Media
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Feder: Assistant news director Sarah Dunlap Burke leaves ABC 7Aug 30, 2021 1:00 am - Still reeling from a massive decline in ratings, the firing of sports anchor Mark Giangreco, the cancellation of "Windy City Live" and the layoffs of more than a dozen s...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is versatile sports funnyman Bruce Wolf sneaking back into comeback mode?Aug 27, 2021 1:00 am - FOR CLOSE TO 25 YEARS, Bruce Wolf was as good as it got as one of the most consistently witty, creative people in Chicago sports media. From his breakout turn as the cra...
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Jim O'Donnell: Track, track, Bears — could those be Churchill's '3 finalists' for Arlington Park?Aug 24, 2021 1:00 am - THE WORDS STRUGGLE to make it from the logic portion of the brain through the fingers to the keyboard. But could “the three finalists” in the Churchill Downs Inc. biddin...
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Rosemont next stop on WGN's 'Your Hometown' series tour ThursdayAug 23, 2021 1:00 am - Rosemont will be featured all day Thursday on WGN 720-AM as part of the radio station's monthly Your Hometown series. The Northwest suburban entertainment mecca will be ...
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Renowned Chicago investigative reporter Bill Recktenwald dies at 79Aug 21, 2021 1:00 am - William Ames Recktenwald, 79, of Karbers Ridge, Illinois, and formerly of Chicago, died peacefully on Friday at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana, aft...
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Feder: 'A true news lion with heart' raises hopes at CBS 2Aug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Now that Jennifer Lyons has been named president and general manager of WBBM-Channel 2, look for the CBS-owned station to green-light plans to launch a 4 p.m. Monday-thr...
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Jim O'Donnell: The day Dick Duchossois said 'no' to Whitney HoustonAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - MUCH IS BEING MADE about the extraordinarily sad, doomed and downright mean spirits emanating from Arlington Park these days. Arlington's 2021 live season will go down i...
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Feder: WGN leads the cheers as sports legend Jack Rosenberg gets his WayAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - The dedication of "Jack Rosenberg Way" at East Illinois Street and Cityfront Plaza Drive drew a gathering of family, friends and sports media personalities Wednesday to ...
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Feder: Jennifer Lyons named president and general manager of CBS 2Aug 19, 2021 1:00 am - Jennifer Lyons, who's been one of Chicago's most honored and respected broadcast news executives for more than two decades, has been named president and general manager ...
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It all comes down to caring about peopleAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - Building a successful remote enterprise is dependent on connecting on a personal level. When the world became remote in 2020, Program Productions was uniquely prepared t...