Media
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Feder: WTTW fires news director Hugo Balta after staff erupts over social mediaFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Hugo Balta was forced out Tuesday as news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" following a staff uprising over his use of social media...
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Jim O'Donnell: Even Michael Jordan couldn't save an endless Daytona 500Feb 17, 2021 12:00 am - FOR FANS OF NASCAR INCLUSIVITY, last Sunday's Daytona 500 was supposed to be a momentous event. Probably the most momentous stock car happening since Black country singe...
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Feder: Hedge fund Alden Global Capital to buy Tribune Publishing for $630 millionFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Alden Global Capital, the New York-based hedge fund known for bleeding newspapers dry, has reached agreement to buy the parent company of the Chicago Tribune in a deal v...
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Feder: Time's up for Dean Reynolds as 'NewsNation' correspondentFeb 15, 2021 12:00 am - Still reeling from the sudden departure of its news director, “NewsNation” just lost its best known and most experienced reporter. Dean Reynolds signed off Friday after ...
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Feder: The Score signs multiyear extension of Cubs radio rights agreementFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - WSCR 670-AM, the Entercom sports/talk station known as The Score, will remain the radio home of Chicago Cubs baseball for years to come. Entercom and the Cubs announced ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Doc Rivers, Fred Hampton and two very different lives 'Made in Maywood'Feb 12, 2021 12:00 am - THERE IS A COMPELLING CROSS of multimedia convergence going on this weekend. At nba.com - as part of the league's "Black History Month Inspirations" - Doc Rivers is feat...
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Feder: WTTW news chief Hugo Balta under scrutiny for social media postsFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - Hugo Balta, news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of the nightly newscast "Chicago Tonight," has been sidelined by his bosses for apparently sharing to...
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Feder: Chicago Tribune takes aim at police mug shotsFeb 11, 2021 12:00 am - Police booking photos of people who've been arrested - commonly known as mug shots - have been a staple of Chicago newspapers since before the days of "Scarface" Al Capo...
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Feder: Radio legend Kevin Matthews turns music mogulFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - Kevin Matthews, one of Chicago radio's all-time greats, is one of the principals behind a new multimedia platform for music and performance artists, Robert Feder writes....
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Jim O'Donnell: Curious yellow pixies greatly weakened CBS, Super Bowl 55Feb 10, 2021 12:00 am - VIEWERS TUNED INTO Super Bowl 55 with the expectation that The Weeknd was the star of the halftime show. Few realized that in the end, "weakened" would be a fair summary...