Robert Feder
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Feder: MeTV rises and shines with 'Toon In With Me'Jan 08, 2021 12:00 am - History will note that Bill Leff took his first pie in the face on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Undoubtedly there are more to come, Robert Feder writes. "Toon In With Me...
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Feder: Podcast delivers postmortem on Chicago's Edgewater HospitalJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - Among the dozen or so employees who lost their jobs in mass layoffs at Hubbard Radio Chicago last spring in the wake of the pandemic, few could claim the talent or the t...
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Feder: Two-year data breach hits employees' email at WTTW, WFMTJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - Window to the World Communications, parent company of WTTW-Channel 11 and WFMT 98.7-FM, alerted employees this week to the discovery of a data breach in its computer sys...
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Feder: 94.7 WLS goes syndicated on weeknights with Kid KellyJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - After months without a host on weeknights, classic hits WLS 94.7-FM has signed Kid Kelly, a longtime New York-based disc jockey and former vice president of pop programm...
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Feder: Ashleigh Banfield talk show to replace third hour of low-rated 'News Nation'Jan 05, 2021 12:00 am - Just four months after launching "News Nation" as a three-hour primetime newscast, WGN America is cutting the third hour in favor of a nightly talk show hosted by cable ...
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Feder: Tribune CEO calls Alden bid a 'source of distraction'Jan 04, 2021 12:00 am - The year is opening on a sour note for employees of the Chicago Tribune, now that Alden Global Capital, the New York-based hedge fund that owns a 32 percent stake in Tri...
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Feder: The Score promotes Leila Rahimi to midday co-host with Dan BernsteinJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Leila Rahimi broke a 29-year gender barrier Monday by being named full-time midday co-host at WSCR 670-AM, the Entercom sports/talk station. As the first woman to host a...
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Feder: 'Sanitized smooch' for Janet & Mark on ABC 7's countdownDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - It wouldn't be New Year's Eve in Chicago without Janet Davies and Mark Giangreco. Back for their 20th year together, the duo will host "Countdown Chicago 2021" live at 1...
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Feder: Chicago media rose to meet the challenges of 2020Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - On a sunny Sunday afternoon in late February hundreds of print, broadcast and digital journalists sat shoulder to shoulder in a downtown hotel ballroom where they ponder...
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Feder: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2020Dec 29, 2020 12:00 am - News anchor Joel Daly and journalist and author Jeannie Morris were among the Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2020. Go to robertfeder.com. for the complete l...