Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Four journalists win 2021 Studs Terkel AwardsApr 21, 2021 1:00 am - Four prominent Chicago journalists have been named recipients of the 2021 Studs Terkel Community Media Awards by the nonprofit Public Narrative, Robert Feder writes. Win...
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Feder: Chicago Journalism Review republishes Fred Hampton exposéApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - The Chicago police murder of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton at his West Side apartment in December 1969 was so miserably reported by major media outlets that ...
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Feder: NBC Sports Chicago boss Kevin Cross to head NBC 5, Telemundo ChicagoApr 20, 2021 1:00 am - Kevin Cross, senior vice president and general manager of NBC Sports Chicago, has been named president and general manager of NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 and Telemundo Chic...
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Feder: Alden Global Capital regains upper hand in bid for Tribune PublishingApr 19, 2021 1:00 am - With the collapse of a competing offer for the parent company of the Chicago Tribune over the weekend, it's full speed ahead for Alden Global Capital in its bid to acqui...
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Feder: Former WGN news director Paul Davis diesApr 19, 2021 1:00 am - Paul Davis, a onetime Downstate Illinois news anchor who became an influential TV news executive and a widely admired statesman for his profession, led WGN-Channel 9 int...
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Striking success: St. Charles Bowl marks 60th anniversaryApr 16, 2021 6:00 am - By opening in 1961, St. Charles Bowl became part of a booming decade for the recreational sport. After all, once automatic pinsetters were all the rage in the 1950s and ...
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Feder: Free agent Mark Giangreco still missing from ESPN 1000Apr 16, 2021 1:00 am - Don't look for Mark Giangreco to be back on the radio any time soon, Robert Feder writes. The veteran Chicago sportscaster had been a fixture for years on Good Karma Br...
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Feder: New hip hop 'Streetz 95.1' hits the ground running in ChicagoApr 15, 2021 1:00 am - This week marks the launch of Streetz 95.1/105.1 HD 2, billed as featuring "the hottest current and upcoming hip hop and R&B artists," Robert Feder writes. While its we...
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Feder: Top bidder for Chicago Tribune called influential liberal donorApr 14, 2021 1:00 am - Hansjörg Wyss, the Swiss billionaire who has his sights set on owning the Chicago Tribune, has been a major donor to progressive causes and the Democrats who support the...
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Feder: Kontender network brings more sports talk to ChicagoApr 13, 2021 1:00 am - Another sports talk offering has just been added to the Chicago media menu. This week marks the launch of The Kontender, a 24/7 digital audio network with commercial-fr...