Robert Feder
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Feder: Hedge fund Alden Global Capital to buy Tribune Publishing for $630 millionFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Alden Global Capital, the New York-based hedge fund known for bleeding newspapers dry, has reached agreement to buy the parent company of the Chicago Tribune in a deal v...
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Feder: Time's up for Dean Reynolds as 'NewsNation' correspondentFeb 15, 2021 12:00 am - Still reeling from the sudden departure of its news director, “NewsNation” just lost its best known and most experienced reporter. Dean Reynolds signed off Friday after ...
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Feder: WTTW news chief Hugo Balta under scrutiny for social media postsFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - Hugo Balta, news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of the nightly newscast "Chicago Tonight," has been sidelined by his bosses for apparently sharing to...
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Feder: Chicago Tribune takes aim at police mug shotsFeb 11, 2021 12:00 am - Police booking photos of people who've been arrested - commonly known as mug shots - have been a staple of Chicago newspapers since before the days of "Scarface" Al Capo...
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Feder: Radio legend Kevin Matthews turns music mogulFeb 10, 2021 12:00 am - Kevin Matthews, one of Chicago radio's all-time greats, is one of the principals behind a new multimedia platform for music and performance artists, Robert Feder writes....
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Feder: Medill at 100 marks 'monumental milestone'Feb 09, 2021 12:00 am - Happy 100th birthday to my alma mater, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston. Founded with backing from the Chicago Tribune and publish...
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Feder: Matt Spiegel rejoins Danny Parkins to co-host afternoons on The ScoreFeb 08, 2021 12:00 am - Five months after Dan McNeil was cut as afternoon co-host on Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM, Matt Spiegel is back together with Danny Parkins and The Score is back up ...
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Feder: 'Consultant' Bill Shine casts Fox shadow over 'NewsNation'Feb 08, 2021 12:00 am - After two decades as a senior executive at Fox News and a protégé of chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, Bill Shine was fired in 2017 for his role in enabling the sexual haras...
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Feder: 'Roe & Roeper' reunite to launch podcast on pop culture, current eventsFeb 04, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago media mainstays Roe Conn and Richard Roeper, who've been radio partners — on and off — since they first teamed up at WLS 890-AM in 2010, are back together again,...
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Feder: News director Sandy Pudar bails out of 'NewsNation'Feb 03, 2021 12:00 am - Just weeks before the planned expansion of "NewsNation," the Chicago-based cable news operation on WGN America suddenly finds itself without a news director, Robert Fede...