Media
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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...
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Hedge fund Alden offers to buy Tribune, valuing it at $521 million
Dec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Hedge fund Alden, Tribune's largest shareholder, has offered to buy the rest of the newspaper publisher at a price that values it at $520.6 million. Alden sent a letter ...
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Jim O'Donnell: What to expect from Sports world in 2021Dec 31, 2020 12:00 am - SO THIS IS New Year's. And who would believe? The sports figures still scurry around inside the giant TV screens, the stadiums empty. Final scores are posted and bets a...
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Feder: 'Sanitized smooch' for Janet & Mark on ABC 7's countdownDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - It wouldn't be New Year's Eve in Chicago without Janet Davies and Mark Giangreco. Back for their 20th year together, the duo will host "Countdown Chicago 2021" live at 1...
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Feder: Chicago media rose to meet the challenges of 2020Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - On a sunny Sunday afternoon in late February hundreds of print, broadcast and digital journalists sat shoulder to shoulder in a downtown hotel ballroom where they ponder...
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Jim O'Donnell: Classy Jack Rosenberg prevented mayhem on the Wrigley Field catwalkDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - ON A SUMMER EVENING at The Sports Page in north Arlington Heights, Jack Brickhouse once looked over a double J & B at a bearded "Celebrity Trivia Night" host and said: "...