winner with a heart of a lionJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - THE DIFFICULTY WRITING about Johnny Morris isn't where to start. It's about how deep to go. The public Johnny breaks down into two easy pieces: Star wide receiver with t...