Business Columns
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The best time of day - and year - to work most effectivelyJan 07, 2018 12:00 am - They say timing is everything. Yet when it comes to how we work, it's often not given much thought at all. We work 9 to 5 (or 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) not because that's when o...
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Feder: WKQX 101.1 breaks up morning teamJan 03, 2018 12:00 am - It's splitsville for Brian Phillips and Lou Lombardo as the morning duo at WKQX FM 101.1, Robert Feder writes. In a realignment at the Cumulus Media alternative rock sta...
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Best strategic plans are based on logicJan 01, 2018 5:00 am - The combination of strategy and logic that have led to success at Elmhurst-based iMotorsports Inc. reflects an approach to business planning that might be worth consider...
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Feder: Chicago media preview 2018Jan 01, 2018 12:00 am - The Chicago Tribune leaving Tribune Tower and Sinclair Broadcasting completing its purchase of Tribune Media are among the things Robert Feder says to look for on the Ch...
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Feder: Reese Marcusson named acting CEO of WTTW, WFMTDec 29, 2017 12:00 am - Reese Marcusson has been named acting chief executive officer of Window to the World Communications, parent company of public television WTTW-Channel 11 and classical mu...
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Feder: Ratings soar for Lite FM, 104.3 JamsDec 27, 2017 12:00 am - Nonstop Christmas music for the 16th year in a row again paid off for WLIT FM 93.9, Robert Feder writes. The iHeartMedia adult contemporary station shot to the top of th...
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Feder: 'Chickenman' Dick Orkin diesDec 26, 2017 12:00 am - Dick Orkin, who was the comic genius behind "Chickenman," the phenomenally popular serial spoof hatched at Chicago's WCFL in the 1960s, and later some of the funniest an...
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Focus on 'superstar' workers enables harassment, experts sayDec 24, 2017 6:24 am - These days, no industry, no workplace, no pocket of American life seems to be immune from the long reach of sexual harassment. From Capitol Hill to Hollywood, higher edu...
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10 memorable leadership stories from 2017Dec 24, 2017 6:19 am - The last year has been an epic one for leadership stories: A combative, unrestrained, ego-driven president in the White House. A divided, dysfunctional Congress with lit...
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Feder: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who died in 2017Dec 22, 2017 12:00 am - Robert Feder looks back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2017. Go to robertfeder.com for the full report. ...