In a realignment of the Chicago Tribune’s weekly sections, the print edition of the newspaper will discontinue its Thursday Dining and Auto Mart inserts after this week.

A new Food & Dining section on Wednesdays will incorporate the recipes and features now appearing in Good Eating with news of restaurants, bars and clubs from Dining. The new section will debut July 15, according to a spokesperson for Chicago Tribune Media Group. Continue reading →

Milt Rosenberg

Chicago’s newest addition to drive-time radio has been around almost as long as radio itself.

Milt Rosenberg, the 90-year-old professor emeritus from the University of Chicago and former host of “Extension 720” on WGN AM 720, is about to turn up in afternoon drive for the first time in his long and celebrated career. Continue reading →

Rob Elgas

Four months after signing off as a news anchor and reporter at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, Rob Elgas has turned up across town at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.

ABC 7 announced Monday that Elgas was joining the station as a reporter and fill-in anchor, effective Tuesday. He's expected to make his first appearance on the air later this week. Continue reading →

Chicago Public Media

Employees of WBEZ FM 91.5 ratified their first union contract Tuesday with management of the Chicago Public Media station.

Terms of the comprehensive, two-year agreement negotiated with the local unit of the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists go into effect immediately, according to Goli Sheikholeslami, president and CEO of Chicago Public Media. Continue reading →

Tribune Tower

The parent company of the Chicago Tribune has eliminated the positions of 25 advertising managers and employees, including some who had been with the company for decades.

A spokesperson for Chicago Tribune Media Group said the cuts, which became effective last Friday, were part of a reorganization of the company’s sales force. Continue reading →