Entertainment Columns
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Widescreen: With more series choices than ever, why do I keep watching 'Seinfeld' reruns?Aug 10, 2018 6:00 am - This past weekend on NPR's “It's Been a Minute,” host Sam Sanders and his guest, comedian D.L. Hughley, gave voice to a creeping feeling I've had. Sanders asked Hughley,...
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Feder: WGN happy to celebrate Tom Skilling's 'amazing 40 years'Aug 10, 2018 1:00 am - News that Sinclair Broadcast Group's long-planned merger with Tribune Media crashed and burned this week isn't the only thing they're celebrating at WGN-Channel 9, Rober...
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Feder: Tribune Media kills controversial deal with conservative SinclairAug 09, 2018 1:00 am - Ding, dong the deal is dead: Tribune Media has officially terminated its controversial and long-delayed merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group, Robert Feder writes. But wa...
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Feder: Univision Chicago anchor Jorge Barbosa signing offAug 08, 2018 1:00 am - Jorge Barbosa, one of Chicago's premier Spanish-language broadcast journalists for more than three decades, is stepping down as 5 and 10 p.m. news anchor at Univision WG...
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Feder: The Drive, 94.7 WLS big winners in latest radio ratingsAug 07, 2018 1:00 am - Rock oldies turned to ratings gold for two Chicago radio stations in the latest Nielsen Audio survey, Robert Feder writes. Hubbard Radio classic rock WDRV 97.1-FM and Cu...
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Feder: What's holding up sale of the Reader?Aug 06, 2018 1:00 am - On June 15, Edwin Eisendrath stood before the Rainbow PUSH Convention at the Hyatt Regency Chicago and revealed the sale of the Chicago Reader to a group led by Dorothy ...
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How you can pitch a movie to Columbia Pictures in RosemontAug 03, 2018 6:00 am - Do you have an idea for a movie? If you plan on attending Wizard World Chicago at the end of the month in Rosemont, then some Columbia Pictures executives would like to ...
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Feder: The changing voices of morning drive on Chicago radioAug 02, 2018 1:00 am - If the radio voices that wake you up in the morning or keep you company on your way to work sound different lately, you're in good company, Robert Feder writes. At least...
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Feder: Nowhere to go but up for CBS 2 news bossAug 01, 2018 1:00 am - Jeff Harris just stepped into what may be the toughest job in Chicago television, Robert Feder writes. As the new vice president and news director of CBS-owned WBBM-Chan...
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Feder: Charles Thomas quits WVON morning show: 'I'm getting my life back'Jul 31, 2018 1:00 am - In the latest Chicago radio surprise, longtime political journalist Charles Thomas has resigned as co-host of Maze Jackson's morning show on WVON 1690-AM, the Midway Bro...