Business Columns
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Feder: Harold Lee Rush recalls Bob Wall's 'special time' at WGCIJun 19, 2020 1:00 am - To a generation of students at City Colleges of Chicago, Harold Lee Rush is known as a legendary broadcast instructor and a pillar of WKKC 89.3-FM, the radio station at ...
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Feder: New midday, afternoon and evening talent lineup unveiled at 101.9 The MixJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - Morning star Eric Ferguson still rules the roost at WTMX 101.9-FM, but otherwise it's a whole new day at the Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary station, Robert Feder w...
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Feder: Medill to launch Metro Media Lab to boost local newsJun 18, 2020 1:00 am - By Robert Feder Flush with a $1 million grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism announced plans Wednesday to...
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Feder: Daily Herald's Madhu Krishnamurthy to lead Chicago Headline ClubJun 17, 2020 1:00 am - As the Chicago Headline Club marks its 100th year, Daily Herald reporter Madhu Krishnamurthy is stepping up to lead the nation's largest chapter of the Society of Profes...
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Feder: WBEZ cuts 12 jobs, ends production deal with 'Sound Opinions'Jun 16, 2020 1:00 am - Facing a 20 percent revenue decline in the wake of the pandemic shutdown, the nonprofit parent company of public radio news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM today announced the layoffs...
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Feder: WGN Radio weighing afternoon comeback for Garry MeierJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - It's been more than five years since Garry Meier was replaced by Roe Conn as afternoon personality at news/talk WGN 720-AM. Now Meier, 70, may be on his way to reclaimin...
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Feder: WIND's Amy Jacobson wins battle to cover Pritzker news conferencesJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - In what supporters are hailing as a victory for press freedom, Amy Jacobson has won her battle to attend Governor J.B. Pritzker's media briefings as a journalist, Robert...
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Feder: NBC 5 to stick with Michelle Relerford as solo weekend anchorJun 15, 2020 1:00 am - Don't look for WMAQ-Channel 5 to replace the late Dick Johnson as weekend news anchor at the NBC-owned station any time soon, Robert Feder writes. That's the official wo...
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Sales Moves: Is there really a new normal?Jun 15, 2020 1:00 am - I am a language junkie and pay close attention to the way those around me craft their thoughts into sentences. I look for patterns of speech and streams of consciousness...
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Wanted: Servers who can lift 100 pounds. Working life in the coronavirus economy is changing.Jun 14, 2020 6:12 am - As states reopened after coronavirus lockdowns, millions of Americans returned to work in May. Many found their hours were cut, their pay was reduced, and their job desc...