Media
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Feder: Serving up Chicago media Turkeys of the Year - with relishNov 27, 2019 12:00 am - With a deep bow to the late, great Roy Leonard, whose Turkey of the Year Awards were a Thanksgiving Day tradition on news/talk WGN 720-AM for decades, here's a hearty fl...
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O'Donnell: Giving thanks for the DVR and other holiday options on the sports media spray listNov 27, 2019 12:00 am - IF THE PRIMARY LURE of the first Thanksgiving had been a Bears-Lions watch party, there's a very good chance the Wampanoags would have been no-shows. Then there might no...
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Feder: WGN Radio turning totally Sinatra on Sunday morningsNov 26, 2019 12:00 am - The music of Ol' Blue Eyes will air exclusively from 6:30 to 9 a.m. Sundays on WGN 720-AM, the Nexstar Media news/talk station announced Tuesday. Starting December 8, Da...
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O'Donnell: Renewed Olczyk set to float above Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeNov 22, 2019 12:00 am - ON THURSDAY, EDDIE OLCZYK WILL BE riding on an NBC float in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He might as well be floating. It will mark the first time that "Ed...
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O'Donnell: Slumping NASCAR couldn't buy Michael Jordan's energized endorsement on NBCNov 20, 2019 12:00 am - MICHAEL JORDAN LONG AGO confirmed why he frequently had his tongue hanging out when he played basketball: "My dad used to do that when he was working on cars out in our ...
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Hundreds of journalists anonymously reveal their salaries on viral spreadsheet, challenging workplace taboo
Nov 17, 2019 5:16 am - It was once called "the last taboo." But a spreadsheet circulating this week with the salary information for workers in one industry - news media - has shown how the iss...
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O'Donnell: Godfather of 'Black Power' salute at Olympics says Bears could use KaepernickNov 15, 2019 12:00 am - THE BEARS NEED ANOTHER NEW ACT in their 2019 circus like the Congress of The United States needs more partisan divide. But when it comes to Colin Kaepernick, don't tell ...
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O'Donnell: Jimmy de Castro will carry his oversight of The Score into OTNov 13, 2019 12:00 am - JIMMY DE CASTRO isn't talking. But Jimmy de Castro also isn't walking ... for now. The facile media top gunner will not be departing as chief of Entercom's Chicago clust...
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O'Donnell: November start to ACC basketball leaves Jim Boeheim seeing mean TV greenNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - WAS IT THE O'JAYS OR JERRY REINSDORF who first sang "For the Love of Money?" Buzz in whenever, but the theme certifiably belonged to college basketball this week. Most p...
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Feder: NBC 5 doubles up on morning weather front; Bulls PA announcer retiresNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - Are two meteorologists better than one? Alicia Roman this week joined Andy Avalos on NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5's weekday morning newscast. "We're going to kind of tag-tea...