Business Columns
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Feder: CBS 2 eyes launch of 24/7 streaming news service in MarchFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - Look for CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 to roll out a 24/7 streaming news service this spring, Robert Feder writes. Branded as CBSN Local, it will feature locally anchored pr...
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Feder: Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder launch podcast for CumulusFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder, who were forced out as midday co-hosts at Nexstar Media Group news/talk WGN 720-AM in November, just launched a podcast for Cumulus Media Chi...
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I thought we were friends. Now we are both going for the same job.Feb 02, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Five years ago, I reconnected with a fellow graduate through an online dating site. He complained nonstop about his then-job. I didn't see a romantic spark, but invit...
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Feder: Why new morning host Richard Milne loves WXRT 'and everything it stands for'Jan 31, 2020 12:00 am - Thirty-four years after Richard Milne joined WXRT 93.1-FM as weekend overnight host, he's about to become the face and the voice of morning drive at "Chicago's Finest Ro...
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Feder: Anchor Terrence Lee, reporter Brittany Garzillo headed for Fox 32Jan 30, 2020 12:00 am - Look for two new hires to be announced today at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32, Robert Feder writes. Terrence Lee, morning news anchor at ABC affiliate WEWS in Cleveland, is...
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Feder: Chicago Journalism Town Hall 2020 to convene Feb. 23Jan 29, 2020 12:00 am - On a wintry Sunday afternoon in 2009, Ken Davis and Linda Paul assembled a roomful of media elders and innovators to share their thoughts about the uncertain future of j...
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Feder: Sinclair settles Tribune Media lawsuit for $60 millionJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - Sinclair Broadcast Group has finally closed the book on its bungled attempt to take over Tribune Media, Robert Feder writes. In 2017 Sinclair sought to buy Tribune Medi...
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Former '68 Camaro owner reunites with an old friend, or twoJan 27, 2020 5:00 am - Cars stir up magical moments from the past. That's certainly true with this 1968 Camaro SS 396. It's a classic, carrying close ties to Chicago history, as well as fond f...
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Feder: V103 moves 'The Sweat Hotel' to evenings; WGCI, Big 95.5 keeping it localJan 27, 2020 12:00 am - Keith Sweat, the famed R&B recording artist and radio personality, is moving to the evening shift on iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary WVAZ 102.7-FM, Robert Feder wri...
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Feder: PBS documentary recalls Chicago's 'First Rainbow Coalition'Jan 27, 2020 12:00 am - In 1969 the In 1969 the Chicago Black Panther Party formed an unlikely alliance with the Latino Young Lords Organization and the southern white Young Patriots group to c...