Business Columns
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Feder: Kartemquin Films wins two Peabody AwardsApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - Kartemquin Films, the Chicago-based nonprofit collective behind such acclaimed documentaries as "Hoop Dreams" (1994) and "The Interrupters" (2011), was named winner of t...
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Feder: Still top of the morning for Eric FergusonApr 16, 2019 1:00 am - "Eric in the Morning" cruised to another easy victory in the latest Chicago radio ratings, Robert Feder writes. The long-running morning show on Hubbard Radio hot adult-...
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Feder: Happy landing for Eddie Volkman at Star 96.7Apr 15, 2019 1:00 am - It didn't take long for Eddie Volkman to land on his feet. Just days after the sale of northwest suburban classic rocker WFXF 103.9-FM cost him his job as morning perso...
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Feder: NBC 5 mentor Renee Ferguson boosts Pete Buttigieg campaignApr 15, 2019 1:00 am - When Pete Buttigieg officially kicked off his 2020 presidential bid on Sunday, a former Chicago television news reporter was front and center, Robert Feder writes. Among...
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Colleagues' mid-meeting party gossip is awkward for those not invitedApr 14, 2019 6:09 am - Q: I have worked at my employer for 20 years, 10 in my current department, longer than almost everyone. Last week at our department meeting, other staff members chatted ...
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Can new CEO fill predecessor's shoes?Apr 14, 2019 1:00 am - There's always a bit of a question when a successful, highly respected chief executive - say someone like Tasty Catering's Tom Walter - selects his (or her) replacement,...
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Feder: WLS Radio celebrates 95 years on the airApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - On April 12, 1924, Sears, Roebuck and Company officially began broadcasting its new radio station from the Sherman House Hotel in Chicago, naming it WLS (for "World's La...
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Feder: WGN's Andrea Darlas to join U of I as Chicago liaisonApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - After more than 21 years as a multitalented and award-winning news anchor, reporter and program host at news/talk WGN 720-AM, Andrea Darlas is opening a new chapter in h...
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Feder: It's all over for Johnson Publishing CompanyApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - It's a good thing John H. Johnson didn't live to see this day. Johnson Publishing Company, former publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday - 77...
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Feder: Ken Davis closing down 'Chicago Newsroom'Apr 09, 2019 1:00 am - "Chicago Newsroom," the weekly roundtable of local journalists and newsmakers, is bowing out at the end of May after a nine-year run on Chicago Access Network TV, Robert...