Media
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Feder: Legendary Sun-Times reporter Fran Spielman takes tough break in strideAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - It takes more than a nasty fall and a fractured pelvis to slow down Chicago's hardest-working City Hall reporter, Robert Feder writes. Fran Spielman, the Chicago Journal...
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O'Donnell: Please hold all tickets on a Churchill Downs racino in WaukeganAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - WHEN “BUNKER BILL” CARSTANJEN dropped a bomb on Arlington Park last week, the assumption in many state and national horse racing circles was automatic: Carstanjen's Chur...
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Feder: Layoffs hit NBC stations to meet 'changing economic environment'Aug 04, 2020 1:00 am - On a day that Comcast-owned NBCUniversal reportedly cut up to 10 percent of its workforce nationwide, layoffs hit all three NBC broadcast properties in Chicago, reports ...
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Feder: WGN Radio boss bans CNN, Fox News and SvengoolieAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - With Nexstar Media Group's “News Nation” prime-time newscast set to debut September 1 on WGN America, anchors and correspondents from competing networks may no longer be...
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Feder: 'Chicago Tonight' adds weekend shows to amplify Black, Latino voicesAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - One of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak year for Chicago media has been watching Brandis Friedman's star continue to rise on "Chicago Tonight," the flagship ne...
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Feder: Pat Cassidy keeps Newsradio on top of the Chicago radio morning ratingsAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - Pat Cassidy, who's been a warm and welcome fixture of morning drive radio in Chicago for more than 45 years, is now No. 1 all by himself. In the first full ratings perio...
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O'Donnell: State of Illinois should review all Churchill Downs Inc. licensingJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - "BUNKER BILL" CARSTANJEN peeked out of his Kentucky cavern this week long enough to officially pronounce Arlington Park a "DNR" - "do not resuscitate." At least not by B...
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Feder: Tribune's John Kass fires back at 'cancel culture' criticsJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass responded forcefully to critics - including members of the Chicago Tribune Guild - who accused him of invoking an anti-Semitic conspi...
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Feder: CBS 2 reporter Vince Gerasole joins Archdiocese to 'help fill spiritual void'Jul 30, 2020 1:00 am - After two decades as WBBM-Channel 2's "smart, eloquent and creative storyteller," Vince Gerasole is leaving the TV news business for a higher calling, Robert Feder write...
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O'Donnell: Notre Dame had no greater lucky charm than Regis PhilbinJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - OUTLINED AGAINST A CLEMENT OCTOBER SKY, there was no need for any further juice in the press box at Notre Dame Stadium. Not even a sudden appearance by Regis Philbin. In...