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Category Archives: Newspapers
Victory is his: Eisendrath wins bidding for Sun-Times
(Editor’s Note: Updated from an earlier post.) Meet the man who saved the Sun-times – and perhaps journalism in Chicago. On Wednesday, former Chicago Alderman Edwin Eisendrath and [..]
Sun-Times, Tribune to merge?
Owners of Chicago Tribune considering bid to buy cash-strapped newspaper. It looks like the feared notion of Chicago becoming an one-paper town is about to come to fruition. [..]
T Dog’s Media Notepad: A Tronc war breaks out
Can’t we all get along: With the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, leave it to those idiots at Tronc to ignite a war [..]
Newspapers, Radio, Television
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T Dog’s Media Notepad: Tribune Tower sold to L.A. developer
Tribune Media announced Tuesday the historic building housing the company and the Chicago Tribune has been sold to Los Angeles-based developer CIM Inc, for $280 million. The developer is planning to add [..]
Johnson Publishing sells Ebony, Jet to private equity group
Longtime African-American publications sold to Texas firm Chicago’s African-American community is mourning yet another loss of an institution. On Tuesday, Johnson Publishing Co. announced it was selling its [..]
Welcome to The Tronc
Michael Ferro rebrands Tribune Company into something we don’t even know As Hank Hill would say, “What in the Hell”? In probably the most inane decision I have [..]
T Dog’s Think Tank: Chicago Tribune still feeling effects of Hurricane Zell
Last week’s opinion piece shows the insensitivity of the Zell and Michaels era still abound at the Trib As you know by now, Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member [..]
The Grab Bag: Tony Sculfeld heads to WSRB-FM
News and notes from around the industry – WSRB, a Crawford-owned urban adult contemporary station previously known as Soul 106.3, is trying its luck with an other former [..]
Chicago Media, Newspapers, Radio, Syndication, Television
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Think Tank Daily: The Sun-Times throws in the towel
Might as well write your obituary for the Chicago Sun-Times as the people running the paper have all but given up. As of Wednesday, the beleaguered newspaper decided [..]
T Dog’s Grab Bag: Seattle’s KCPQ to stay with Fox after all
– Sun-Times reverses decision on endorsements – Premiere week shows cool off, but Jane The Virgin and Criestla debut to respectable numbers with cancellations coming from other places – Florida [..]
Chicago Media, Journalism, Local TV (Outside Chicago), Newspapers, Sports, Television
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Tribune latest media company to do the split
The Tribune Co. announced Wednesday it was splitting its publishing properties from the rest of the company’s assets, becoming the latest media conglomerate to do so. The new [..]
T Dog’s Grab Bag: NBA Finals score a slam dunk
– A lot has made of the Stanley Cup Final ratings between the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks, but what about the NBA Finals you ask? Well, the [..]
Chicago Media, Newspapers, Television
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T Dog’s Grab Bag: Sun-Times fires entire photography staff
– In a stunning move, the Chicago Sun-Times fired almost all of its photography staff on Thursday, which left 28 people out of work. The Wrapports -owned paper [..]
Chicago Media, Journalism, Newspapers, Syndication, Television
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T Dog’s Think Tank: “You Got Shteirized”
On Sunday, New York Times reviewer Rachel Shteir reviewed three Chicago based books. But the reviews were less about the books in question and more about Chicago itself. [..]
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The classiest front page ever
Usually, this website takes well-deserved shots at Chicago and national media outlets. But the Chicago Tribune’s salute to Boston in Tuesday’s sports section (see the photo to the [..]