Business Columns
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Feder: WBEZ's Jenn White named host of NPR syndicated talk show '1A'May 07, 2020 1:00 am - Jenn White, who's been a prominent program host at Chicago Public Media news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM since 2016, is about to go national, Robert Feder writes. White and the st...
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Feder: DeRogatis, Waldron win Headline Club's Lifetime Achievement AwardsMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - Jim DeRogatis, the longtime Chicago music critic, crusading reporter, author and broadcaster, and Clarence Waldron, former senior writer and senior editor of Jet Magazin...
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Feder: 'We are fighting Alden now,' Tribune Guild declaresMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - Are the new owners of the Chicago Tribune using the cover of coronavirus to gut the newspaper's staff? That's the word from the union representing editorial employees fo...
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Feder: Shrinking Hubbard Radio Chicago doubles up on program directorsMay 04, 2020 1:00 am - On the heels of firing 12 employees in response to revenue declines, Hubbard Radio Chicago eliminated the program director's position Monday at adult contemporary WSHE 1...
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Feder: Mark Guarino named managing editor of The Daily LineMay 04, 2020 1:00 am - Mark Guarino, veteran journalist and Chicago correspondent for The Washington Post, has been named managing editor and contributing reporter at The Daily Line, the subsc...
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What you need to know about going back to workMay 03, 2020 6:13 am - The push to reopen the economy is accelerating. After seven weeks of social distancing and working from home, many Americans are heading back to work - and many employee...
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Feder: 'Those Were the Days' celebrates 50th year SaturdayMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - Fifty years to the day after Chuck Schaden premiered "Those Were the Days," he'll be back to mark the half-century milestone of the nostalgic weekly showcase for the Gol...
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Feder: Hubbard Radio Chicago fires a dozenMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - The axe fell Friday at Hubbard Radio Chicago, terminating the jobs of 12 employees, including several on-air personalities. It marked the latest reduction in staff among...
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Feder: Remote control keeps WBBM Newsradio on top of the newsApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - The dedicated journalists of WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM didn't have time to celebrate winning top honors for outstanding news operation and three other first-place awards...
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Feder: 'Unpaid vacation' gives no break to iHeartMedia staffersApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - For the second time this month iHeartMedia is citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for cutting the pay of its employees, Robert Feder writes. On Tuesday t...