Business Columns
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Employers prepare for a gender non-binary worldJul 07, 2019 6:00 am - Last week, one of the biggest of the Big Law firms - places that have been getting more scrutiny for lagging on diversity - announced a novel approach to measuring the g...
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Jim Kendall: Help from the bank, help for artistsJul 07, 2019 1:00 am - 'Way back, I thought that journalists whose columns included seemingly unrelated topics were lazy - and were using their columns to catch up. Now I know differently (I t...
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Feder: WLS drops Stephanie Trussell's weekend showJul 05, 2019 1:00 am - After seven years on Cumulus Media news/talk WLS 890-AM, Stephanie Trussell's weekly talk show has been dropped to accommodate University of Illinois football and basket...
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Feder: Tribune's Scott Stantis finds himself drawn to other interestsJul 05, 2019 1:00 am - After 10 years as full-time editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, Scott Stantis is taking a step back from the drawing board by shifting to freelance status, Rob...
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Feder: WGN pulls Pat Tomasulo's 'Man of the People' from lineupJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - Pat Tomasulo has lost his weekly late-night comedy show on WGN-Channel 9, Robert Feder writes. The Tribune Broadcasting station confirmed that it's pulled the plug on "M...
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Feder: Amid 'outpouring of love,' WXRT's Terri Hemmert to sign off middays July 9Jul 02, 2019 1:00 am - Culminating a ton of well-deserved tributes to Terri Hemmert, the beloved Chicago radio icon will mark her final broadcast as midday personality on WXRT 93.1-FM July 9, ...
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Feder: ABC 7 to test 'visually compelling' video storytelling techniquesJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - WLS-Channel 7 is looking to stay on top of local news in Chicago by experimenting with new forms of animation, graphics, and data visualization in the way it tells stori...
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Feder: Cumulus Media's New York sale worries WLS staffersJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - The sale of legendary New York radio station WABC last week sent shock waves through Cumulus Media Chicago where employees of news/talk WLS 890-AM wondered if their stat...
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Old pickup hauls childhood memories back to the forefrontJun 30, 2019 6:00 am - As a small boy, Ed Flynn spent many a happy summer on a lake and in the cab of a 1941 Dodge pickup. His mother grew up on a dairy farm in southern Vermont and spent her ...
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How a networking newbie can make a great first impressionJun 30, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I was unimpressed with the letter writer in a recent column about time-wasting networkers. Networking is a complex skill set. The law student who annoyed the writer w...