{"id":12764,"date":"2016-11-16T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=12764"},"modified":"2016-11-16T06:17:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T12:17:49","slug":"robservations-bosses-bail-crisis-crains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/11\/16\/robservations-bosses-bail-crisis-crains\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Bosses bail in crisis at Crain\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"David<\/a>

<\/a> David Snyder and Lisa Emerick<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Woe is Crain\u2019s Chicago Business.<\/a> The stunning resignations <\/a>of top management Tuesday bodes tough times ahead for the privately-owned weekly business publication. Publisher David Snyder,<\/strong> highly respected and widely admired 33-year veteran of the company (and a former editor of Crain\u2019s), called it an amicable split with KC Crain,<\/strong> scion of Detroit-based Crain Communications. But he left no doubt of serious disagreements: \u201cKC and I have different visions for the future of Crain\u2019s,\u201d Snyder said. Also out is associate publisher Lisa Emerick,<\/strong> who was elevated to the No. 2 job in 2014. Both are seeking new opportunities. The shakeup, effective at the end of the year, follows cost-cutting layoffs <\/a>of three editors earlier in the week. KC Crain claims he'll be running the show for now.<\/p>\n

\"Amanda<\/a>

Amanda Vinicky<\/p><\/div>\n

Amanda Vinicky,<\/strong> who\u2019s been a Springfield-based contributor to WTTW-Channel 11\u2019s<\/a> \u201cChicago Tonight\u201d since 2015, will move up to full-time correspondent for the Window to the World Communications\u2019 flagship news program, starting in January. She\u2019ll continue to cover state government and the Illinois General Assembly and serve as a general assignment reporter for the show and its website. \u201cAmanda\u2019s stellar reporting and her experience covering the statehouse has helped our audiences make sense of the political impasse in Springfield and the enormous challenges facing the state,\u201d executive producer Mary Field<\/strong> said in a statement. \u201cWe are delighted to welcome her to our team on a full-time basis.\u201d Vinicky, a graduate of the University of Illinois, has covered politics and government for the Illinois Public Radio network since 2006.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/a>

Michael Savage<\/p><\/div>\n

When Michael Savage<\/strong> is inducted Thursday into the National Radio Hall of Fame,<\/a> he won\u2019t be there. Earlier this year the syndicated talk show host called the honor \u201cthe capstone of my life,\u201d and promised listeners <\/a>he would go to Chicago and deliver an acceptance speech that that would \u201cbe put into the annals of radio history.\u201d But a spokeswoman for the Radio Hall of Fame confirmed Tuesday that Savage would be a no-show \u2014 as would fellow inductee Steve Harvey.<\/strong> (It will be Harvey\u2019s second snub<\/a> of Chicago in one week.) Among this year\u2019s honorees committed to attend are Chicago personalities Eric Ferguson<\/strong> and Kathy Hart,<\/strong> top-rated morning hosts on The Mix.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Rahm<\/a>

Rahm Emanuel<\/p><\/div>\n

Forty-seven Chicago area radio stations participated in an unprecedented joint broadcast Monday night billed as \u201cChicago Radio Town Hall Meeting\u201d <\/a>\u2014 and it came off without a hitch. The 30-minute \u201croadblock\u201d featured a genial conversation with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel<\/strong> moderated by veteran anchorman Bill Kurtis<\/strong> at City Hall (although the location was never disclosed in advance). Political writers, including the Chicago Tribune\u2019s<\/a> John Kass<\/strong> and Chicago magazine\u2019s<\/a> Carol Felsenthal,<\/strong>\u00a0blasted it as pure political propaganda for the mayor. Was it a stunt? Of course it was. But it succeeded in its main goal to demonstrate the power and reach of radio. It also proved a remarkable display of unity among rivals in a highly competitive business, thanks to the Radio Broadcasters of Chicagoland and Illinois Broadcasters Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Woe is Crain\u2019s Chicago Business. The stunning resignations of top management Tuesday bodes tough times ahead for the privately-owned weekly business publication. Publisher David Snyder, highly respected and widely admired 33-year veteran of the company (and a former editor of Crain\u2019s), called it an amicable split with KC Crain, scion... 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\/12764"}],"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=12764"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12775,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12764\/revisions\/12775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}