{"id":14031,"date":"2017-04-28T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=14031"},"modified":"2017-05-01T10:58:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:58:22","slug":"madeleine-doubek-quits-reboot-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/04\/28\/madeleine-doubek-quits-reboot-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Madeleine Doubek leaves Reboot Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Madeleine Doubek<\/p><\/div>\n

Veteran Chicago area journalist Madeleine Doubek has exited as publisher of Reboot Illinois,<\/a> the website and subscription newsletter reporting and opining on state and local government and politics.<\/p>\n

Doubek\u2019s departure, effective immediately, signaled changes by AFK Media Group, <\/a>the Chicago-based investor group that took over Reboot Illinois last year from Anne Dias, the hedge fund manager (and ex-wife of billionaire Ken Griffin), who bankrolled the startup in 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investors are taking the business in a different direction that doesn't involve original content creation and I'm turning toward my new adventure,\u201d Doubek told friends in an email Thursday. She did not announce her next move.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Doubek said in a statement that her separation from Reboot Illinois was \u201cby mutual agreement,\u201d adding: \u201cReboot will continue its focus on delivering meaningful experiences to its readers to help educate them further on the issues facing Illinois. The company plans to continue to achieve that by innovating experiences on the newest mediums people use daily.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Reboot Illinois<\/p><\/div>\n

When Reboot Illinois shifted to a paid subscription model<\/a>\u00a0last December, Doubek said AFK Media remained \u201cfully behind\u201d the mission. \u201cFrom the start, Reboot Illinois was always envisioned as a self-supporting, profitable media firm and this is another step to get us closer to that goal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

According to its mission statement, Reboot Illinois \u201caims to encourage citizens to retake ownership of our governments. Through non-partisan digital and social media, Reboot Illinois intends to engage citizens giving them the information and tools they need to act on improving the jobs climate, schools, taxes, and state debt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doubek, who joined Reboot Illinois as its founding chief operating officer, was promoted to publisher in 2016.\u00a0In addition to her work for Reboot Illinois, she has been a contributing columnist for the Sun-Times<\/a> since 2014.<\/p>\n

A native of Chicago\u2019s Southwest Side and graduate of Eastern Illinois University, Doubek spent 27 years at the Daily Herald,<\/a> where she rose from reporter to political editor to managing editor to executive editor\/assistant vice president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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