The Media Notepad: Lisa Madigan opposes Sinclair-Tribune merger

Also: Sinclair passes on O’Reilly; Grim reaper closing in on WYCC; World Series a ratings hit; The Twilight Zone to be rebooted. Again. Given the huge number of items making news this week, it’s time for another edition of The Media Notepad: Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is among those calling for the Sinclair-Tribune deal to be rejected. According to […]

WGN-TV drops Bud Billiken parade

Rights shift to WCIU-TV; continues on WLS-TV; TV One also bows out In a surprise move, this Saturday’s 83rd Annual Bud Billiken Back-To-School Parade – which generally draws close to one million spectators a year to Dr. Martin Luther King Drive on Chicago’s South Side – is shifting from Tribune-owned WGN-TV to Weigel’s WCIU-TV. This story first broke on Chicagoland […]