Business Columns
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Feder: Nine personalities added to Radio Hall of FameAug 05, 2019 1:00 am - Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the psychosexual therapist who hosted the groundbreaking radio show "Sexually Speaking" in the 1980s, and Ryan Seacrest, the Los Angeles-based natio...
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Boss labors under delusion that new mom should work 3 days after childbirthAug 04, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I have worked at a smallish company (about 100 employees) for six years. Only one other employee has ever taken maternity leave there. Earlier this year, I was thrill...
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Jim Kendall: School days offer business-building opportunitiesAug 04, 2019 1:00 am - Sometimes we need to open our eyes and notice the opportunities in front of us. One example: Schools, where you can provide an often-needed boost to programs and at the...
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Feder: NBC Sports Chicago adds weekday afternoon sports betting showAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - NBC Sports Chicago is betting it can win over viewers with a four-hour weekday afternoon talk show devoted to the burgeoning business of legalized sports gambling, Rober...
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Feder: Justice Department approves Nexstar deal for Tribune MediaAug 01, 2019 1:00 am - The Antitrust Division of the Justice Department has approved the $6.4 billion acquisition of Chicago-based Tribune Media by Nexstar Media Group, Robert Feder writes. Th...
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'ThrowBack' owner confident new sports bar will be a hit in St. CharlesJul 31, 2019 11:00 pm - Jason Agoston thought he had a pretty good idea when he had 2,000 free appetizer cards made to promote his new ThrowBack Sports Bar in St. Charles. He planned to hand th...
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Feder: How Barry Rozner got Peggy Kusinski to open upJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - If you didn't read Barry Rozner's column in the Daily Herald Tuesday, don't miss it, Robert Feder writes. His extraordinarily sensitive and insightful report on the rea...
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Feder: CBS 2 ratings plunge after AT&T blackoutJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - As expected, the ongoing impasse between CBS and AT&T is wreaking havoc on WBBM-Channel 2's already low ratings, Robert Feder writes. The blackout of CBS 2 on DirecTV, ...
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Feder: ABC 7 to end 7 p.m. newscast on The UJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 will cease production of the prime-time local newscast it has been producing for Weigel Broadcasting WCIU-Channel 26, the two stations jointly co...
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Feder: Ji Suk Yi to join Steve Cochran's morning show on WGN RadioJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - Ji Suk Yi, best known for her seven years as a featured personality on "Windy City Live," has been hired as a regular contributor to Steve Cochran's morning show on WGN ...