Robert Feder
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After 42 years on the Chicago media beat, I'm calling it a day. Thanks to all of you for your loyalty and trust.
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CHICAGO RADIO SPORTSCASTER LES GROBSTEIN FOUND DEAD AT 69:
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Good night and good luck: Alan Krashesky, who joined
@ABC7Chicago
as a 21-year-old reporter in 1982, signs off tonight as the city’s top-rated 10 p.m. news anchor. What a great run.
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As the first woman to host a Monday-through-Friday daytime shift at
@670TheScore
,
@LeilaRahimi
broke a 29-year gender barrier at the Entercom sports/talk station:
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BREAKING: Chicago Public Media
@WBEZ
hits No. 1 in morning drive ratings for the first time:
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This just in: David Kaplan
@thekapman
to host new weeknight show on NBC Sports Chicago
@NBCSChicago
:
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BREAKING: They're back! Janet Davies
@jcaroldavies
and
@Mark_Giangreco
to join
@NBCChicago
New Year's Eve show with
@RodriguesMatt
and
@CortneyHall
:
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Happy 80th birthday today to the incomparable
@BillKurtis1
— America's anchorman and Chicago's treasure.
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BREAKING: Former
@DNAinfoCHI
editors
@stoomey
@jensabella
@slulay2
reunite to launch
@BlockClubCHI
neighborhood news site:
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BREAKING: David Kaplan
@thekapman
and Jonathan Hood
@tweetjhood
to co-host local morning show on
@ESPN1000
:
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When I started out in the business, we were discouraged from ever mentioning competing newspapers by name. Now I'm proud to work for
@DailyHerald
— a paper with the class to publish a list like this, recognizing 40 departed colleagues from
@ChicagoTribune
.
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Gone but not forgotten: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2021:
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Will there be a spike in the birth rate nine months from now?
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Hard pass.
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Tonight's well-deserved, respectful and emotional sendoff to
@DRoan
on
@WGNTV
in such stark contrast to
@Mark_Giangreco
heave-ho from
@ABC7Chicago
.
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BREAKING:
@ChicagoTribune
moving
@John_Kass
column ‘to maintain the credibility of our news coverage':
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"We're looking for Journalist," says Tribune Publishing. They might start by hiring a copy editor.
We're looking for Journalist. Not the right role for you? Visit
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“After 45 years at WXRT, I’m going to figure out how to turn the record over and see what plays on the other side.” — Radio Hall of Famer Terri Hemmert:
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"We always took the news seriously if we didn’t always take ourselves too seriously.” — Joel Daly (1934-2020):
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Congrats to reporter
@UnruhJulie
on promotion to
@WGNNews
midday co-anchor, succeeding the retired
@SteveSandersTV
alongside
@DinaBairWGN
. More to come.
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TV’s No. 1 sitcom stars of the ’80s and ’90s — Bill Cosby and Roseanne Barr — now disgraced.
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BREAKING:
@WGNTV
names Chris Boden
@BodenTweets
, Kaitlin Sharkey
@KRoseSharkey
full-time sports anchors:
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After 10 years on
@Twitter
, happy to have that little blue check next to my name. I guess that makes me official!
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This just in:
@AdamHoge
, Bears Insider for
@WGNRadio
, joining NBC Sports Chicago
@NBCSChicago
as White Sox Insider:
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Chicago media colleagues share fond memories of ‘The Grobber’:
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I'm a "leftist media hack" because I called John Kass a "white male conservative standard-bearer." OK then.
This just in - The Chicago Tribune circulation is 238,000. Three yrs ago it was 438,000. The best columnist there, John Kass is being removed from pg 2. A leftist media hack name Robert Feder described John Kass as "a white male conservative standard bearer.
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This just in: At top-rated
@WGNMorningNews
,
@StevensonHS
and
@Harvard
alum
@LaurenJiggetts
enjoys 'freedom to be myself':
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Robservations:
@WGNNews
reporter
@Erin_Ivory_
feels ‘tremendously blessed to be alive’ after heart attack:
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Jerry Taft, who was a top meteorologist on Chicago television for more than 40 years, dead at 77:
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JEANNIE MORRIS, CHICAGO'S FIRST FEMALE SPORTSCASTER, DEAD AT 85:
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Well look who's back.
