Business Columns
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Feder: Top program exec Dan Soles to leave WTTWJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - For nearly 25 years, everything you saw on WTTW-Channel 11 first had to pass the high standards of Dan Soles. Now he's leaving, Robert Feder writes. Signaling changes in...
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What you're not hearingJun 03, 2019 1:00 am - Remember all the noise Republicans in Congress generated about repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (better known to most of us as Obamacare)? Recall the resp...
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Feder: Another Tribune payday for Michael Ferro - $13.6 millionJun 03, 2019 1:00 am - You may have missed an interesting footnote to news last week that Chicago-based Tribune Publishing declared a special cash dividend of $56 million to its shareholders, ...
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Feder: 'Those Were the Days' recalls D-Day 75 years laterMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - The 75th anniversary of D-Day will be commemorated by the medium that brought it home to America, Robert Feder writes. Starting this weekend and airing on three consecut...
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Feder: Four more to join WGN Radio Walk of FameMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - Four Chicagoans with deep connections to WGN 720-AM will be added to the WGN Radio Walk of Fame, the Tribune Broadcasting news/talk station announced today, Robert Feder...
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Feder: Mort Crim named to Illinois Broadcasters' Hall of FameMay 30, 2019 1:00 am - Mort Crim, the retired anchorman said to be the inspiration for Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy character, has been chosen for induction in the Illinois Broadcasters Associa...
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Feder: Santita Jackson to host mornings on progressive talk WCPTMay 29, 2019 1:00 am - Santita Jackson, the Chicago radio personality and political commentator, has been hired as morning host at WCPT 820-AM, the Newsweb Radio progressive talk station, Robe...
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Feder: Kris Kridel to retire from WBBM NewsradioMay 29, 2019 1:00 am - Kris Kridel, one of Chicago radio's premier journalists and one of its most familiar voices, is retiring after 34 years as a news anchor at WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, Ro...
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Sapporo Tanoshii brings sushi bar, hibachi grill to AlgonquinMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - Renowned Chicago sushi chef Mike Ham is bringing his Japanese cuisine to the Randall Road corridor. Ham opened Sapporo Tanoshii, which means happy village, at 1521 S. Ra...
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Feder: CBS 2 puts 'for rent' sign on corner studioMay 28, 2019 1:00 am - WBBM-Channel 2 continues to shrink before our eyes. In the latest retreat, the CBS-owned station is looking to rent out its former street-front studio in the Loop, Rober...