Robert Feder
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Feder: Chicago Journalism Town Hall 2020 to convene Feb. 23Jan 29, 2020 12:00 am - On a wintry Sunday afternoon in 2009, Ken Davis and Linda Paul assembled a roomful of media elders and innovators to share their thoughts about the uncertain future of j...
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Feder: Chicago Tribune cuts David Haugh as sports columnistJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - David Haugh may be riding high in the ratings as morning co-host on Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM, but his days as a Chicago Tribune sports columnist are over, report...
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Feder: Sinclair settles Tribune Media lawsuit for $60 millionJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - Sinclair Broadcast Group has finally closed the book on its bungled attempt to take over Tribune Media, Robert Feder writes. In 2017 Sinclair sought to buy Tribune Medi...
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Feder: V103 moves 'The Sweat Hotel' to evenings; WGCI, Big 95.5 keeping it localJan 27, 2020 12:00 am - Keith Sweat, the famed R&B recording artist and radio personality, is moving to the evening shift on iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary WVAZ 102.7-FM, Robert Feder wri...
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Rafer Weigel: 'Fox 32 let me go' after revenge porn allegationsJan 27, 2020 12:00 am - Rafer Weigel, the Chicago television news anchor who got caught up in a tawdry scandal involving texts of nude photos and allegations of revenge porn, said he was fired ...
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Feder: PBS documentary recalls Chicago's 'First Rainbow Coalition'Jan 27, 2020 12:00 am - In 1969 the In 1969 the Chicago Black Panther Party formed an unlikely alliance with the Latino Young Lords Organization and the southern white Young Patriots group to c...
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Feder: WTTW hires news director from MSNBCJan 27, 2020 12:00 am - Hugo Balta, former senior producer at MSNBC, has been tapped to lead the news operation of WTTW-Channel 11, Chicago's premier public television station, according to Rob...
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Feder: Former ABC 7 reporter Paul Meincke recovering from heart surgeryJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - Paul Meincke, the legendary former Chicago television newsman, is on the mend in Los Angeles after undergoing emergency surgery for a torn aorta, Robert Feder writes. "T...
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Feder: Justin Breen shares 'secrets' with fellow entrepreneursJan 23, 2020 12:00 am - North Shore native Justin Breen, the former DNAinfo Chicago senior editor who launched his own public relations and communications business in 2017, just turned author, ...
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Feder: The holidays were good for WLIT, not for WGNJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - While iHeartMedia adult contemporary WLIT 93.9-FM dominated the ratings in December with nonstop Christmas music, Steve Cochran's swan song as morning star on news/talk ...