Media
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Feder: Windy City Times 'very sad' to drop print edition after 35 yearsSep 09, 2020 1:00 am - The newspaper billed as "the voice of Chicago's gay, lesbian, bi, trans and queer community since 1985" is ceasing print publication after 35 years. Windy City Times wil...
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Jim O'Donnell: NFL's honeymoon with legal gambling all about 'Confidence'Sep 09, 2020 1:00 am - WAY BACK WHEN THE NFL first began to harvest some real TV money, Pete Rozelle and CBS commissioned a vibrant theme song called “Confidence.” It was rousing. It quickly b...
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Feder: Steve Bertrand, John Records Landecker round out new WGN Radio lineupSep 08, 2020 1:00 am - Overshadowed by the firing late Friday of afternoon host Roe Conn and overnight host Nick Digilio was news of two new shows coming to Nexstar Media Group news/talk WGN 7...
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Feder: 'News Nation' premieres to modest ratingsSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - Based on its opening night ratings, "News Nation" still has a long way to go if it's serious about taking on the big cable news networks. An average of 116,000 viewers ...
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Jim O'Donnell: 'Amazing' growth for The Mike Spellman Scholarship FundSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - THE HEARTENING, ORGANIC GROWTH of The Mike Spellman Scholarship Fund continues. Despite no formal organization or annual fundraising event behind it, the core endowment ...
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Feder: The Score restores Bruce Levine after time out for tweetSep 01, 2020 1:00 am - Veteran Chicago sports reporter Bruce Levine, who's been off the grid since he posted a controversial tweet Aug. 23, is expected to return this week as baseball insider ...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio leads radio ratings for 7th straight monthAug 31, 2020 1:00 am - For the seventh consecutive month, WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM took front and center in Chicago's radio ratings during August. Nielsen Audio figures released Monday showed...
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Feder: New NBC 5 series offers perspective on 'Race in Chicago'Aug 28, 2020 1:00 am - Marion Brooks, veteran news anchor and investigative reporter at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, just launched a weekly series of special reports on "Race in Chicago: How Did ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Memories come flooding back on a visit to French Lick, IndianaAug 28, 2020 1:00 am - FRENCH LICK, Ind. - Socially, the hamlet is miles from nowhere. That includes the bloodstained streets of Kenosha. It's roughly an hour west-northwest of Louisville, ver...
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Feder: Sun-Times names Rachel Hinton chief political reporterAug 26, 2020 1:00 am - Just three years after joining the Sun-Times as an intern straight out of DePaul University, Rachel Hinton has been promoted to chief political reporter, Robert Feder wr...