Business Columns
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Feder: 'Scorecard' hosts Sherman and Olken calling it quitsJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - After 10 years as co-hosts of "The Scorecard on The Score," Ed Sherman and Steve Olken are stepping down from the weekly golf talk show on Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-...
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Feder: Story prompts WGN Radio to cut ties with Crain's Chicago BusinessJan 14, 2020 12:00 am - WGN 720-AM abruptly severed its longstanding partnership with Crain's Chicago Business Monday over a story that speculated on a possible sale of the Nexstar Media Group ...
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Tribune Publishing offers buyouts in likely precursor to layoffsJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - Fears that 2020 will be a really bad year for the Chicago Tribune may be turning into a reality already. On Monday, owner Tribune Publishing announced a buyout offer to ...
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Feder: WDCB news director Brian O'Keefe to retireJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - After three decades with College of DuPage's public radio WDCB 90.9-FM, Brian O'Keefe is stepping down as news director at the west suburban Glen Ellyn-based jazz statio...
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Call a lawyer: For some workplace disputes, it's just the best optionJan 12, 2020 5:00 am - As alert online readers are quick to point out, I'm not a legal expert. I'm just a keyboard jockey with a sympathetic ear and a tongue-in-cheek perspective on interperso...
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Feder: Ring Lardner Awards to honor Dan Roan, Toni Ginnetti and Cooper RollowJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - Dan Roan, longtime sports anchor at Nexstar Media WGN-Channel 9, has been named broadcast recipient of the 2020 Ring Lardner Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism, R...
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Feder: WGN to expand newscasts on Saturdays and SundaysJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - With the expansion of news on Saturdays and Sundays, WGN-Channel 9 will increase its output to a record 72½ hours of news each week, the Nexstar Media Group station anno...
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Feder: Ron Magers to receive DePaul's Distinguished Journalist AwardJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - Ron Magers, who retired in 2016 after a distinguished career as one of Chicago's all-time greatest news anchors, will be back in the spotlight to take a bow this spring,...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio promotes Jennifer Keiper, Andy DahnJan 07, 2020 12:00 am - We'll soon be hearing more of Jennifer Keiper and Andy Dahn on WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, the Entercom all-news combo, Robert Feder writes. Keiper, who began her latest...
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Feder: Steve Cortes joins WIND as afternoon host todayJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - Steve Cortes, who's been an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump as a CNN political commentator and a member of Trump's Hispanic Advisory Council, is signing on...