Entertainment Columns
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Feder: WYCC's imminent shutdown costs 12 more jobsNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - As WYCC-Channel 20 prepares to cease broadcast operations in two weeks, 12 more employees have received termination notices from the City Colleges of Chicago public tele...
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Where to stream 'Thor: Ragnarok' director's previous filmsNov 10, 2017 5:00 am - Wasn't "Thor: Ragnarok" hilarious, especially when Jeff Goldblum and Korg the rock creature were on screen? You can thank director Taika Waititi - who also voiced Korg -...
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Feder: WGN's Robert Jordan writes about TV coverage of crimeNov 10, 2017 12:00 am - Retired news veteran Robert Jordan of WGN-Channel 9 has just written Murder in the News: An Inside Look at How Television Covers Crime, focusing on Chicago stations and...
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Feder: Weigel Broadcasting suing over use of the name ReachMe.TV.Nov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of the popular Me-TV Network, is suing Los Angeles-based Pervasive TV for using the name ReachMe. TV. Also, several Vet...
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Feder: Crystal Lake native Mark Rivera named weekend anchor at ABC 7Nov 07, 2017 12:00 am - The yearlong job opening for a weekend morning news anchor and reporter at ABC 7 has finally been filled. Mark Rivera, who grew up in Crystal Lake and most recently work...
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Feder: Brian Peck begins middays at WJMK; Jeanne Sparrow to radioNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - Brian Peck signs on today as midday personality at WJMK 104.3 FM; Jeanne Sparrow, who spent eight years as co-host of "You & Me," starts this weekend on WVAZ 102.7 FM; a...
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Feder: Jimmy deCastro to head CBS Radio Chicago stations for EntercomNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - Prominent Chicago media entrepreneur and radio powerhouse Jimmy deCastro has been tapped to run CBS Radio's seven Chicago stations, soon to come under new ownership. The...
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Feder: Christmas music starts Tuesday on WLIT 93.9 My FMNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - The calendar says Nov. 6, but for one Chicago radio station, it's Christmas Eve. At 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, holiday music will begin airing around the clock for the 17th cons...
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Feder: Union vote doomed money-losing DNAinfoNov 03, 2017 1:00 am - A vote last week by newsroom employees in New York to unionize was a factor in the decision by Joe Ricketts to shut down the digital news sites DNAinfo Chicago and Chica...
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Feder: Walter Cronkite's career chronicled on Decades NetworkNov 02, 2017 1:00 am - On the eve of what would have been Walter Cronkite's 101st birthday, the Decades Network will premiere an original documentary that couldn't be more timely. "Eye on the ...