Media
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Feder: WTTW promotes veteran producer Jay Smith to news directorNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - In what may be the least surprising promotion of the year, Jay Smith was named news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" Wednesday, Ro...
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Jim O'Donnell: A thankful respite from the noise of nonsense - 'Chip Shot Jeopardy!'Nov 24, 2021 12:00 am - FOR PURPOSES OF AMUSEMENT ONLY, presenting the inaugural - and quite possibly only ever - Daily Herald sports & media Thanksgiving Day family event: "Chip Shot Jeopardy!...
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Wheaton Chamber to host media panel Dec. 1Nov 24, 2021 12:00 am - The Women in Business Committee of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce is hosting "The Power of the Press: Boosting Your Business Through Media Relations," a media panel bei...
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Feder: Another shakeup at Chicago magazine: Amy Carr steps down, Terry Noland returnsNov 24, 2021 12:00 am - For the second time in six months there's been a change at the top of Chicago magazine. Amy Carr, the former top features editor at the Chicago Tribune who succeeded Sus...
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Feder: Janet Davies debuts showbiz podcastNov 23, 2021 12:00 am - The stellar Janet Davies, who covered Chicago's entertainment scene with authority and style for 37 years at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, is back on the beat with her own we...
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Feder: BGA forms Illinois Solutions Partnership with $10 million grant from McCormick FoundationNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago's Better Government Association, the nonprofit investigation journalism and government watchdog organization, is about to expand dramatically, thanks to the larg...
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O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. / Arlington proves that it can still put on quite a clown showNov 20, 2021 12:00 am - SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, Bunker Bill Carstanjen — the deadpan slap-schticker running Churchill Downs Inc. — must have studied “A Little Night Music.” That's the 1973 St...
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Feder: 'Bozo's Circus' rewinds the '70sNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated because WGN has changed the premiere to Dec. 19. Big news for Bozo fans: “Bozo's Circus: The 1970s,” a two-hour primetime...
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Feder: WGN Radio hires Lisa Dent to host afternoonsNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Lisa Dent, who's been a popular Chicago radio personality for two decades, will sign on as Monday-through-Friday afternoon host at WGN 720-AM in the new year. The Nexsta...
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Feder: Naperville native Candace McCollum to report on missing Black women for WVONNov 17, 2021 12:00 am - A five-part radio documentary series on more than 50 Black women and girls in Chicago who vanished without a trace will air on WVON 1690-AM, the Midway Broadcasting news...