Business Columns
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Quicker clicks: Why data centers are a growth industry in the suburbsJun 26, 2022 1:00 am - In large, mostly nondescript buildings around the Chicago area, vital components of the internet are sprouting up at a very rapid pace. Many of the data centers that all...
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Feder: Steve Cochran joins WLS 890 AM as morning hostJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Ten years ago this fall, the legendary Don Wade stepped down as morning star at WLS 890-AM as he battled the brain cancer that eventually would take his life. With him a...
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Feder: Marty Lennartz moving to mornings on 93 XRTJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Marty Lennartz, a lifelong Chicagoan whose four decades at WXRT 93.1-FM began as producer of Terri Hemmert's morning show, is about to become morning host himself at the...
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Feder: Sun-Times hires Jennifer Kho as executive editorJun 03, 2022 1:00 am - Jennifer Kho, a Los Angeles-based digital media consultant and former managing editor of HuffPost and Guardian US, was named executive editor of the Sun-Times Thursday. ...
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Feder: WGN names Chris Boden, Kaitlin Sharkey full-time sports anchorsMay 31, 2022 1:00 am - It's no surprise WGN-Channel 9 waited until Dan Roan retired to announce his successor as sports anchor. But in an unexpected twist, the Nexstar Media station appears to...
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Illinois is growing: It turns out our state is a place to beMay 29, 2022 1:00 am - It turns out the many stories about an Illinois exodus were all wrong. In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau said May 19, our state's population was undercounted by about 250...
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Rethinking economic development in IllinoisMay 29, 2022 1:00 am - The Great Recession caused many small businesses to struggle and face remarkable uncertainty. While politicians talked about small businesses being the engine driving o...
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Feder: Richard Milne resigns as WXRT morning host to care for ailing wifeMay 25, 2022 1:00 am - Richard Milne, a 36-year veteran of WXRT 93.1-FM, has resigned as morning host at the Audacy adult album alternative station to care for his ailing wife, Robert Feder re...
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Feder: Editor Karen Hawkins leaving Chicago ReaderMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - Now that the transition of the Chicago Reader to nonprofit ownership has been finalized under the Reader Institute for Community Journalism, there's a change in editoria...
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Feder: Chicago radio ratings show V103 on top againMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - WVAZ 102.7-FM increased its audience share in April and marked its 72nd ratings victory since the iHeartMedia R&B station signed on in 1988, Robert Feder reports. Nielse...