Media
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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...
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Feder: Alden Global Capital regains upper hand in bid for Tribune PublishingApr 19, 2021 1:00 am - With the collapse of a competing offer for the parent company of the Chicago Tribune over the weekend, it's full speed ahead for Alden Global Capital in its bid to acqui...
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Feder: Former WGN news director Paul Davis diesApr 19, 2021 1:00 am - Paul Davis, a onetime Downstate Illinois news anchor who became an influential TV news executive and a widely admired statesman for his profession, led WGN-Channel 9 int...
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Feder: Free agent Mark Giangreco still missing from ESPN 1000Apr 16, 2021 1:00 am - Don't look for Mark Giangreco to be back on the radio any time soon, Robert Feder writes. The veteran Chicago sportscaster had been a fixture for years on Good Karma Br...
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Feder: New hip hop 'Streetz 95.1' hits the ground running in ChicagoApr 15, 2021 1:00 am - This week marks the launch of Streetz 95.1/105.1 HD 2, billed as featuring "the hottest current and upcoming hip hop and R&B artists," Robert Feder writes. While its we...