Media
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O'Donnell: Super Bowl ... Super Blah - was there any doubt a dramatic ending was in the flags?Feb 16, 2022 12:00 am - AS THE SOPHISTICATION of the National Football League has grown, a conspiracy theorist can do one of two things when watching a Super Bowl: • Suspend all reasonable susp...
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Feder: Board stalemate imperils Chicago ReaderFeb 14, 2022 12:00 am - A stalemate among board members of the Chicago Reader threatens to derail its move to a nonprofit business model and undermine the editorial independence of the alternat...
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Feder: Weigel Broadcasting to launch Story Television as sixth networkFeb 14, 2022 12:00 am - Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting Co., the innovative home of MeTV and four other national television networks, is about to launch a sixth - featuring historical and fac...
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O'Donnell: Read some about it - an insouciant's incomplete guide to Super Bowl 56Feb 12, 2022 8:05 am - THE SUPER BOWL IS GREATER than most Hallmark holidays but not yet an official national day of rest and innovative outdoor grilling. This weekend, it will be contested on...
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Feder: ABC 7 documentary strings together 'classic whodunit' on stolen violinFeb 11, 2022 12:00 am - From his workshop in northwest suburban Prairie Grove fifth-generation master violin maker Paul Becker transforms wood, strings and glue into prized instruments that sel...
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Feder: Cynthia DeNicolo, Melissa McGurren press defamation cases against The MixFeb 10, 2022 12:00 am - It's been nearly four months since morning host Eric Ferguson resigned from WTMX 101.9-FM in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations by employees of the Hubbard Radio ...
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Feder: WLS adds Pete McMurray to weekendsFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - Look for longtime Chicago radio personality Pete McMurray to turn up this weekend with a new show on Cumulus Media news/talk WLS 890-AM. The station won't confirm it, b...
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Jim O'Donnell: Lessons from Hitler's Olympics apparently mean nothing to the profits of NBCFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - THE PARALLELS ARE imprecise at this point in time but nonetheless discomforting. How much greater imaging loft would Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich have gotten out of ...
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Feder: Cubs may go after cord-cutters with streaming serviceFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - It took Josh Kosman, veteran business reporter for Rupert Murdoch's New York Post, to break the news about the latest deal being cooked up between the Chicago Cubs and S...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is Rocky Wirtz battling to cleanse his conscience?Feb 05, 2022 8:00 am - SO ROCKY WIRTZ PLAYED to pedigree this week. And now elements of the Chicago sports media are all lathered up in some kind of Fort Courage victory dance. A very wealthy ...