Media
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Feder: Bruce Dold out as Chicago Tribune publisher, editor-in-chiefFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - In a top-level shake-up at Tribune Publishing, Bruce Dold is out as publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune, and Peter Kendall is out as managing editor. Su...
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O'Donnell: Despite years in the making, not a good start for MarqueeFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - FOUR LONG AUTUMNS AGO, the Cubs happily can-canned "The Curse of the Goat." In its place, have they taken on "The Curse of Spring Training?" In 2017, it was the fear of ...
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O'Donnell: Was Casey Urlacher used to whet a headline-seeking net?Feb 21, 2020 12:00 am - CASEY URLACHER HAS HAD better weeks. And better publicity. He is the 40-year-old brother of Brian Urlacher - the Bears Hall of Famer - and the mayor of the notably wealt...
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O'Donnell: Rafer Weigel ends 'revenge porn' nightmare for Dick Wolf's 'Chicago Fire'Feb 19, 2020 12:00 am - REVENGE PORN ANCHOR!!! Lyrically, it has a workable rhythm to it. Something that "Weird Al" Yankovic could have parodied to "Cat Scratch Fever" or a tune that could have...
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Feder: Cubs TV broadcasts get additional home on HuluFeb 17, 2020 12:00 am - There's still no deal with Comcast Xfinity, but Marquee Sports Network has signed an agreement with the streaming service Hulu to carry the new television home of the Cu...
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O'Donnell: NBA, MLB and NFL all going down a rough midwinter chuteFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - WHEN ONE OF THE MOST PATHETIC WEEKENDS in the new-mill history of sports is hitting America in the schnozz, what is there to do but call it what it is? And that would be...
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O'Donnell: Droopy NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago will be must-flee TVFeb 12, 2020 12:00 am - WHAT IF THE NBA held an All-Star Weekend and no one cared? Would that be like major American cinema finding out it has to look to South Korea for its sharpest dark comed...
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O'Donnell: No place to go but up for revamping AM-1000Feb 07, 2020 12:00 am - TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, full-time sports talk radio in Chicago began with modest expectations. They long ago were met. Modestly. Now, the brain-numbing niche is generall...
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O'Donnell: J-Lo and Shakira — was the halftime show #MeToo racy or a bumpy Ice Capades?Feb 05, 2020 12:00 am - JONATHAN SWIFT WROTE in an age when he had neither the benefit or curse of the internet, the DVR and Uber Eats. In “Gulliver's Travels,” he did note: “What some invent, ...
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iHeartMedia laid off hundreds of radio DJs. Executives blame AI. DJs blame the executives.
Feb 01, 2020 5:16 am - When iHeartMedia announced this month it would fire hundreds of workers across the country, the radio conglomerate said the restructuring was critical to take advantage ...