Media
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Feder: Sports anchor Jim Rose signs three-year renewal with ABC 7Sep 17, 2020 1:00 am - Jim Rose, who's been a key player on WLS-Channel 7's sports team since 1982, signed on Wednesday for three more years with the top-rated ABC-owned station, Robert Feder ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Dan McNeil just 'did his business' and got firedSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - IF THE 16-YEAR-OLD SHEEPDOG - glassy-eyed, halting of gait, incontinent - suddenly shuffles into the living room and "does his business," does the family fire faithful o...
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Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction
Sep 16, 2020 1:00 am - LONDON - Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrities are taking part in a 24-hour Instagram "freeze" on Wednesday to protest against what th...
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Feder: Will Leila Rahimi become the new face of The Score?Sep 16, 2020 1:00 am - In the wake of Dan McNeil's sudden firing Tuesday for posting what his bosses called a "degrading and humiliating" tweet about a female ESPN reporter, Danny Parkins is e...
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Feder: The Score fires Dan McNeil for 'degrading' tweet about ESPN reporterSep 15, 2020 1:00 am - There won't be another second chance for Danny Mac this time, Robert Feder writes. Dan McNeil, the mercurial and often controversial sports talk show host, was fired tod...
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Feder: Carol Marin says she's bowing out of TV newsSep 14, 2020 1:00 am - Carol Marin, one of Chicago's most honored and respected journalists of all time, is bringing down the curtain on her legendary TV news career after 48 years, Robert Fed...
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Feder: Kiss FM's Angi Taylor to host mornings on new 'Rock 95 Five'Sep 14, 2020 1:00 am - Angi Taylor, who's been a mainstay of mornings on Top 40 WKSC 103.5-FM since 2008, is about to move up to solo morning host at iHeartMedia Chicago's new rock station, Ro...
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Masked man Bill Kurtis 'goes wild' in promoting cover-upSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - When Bill Kurtis talks, people listen. Now the legendary Chicago anchorman wants to have a word with you about wearing a mask, Robert Feder writes. Strictly on a lark, K...
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Feder: New CEO choice withdraws before getting started at WBEZSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - In an embarrassing setback for the nonprofit parent company of news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM, it's back to square one in the search for a new president and chief executive offi...
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Feder: 'News Nation' edict costs Nexstar stations access to CNN videoSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - Every startup has growing pains, but "News Nation" may be having more than its share. Just 10 days after the launch of the Chicago-based three-hour primetime national ne...