{"id":11987,"date":"2016-07-22T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=11987"},"modified":"2016-07-22T13:15:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T18:15:42","slug":"robservations-michael-ferro-celebrates-50th-in-tronc-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/07\/22\/robservations-michael-ferro-celebrates-50th-in-tronc-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Michael Ferro celebrates 50th birthday in tronc style"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Michael<\/a>

<\/a> Michael Ferro (Photo: Christopher Michel)<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

Michael Ferro,<\/strong> the Chicago media mogul who turned Tribune Publishing into tronc,<\/a> celebrated his 50th birthday Thursday night with 200 of his closest friends. (No, I wasn\u2019t there.) For the event he reserved the dining room and outdoor patio at Chicago Cut, the LaSalle Street steakhouse in which Ferro is an investor. Crain\u2019s Chicago Business<\/a> reported the invitation came in a fancy black box. \u201cInside the box was another hinged black box with a glass top delivering an early party favor \u2014 a shiny gold deck of cards emblazoned with a $100 bill, two rows of gold coins and five gold dice (some of which apparently are covered in real gold foil),\u201d Crains noted. Don\u2019t worry if you haven\u2019t bought Ferro a present yet. His actual birthday isn\u2019t until Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Joyce<\/a>

Joyce Winnecke<\/p><\/div>\n

Joyce Winnecke,<\/strong> former president of Tribune Content Agency <\/a>and an innovative editor at the Chicago Tribune<\/a> for more than a decade, has launched JW Advisors,<\/a> a Chicago-based consulting firm geared to helping clients \u201cidentify and solve organizational problems, develop business plans, and create consistent messaging across channels.\u201d Before heading Tribune Content Agency, Winnecke worked six years as associate editor of the Tribune. She joined the paper as associate managing editor in 2002 after serving as managing editor of the Sun-Times.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Paula<\/a>

Paula Faris<\/p><\/div>\n

Close friends of Paula Faris<\/strong> say there\u2019s no truth to rumors she\u2019s on her way out as a co-host of ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View.\u201d<\/a> Citing unnamed sources, the New York Post <\/a>reported this week that Faris would be dropped from the daytime talk show before the start of the fall season \u2014 a claim the show\u2019s representatives flatly denied. Still it\u2019s sad to see the long knives are out for Faris, a former sports anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5<\/a> who joined ABC News in 2012. She was named<\/a> to the cast of \u201cThe View\u201d in August 2015.<\/p>\n

\"Bruce<\/a>

Bruce DuMont<\/p><\/div>\n

Friday marks Bruce DuMont\u2019s<\/strong> 50th anniversary in Chicago television. On July 22, 1966, the Columbia College graduate produced a feature for Jim Conway\u2019s<\/strong> morning show on WBKB (now WLS-Channel 7<\/a>) on the anniversary of John Dillinger\u2019s<\/strong> killing in 1934 outside the Biograph Theater. For the five decades since, DuMont has been a fixture on Chicago TV and radio, while doubling as founder and president of the Museum of Broadcast Communications.<\/a> Now 72, DuMont spent the week in Cleveland covering his 18th political convention where he posted a series of Facebook <\/a>videos and delivered analysis for affiliates of his \u201cBeyond the Beltway\u201d <\/a>radio show.<\/p>\n

\"Jill<\/a>

Jill Manuel<\/p><\/div>\n

Jill Manuel,<\/strong> who lasted two years as assistant news director at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32, <\/a>has returned to Cleveland, where she once worked as news director at ABC affiliate WEWS. This time she\u2019s signed on with Futuri Media <\/a>as partnership development director of TopicPulse, an outfit that monitors social media for newsrooms. Manuel previously was news director at Tribune Media CLTV<\/a> and an executive producer at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2. <\/a>She also worked in communications for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/a>

Tom Shaer<\/p><\/div>\n

Former Chicago sportscaster Tom Shaer<\/strong> will moderate a panel on \u201cSports in the 1990s\u201d <\/a>July 30 at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, 360 North State Street. Participants will include Fred Mitchell,<\/strong> former Chicago Tribune sports columnist, Matt Spiegel,<\/strong> midday co-host on CBS Radio sports\/talk WSCR AM 670,<\/a> and Matt Baron,<\/strong> former sportswriter and founder of Inside Edge: Public Relations & Media Services. The event is tied to the museum\u2019s ongoing exhibit on \u201cWatching TV in the 1990s.\u201d For ticket information see museum.tv.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Michael Ferro, the Chicago media mogul who turned Tribune Publishing into tronc, celebrated his 50th birthday Thursday night with 200 of his closest friends. (No, I wasn\u2019t there.) For the event he reserved the dining room and outdoor patio at Chicago Cut, the LaSalle Street steakhouse in which Ferro is... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11987"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12001,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987\/revisions\/12001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}