Media
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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 ...
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Feder: ESPN 1000 teams Peggy Kusinski and Dionne MillerFeb 04, 2022 12:00 am - Peggy Kusinski and Dionne Miller, two of the best sportscasters in town, are teaming up to co-host a new weekly show on WMVP 1000-AM, the Good Karma Brands ESPN sports/t...
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Feder: MeTV signs licensing deals for Svengoolie, Toony the Tuna merchandiseFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - Hey, kids! Soon you can be the first on your block to own a Svengoolie action figure or a Toony the Tuna plush toy. MeTV, the red-hot digital network owned by Chicago-ba...
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Feder: Sun-Times, WBEZ search for new editorsFeb 02, 2022 12:00 am - Now that the Sun-Times has been acquired by the parent company of NPR news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM and become a nonprofit subsidiary of Chicago Public Media, all eyes are on t...
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O'Donnell: Is Garoppolo headed anywhere where his winning ways could plague the Bears?Feb 02, 2022 12:00 am - SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO BE an unfettered member of the Jimmy Garoppolo Fan Club. But any dip into melancholia can be tempered when Jimmy G's team - in this case, the San ...
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Feder: WBEZ owner completes Sun-Times acquisitionFeb 01, 2022 12:00 am - The parent company of public radio news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM finalized its takeover of the Sun-Times Monday, marking the money-losing newspaper's conversion to a nonprofit ...
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Feder: Hacker forces BGA community forum on Cabrini-Green to shut downJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - An online community forum hosted by the Better Government Association Saturday was disrupted by a hacker who posted images of child pornography and expressions of hate s...