{"id":15091,"date":"2017-08-07T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=15091"},"modified":"2017-08-07T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T11:00:07","slug":"robservations-steve-harvey-dredges-infamous-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/08\/07\/robservations-steve-harvey-dredges-infamous-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Steve Harvey dredges up that infamous email"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Steve Harvey (Photo: Willy SanJuan)<\/p><\/div>\n

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

I thought it was all over. But apparently Steve Harvey<\/strong> didn\u2019t. Last week he decided to dredge up an embarrassing email I posted here <\/a>May 10 in which Harvey lambasted his Chicago production staff for daring to approach him in the hallways or his dressing room. At an appearance before the Television Critics Association<\/a> to promote his upcoming talk show, Harvey said he thought his memo was \u201ccute\u201d \u2014 even if no one else did. \"That email,\" he said, \"I learned two things from that email. Number one, I can't write, and number two, I should never write. It was something I wrote a year ago. And somebody didn't get a job coming to L.A., and they got pissed and they sent it to [Robert] Feder<\/strong> in Chicago. I was OK until I saw it on CNN, and that's when I knew I was in a lot of trouble. It\u2019s not a big deal to me. I\u2019m a congenial guy.\u201d Harvey, who never apologized <\/a>for writing the memo, acknowledged earlier: \u201cI probably should\u2019ve handled it a little bit differently.\u201d<\/p>\n

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WLS\/Twitter<\/p><\/div>\n

Country music legend Willie Nelson<\/strong> is very much alive, contrary to a rumor broadcast last week by Big John Howell<\/strong> and Ramblin' Ray Stevens<\/strong> on Cumulus Media news\/talk WLS AM 890.<\/a> Stevens, who spent 26 years at CBS Radio country WUSN FM 99.5 before joining WLS last year, cited \u201cvery credible sources\u201d in the country music industry when he shared the bogus report <\/a>on his morning show and social media Thursday. \u201cOn air, John and Ray were careful to add this was not confirmed but were endeavoring,\u201d said Peter Bolger,<\/strong> operations manager and program director of WLS. \u201cIn the 8 a.m. hour, they announced they had confirmation Willie was alive.\u201d Of course that didn\u2019t stop competitors from making light <\/a>of the snafu.<\/p>\n

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Robert Kurson<\/p><\/div>\n

All signs point to another blockbuster for famed Chicago journalist and bestselling author Robert Kurson.<\/strong> His latest book, Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man\u2019s First Journey to the Moon,<\/a><\/em> is set for publication this spring by Random House. But it\u2019s already been picked up <\/a>for adaptation as a major television series. Rocket Men<\/em> recounts the 1968 Apollo 8 space mission and the personal stories of astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell<\/strong> and Bill Anders.<\/strong> Kurson, a former reporter for the Sun-Times and contributing editor to Chicago magazine and Esquire, burst onto the literary scene with his first book, Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II,<\/em> published in 2004.<\/p>\n

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Jamie Sotonoff Bartosch<\/p><\/div>\n

Jamie Sotonoff Bartosch,<\/strong> a talented and versatile reporter and editor at the Daily Herald <\/a>for 20 years, is leaving to join United Airlines as a senior writer for digital engagement. \u201cA big part of my job will be finding and telling positive stories about the company,\u201d she told friends on Facebook. <\/a>\u201cI\u2019m indescribably excited for this next chapter of my career.\" A graduate of Indiana University and former staff writer for Pioneer Press, Bartosch also freelances as a travel expert for USA Today and other sites.<\/p>\n

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Danny Ecker<\/p><\/div>\n

Fans (including myself) will miss Danny Ecker\u2019s<\/strong> always smart and insightful blog on the business of sports for Crain\u2019s Chicago Business.<\/a> After more than five years on the beat, he\u2019s been shifted to covering commercial real estate for Crain\u2019s. \u201cIt has been a privilege to write about the marketing, media, products and personalities tied to the area's professional and college teams,\u201d Ecker wrote<\/a> in announcing the blog\u2019s demise. \u201cAnd I don't plan on stopping entirely. I'll continue to share news and perspective on the local sports business scene on Twitter, <\/a>so be sure to follow me there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Don Moseley<\/p><\/div>\n

Veteran Chicago television news producer Don Moseley<\/strong> will be honored by his alma mater, Auburn University, with an award for special achievement in journalism. He\u2019ll be among five recipients cited for career achievement by the Alabama university\u2019s Journalism Advisory Council on September 15. Along with longtime collaborator Carol Marin,<\/strong> Moseley is director of the Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence at DePaul University,<\/a> and a political\/investigative producer at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ted Lauterbach<\/p><\/div>\n

Funeral services were held Saturday for Ted Lauterbach,<\/strong> former Chicago radio host who died July 31 at 70. According to his family, he\u2019d fought \u201ca long brave battle\u201d with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure. In 1982 Lauterbach replaced \u201cChicago Eddie\u201d Schwartz<\/strong> as all-night host at WIND AM 560 and later worked late shifts for the former WCFL and WMAQ, where also he co-hosted the nightly \u201cSports Huddle\u201d show. After a stint as regional general manager and program director for TCI, he returned to radio as a weekend and fill-in host on WLS AM 890 in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

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Steve Harvey (Photo: Willy SanJuan)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: I thought it was all over. But apparently Steve Harvey didn\u2019t. Last week he decided to dredge up an embarrassing email I posted here May 10 in which Harvey lambasted his Chicago production staff for daring to approach him in the hallways or his dressing room. At an appearance before... 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\/15091"}],"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=15091"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15106,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15091\/revisions\/15106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}