Media
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Feder: Len Walter signing off after 52 years at WBBM NewsradioJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - Len Walter, dean of Chicago business reporters and the first journalist to broadcast regularly from the Midwest Stock Exchange, has announced his retirement after 52 yea...
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Feder: 'Bold and fierce' Kristie Graybill joins 'The Fred Show' on Kiss FMJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - WKSC 103.5-FM is adding a new voice to Christopher "Fred" Frederick's morning show on the iHeartMedia Top 40 station known as Kiss FM. Kristie Graybill, just in from St....
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Feder: MeTV rises and shines with 'Toon In With Me'Jan 08, 2021 12:00 am - History will note that Bill Leff took his first pie in the face on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Undoubtedly there are more to come, Robert Feder writes. "Toon In With Me...
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Twitter bans Trump permanently, citing risk of incitementJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Twitter says it is banning President Donald Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." The social media giant said Friday: "A...
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Feder: Podcast delivers postmortem on Chicago's Edgewater HospitalJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - Among the dozen or so employees who lost their jobs in mass layoffs at Hubbard Radio Chicago last spring in the wake of the pandemic, few could claim the talent or the t...
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Jim O'Donnell: A simple formula for picking winners on Wild Card WeekendJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - WEEK 18 OF THE 2020 NFL SEASON could be called a lot of things. At Halas Hall, George McCaskey and his bottom-lining Bears buds might opt for "Ball of Confusion." Nation...
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Feder: Two-year data breach hits employees' email at WTTW, WFMTJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Window to the World Communications, parent company of WTTW-Channel 11 and WFMT 98.7-FM, alerted employees this week to the discovery of a data breach in its computer sys...
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Feder: 94.7 WLS goes syndicated on weeknights with Kid KellyJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - After months without a host on weeknights, classic hits WLS 94.7-FM has signed Kid Kelly, a longtime New York-based disc jockey and former vice president of pop programm...
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Feder: Tribune CEO calls Alden bid a 'source of distraction'Jan 04, 2021 12:00 am - The year is opening on a sour note for employees of the Chicago Tribune, now that Alden Global Capital, the New York-based hedge fund that owns a 32 percent stake in Tri...
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Feder: The Score promotes Leila Rahimi to midday co-host with Dan BernsteinJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Leila Rahimi broke a 29-year gender barrier Monday by being named full-time midday co-host at WSCR 670-AM, the Entercom sports/talk station. As the first woman to host a...