Business Columns
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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 ...
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Jim Kendall: Is an ESOP in your future?Jul 28, 2019 1:00 am - Maybe it's the people I hang with, but I don't pick up a lot of conversation about ESOPs. Yet Employee Stock Ownership Plans apparently can be an extremely effective too...
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Feder: Susy Schultz named executive director of broadcast museumJul 26, 2019 1:00 am - Susy Schultz, the esteemed Chicago journalist, educator, writer and strategist, has been hired as executive director of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Robert Fe...
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Feder: Schakowsky joins protest over 'Worldview' cancellation at WBEZJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky has added her voice to protests over the cancellation of "Worldview," the long-running international affairs talk show airing at noon Monday thr...
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Feder: WGN reporter 'furious' over image of noose on gas tank coverJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - The depiction of a noose over an automobile's gas tank cover prompted a reporter for Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9 to say it made her “sick to my stomach,” Robert F...
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Feder: Walter Flakus calls it a night at 101 WKQXJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - Walter Flakus, assistant program director, music director and on-air host at WKQX 101.1-FM, is leaving the Cumulus Media alternative rock station to join KNDD in Seattle...