Media
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Feder: Columnist Maudlyne Ihejirika to 'pass the baton' of Chicago media leadershipApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Maudlyne Ihejirika, the prominent Sun-Times columnist and one of the most powerful women in Chicago journalism, has announced she's stepping down as president of two inf...
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O'Donnell: Pay to play at Arlington Park this year? Don't bet on itApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - THE SPECTER OF AN OPENING DAY at Arlington Park was once so deliciously nefarious. Naive goslings down on the apron breaking their virgin betting bones alongside aged bu...
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Feder: Springfield exhibit on 'Music from Illinois' remembers radio tooApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - An ambitious exhibition celebrating music from Illinois and the legendary musicians who made it - including a working radio studio available to DJs throughout the state ...
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Feder: Nexstar Media Group launching Rewind TV channel in SeptemberApr 27, 2021 1:00 am - Nexstar Media Group, parent company of WGN-Channel 9 and NewsNation, has announced the launch of Rewind TV, a digital subchannel that will air sitcoms from the 1980s and...
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Feder: Chicago Public Media promotes Tracy Brown to WBEZ content chiefApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - Tracy Brown, who joined WBEZ 91.5-FM as managing editor in 2019, has been promoted to chief content officer of the Chicago Public Media news/talk station, Robert Feder w...
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Jim O'Donnell: A year later, 'The Last Dance' remains a very neat TV featApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEKEND, the United States was reeling as the COVID-19 pandemic steamrolled into its second month. There was no light at the end of the tunnel. The dim...
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Feder: Bill & Wendy pulling the plug on Cumulus podcastApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - Ending their 15-month run as a podcasting team, Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder will record their final episode Monday. Since February 2020 the longtime Chicago radio duo ha...
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Feder: Four journalists win 2021 Studs Terkel AwardsApr 21, 2021 1:00 am - Four prominent Chicago journalists have been named recipients of the 2021 Studs Terkel Community Media Awards by the nonprofit Public Narrative, Robert Feder writes. Win...
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Feder: Chicago Journalism Review republishes Fred Hampton exposéApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - The Chicago police murder of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton at his West Side apartment in December 1969 was so miserably reported by major media outlets that ...
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Feder: NBC Sports Chicago boss Kevin Cross to head NBC 5, Telemundo ChicagoApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - Kevin Cross, senior vice president and general manager of NBC Sports Chicago, has been named president and general manager of NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 and Telemundo Chic...