Since 1982, we have learned who the
#1
sports anchor was going to be in Chicago!!! Congratulations to the GOAT,
@MarkGiangreco7
, on an amazing career!!! Can’t wait to see you at the world famous Giangreco table all the time!!!!
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For a man who had done so much to undermine two Chicago news organizations, it seemed fitting that Michael Ferro would be brought down by the power of journalism:
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This just in:
@NBCChicago
morning meteorologist
@AndyAvalosNBC5
to retire after 'wonderful career':
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This just in:
@WhiteSox
to celebrate 40th anniversary of Disco Demolition with
@SteveDahlShow
:
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“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” — Joseph Goebbels
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BREAKING:
@JimDeRogatis
,
@ClarenceWaldron
win Lifetime Achievement Awards from Chicago
@HeadlineClub
:
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Sensational work by
@BauerJournalism
and
@BlockClubCHI
. Reward them by subscribing.
BREAKING: Loretto Hospital's embattled COO Dr. Anosh Ahmed has resigned amid multiple vaccine scandals, as reported by
@BlockClubChi
.
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Chicago TV legend Bill 'BJ' Jackson, creative genius behind 'Cartoon Town' and 'Gigglesnort Hotel,' dies at 86:
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My tribute to Dick Biondi.
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Chicago media 2021 in review: Under new management, a 174-year-old civic treasure that long proclaimed itself the “World’s Greatest Newspaper” became a sorry shell of its former glory:
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This just in: David Kaplan
@thekapman
to host 'Football Aftershow' for NBC Sports Chicago
@NBCSChicago
:
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First item on Tanya Roberts' to-do list: Get a new publicist.
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BREAKING:
@WBBMNewsradio
morning star
@PatCassidyWBBM
announces retirement after ‘charmed career on top’:
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This just in: Brian Hanley, former morning co-host at
@670TheScore
, lands part-time gig at
@ESPNChicago
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#MoreThanMean
video on harassment of women in sports wins
@PeabodyAwards
for Chicagoans
@JulieDiCaro
and
@SarahSpain
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Just in: City of Evanston emergency siren will sound for approximately 90 seconds if Chicago Cubs are victorious in Game 7 in World Series.
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BREAKING: New
@CHGO_Sports
media startup kicks off today with ‘unique fans-first approach’ (h/t
@KevinKaduk
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Yeah, baby: Jonathon Brandmeier elected to National Radio Hall of Fame
@RadioHOF
on first ballot:
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This just in: Chicago Journalists Association
@CJA_Updates
to honor
@ABC7Chicago
news anchor Cheryl
@BurtonABC7
with Lifetime Achievement Award:
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After I posted this,
@ChetCoppock
blocked me from reading his Twitter account.
Ever-humble
@ChetCoppock
includes himself — "COS" (Coppock on Sports) — on his list of "Chicago's 10 greatest sportscasters."
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This just in: 'Excited to be back,' Joe Walsh
@WalshFreedom
to launch national radio talk show Monday on
@GABRadioNetwork
,
@WCGORadio
:
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This just in: Four Chicago journalists —
@BrandisFriedman
,
@ChiefRebelle
,
@suntimesobits
and
@MikePuenteNews
— win 2021 Studs Terkel Awards:
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This just in: Chicago Journalists Association
@CJA_Updates
to honor Dorothy Tucker
@DorothyTV2
with Lifetime Achievement Award; Kelly Bauer
@BauerJournalism
as Journalist of the Year:
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This just in: Chicago journalists Bob Black,
@MDoukmas
,
@HechaEnChicago
and
@MIZamudio
win 2022 Studs Terkel Awards from
@PublicNarrative
:
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Sunday's edition of the
@ChicagoTribune
includes the farewell columns of
@John_Kass
,
@MarySchmich
and
@HeidiStevens13
. With still more to come. Surreal.
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Robservations:
@ESPN1000
teams
@PeggyKusinski
and
@DMillerABC7
;
@SunTimes
hires
@Maddie_M_Lee
to cover
@Cubs
beat; Alejandra Cancino
@WriterAlejandra
joins
@City_Bureau
:
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Happy birthday, Skippy! Former Cubs bat boy Walter Jacobson
@WGNWaltJacobson
turns 84 today.
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Impressive debut for new
@CBSChicago
weekend anchor Dana Kozlov
@DanaCBS2
. She's the real deal.
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