Business Columns
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Feder: NBC 5 alternates keeping news anchors Stafford, Rosati homeApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - As local TV stations grapple with the coronavirus shutdown and stay-at-home orders, they're finding new ways to accommodate their employees, Robert Feder writes. Starti...
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Can my employer force me to go to work during the pandemic?Apr 05, 2020 6:10 am - A lot of "good guy/bad guy" narratives are emerging about how employers are treating employees during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are a couple of first-person account...
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Some companies are pledging not to lay off employees, for nowApr 04, 2020 6:10 am - On the evening of March 19, as statewide stay-at-home orders were just beginning, reports of job layoffs were surging and the number of U.S. coronavirus cases topped 14,...
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Feder: 'Painful' layoffs hit Entercom Chicago radio stationsApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - At least eight on-air personalities and one program director were among dozens of staffers cut at Entercom Chicago radio stations Thursday, Robert Feder writes. They in...
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Feder: More than 30 staffers furloughed at iHeartMedia Chicago stationsApr 02, 2020 1:00 am - More than 30 full-time and part-time employees were placed on temporary unpaid leave this week at iHeartMedia Chicago in response to the economic downturn triggered by t...
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Feder: Citing coronavirus impact, 22nd Century Media goes out of businessApr 01, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus pandemic and its calamitous effect on advertising revenue has put a suburban Chicago news organization out of business after 15 years, Robert Feder write...
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Feder: Stylz & Roman reunite on 'Uncensored' podcastMar 31, 2020 1:00 am - Stylz & Roman are back. Nearly a year after they left Chicago radio, the popular duo of Doug Stylz and Justin Roman have reunited on a twice-weekly podcast, Robert Feder...
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Restaurants are hurting, and so are suburbs' sales tax haulsMar 30, 2020 5:30 am - Juan Gonzalez is still making tortas, tacos and fajitas at his Mago Grill & Cantina in South Barrington, just not nearly as many. "It's not much at all. We sell maybe 5%...
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Restaurants are hurting, and so are suburbs' sales tax haulsMar 30, 2020 5:30 am - Juan Gonzalez is still making tortas, tacos and fajitas at his Mago Grill & Cantina in South Barrington, just not nearly as many. “It's not much at all. We sell maybe 5%...
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Feder: Crisis management podcast comes at just the right timeMar 27, 2020 1:00 am - Two of Chicago's most prominent and well-connected communications consultants are teaming up on a podcast that couldn't come at a better time, Robert Feder writes. Liss...