Business Columns
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Feder: New owners plan 'more diverse' ReaderJul 09, 2018 1:00 am - The new owners of the Chicago Reader hope to expand the alternative weekly's distribution and advertising beyond the North Side and lakefront, while retaining its invest...
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Is it time to pat your back?Jul 09, 2018 1:00 am - Tom Caprel says there's no more cruise control for the owners of small and mid-size businesses. Even so, based on perceptions shared by Caprel and Ray Horn, two knowledg...
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Volo Auto Museum restores Disney busJul 08, 2018 6:00 am - Volo Auto Museum will offer a magical experience to guests on Aug. 11 - a chance to ride a Disney double-decker Omni-bus. These very British people movers debuted at Dis...
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Feder: The Score cuts Brian Hanley as morning co-hostJul 03, 2018 1:00 am - Brian Hanley, a 26-year veteran of WSCR 670-AM, is not being renewed as morning co-host of the Entercom sports/talk station, insiders tell Robert Feder. No word from man...
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Who's in charge when you're not there?Jul 02, 2018 5:00 am - This column had its genesis when I, the client, called a service provider seeking what (to me) was some vital information. Unhappily, she was rolling along the highway t...
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Feder: Amy Guth to head Midwest Independent Film FestivalJul 02, 2018 1:00 am - Chicago journalist, author and radio personality Amy Guth has been named executive director of the Midwest Independent Film Festival, Robert Feder writes. Billed as the ...
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Feder: Tribune tightens security 'out of abundant precaution'Jun 29, 2018 1:00 am - Security was beefed up at the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers owned by tronc following a shooting Thursday at the company's Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, ...
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Feder: ABC 7's Kathy Brock signs off 'loving this job'Jun 28, 2018 1:00 am - Expressing gratitude for "how fortunate I've been to work here with these people," Kathy Brock bade an emotional farewell Wednesday after 28 years as news anchor at ABC-...
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Buffalo Grove student entrepreneurs' Skunk Aid gets picked up by Bentley's Pet StuffJun 27, 2018 6:00 am - A business model developed through a think tank at Buffalo Grove High School continues to grow, even as its student entrepreneurs prepare to leave for college. As sophom...
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Feder: New CBS 2 news director; Kathy Brock's last day on ABC 7Jun 26, 2018 1:00 am - Another itinerant news director is coming to town to fix WBBM-Channel 2, the perpetually troubled CBS-owned station. Whether he'll have any better luck than his predeces...