{"id":16082,"date":"2017-11-27T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=16082"},"modified":"2017-11-27T06:47:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T12:47:26","slug":"robservations-readers-gonna-grow-says-ceo-eisendrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/11\/27\/robservations-readers-gonna-grow-says-ceo-eisendrath\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: \u2018Reader\u2019s gonna grow,\u2019 says CEO Eisendrath"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Chicago Reader<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Edwin Eisendrath<\/p><\/div>\n

The Chicago Reader<\/a> is in no danger of folding \u2014 or getting folded into the Chicago Sun-Times. That\u2019s the word from Sun-Times Media CEO Edwin Eisendrath,<\/strong> who seems as bullish on the alternative weekly as he is on the daily tabloid. \u201cLike everything else here, the Reader\u2019s gonna grow,\u201d Eisendrath said in response to rumors of downsizing the unprofitable brand. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna have to think about its mission. It\u2019s not the same thing as the Sun-Times. If somebody says it\u2019s the Sunday magazine for the Sun-Times, that\u2019s fantasyland. We\u2019ve never thought about that.\u201d But he acknowledged he\u2019s still looking for ways both publications can share resources. Reader editorial employees recently ratified their first contract <\/a>via the Chicago News Guild. \u201cThe truth is, they were underpaid,\u201d Eisendrath said of the staff he inherited. \u201cI approved the contract not because it made economic sense, but because it was inhumane what they were being paid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carol Fowler<\/p><\/div>\n

Bucking industry trends, the Sun-Times<\/a> posted openings Wednesday for nine new positions<\/a> in its expanding digital news unit. They include audience engagement editor, multimedia executive producer, digital operations director, multimedia journalist, digital content producer and sports digital content producer. They\u2019re all under Carol Fowler,<\/strong> newly named senior vice president of digital news products. \u201cHIRING: Come work on the @suntimes team and kick some butt!\u201d Fowler tweeted.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"The Schweddy Ball 2017\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Ready or not, here comes \u201cThe Schweddy Ball 2017.\u201d Billed as \u201ca holiday party like no other,\u201d the fundraiser for Chicago\u2019s Museum of Broadcast Communications<\/a> will be Saturday, December 30, from 8 p.m. to midnight. Named for the 1998 \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d sketch with Alec Baldwin, Molly Shannon<\/strong> and Ana Gasteyer,<\/strong> the event is tied in with Saturday Night Live: The Experience,<\/a> the multimedia exhibit now running at the museum, 360 North State Street. Guests are encouraged to wear their best ugly Christmas sweater or dress as their favorite SNL character. For ticket information:\u00a0www.eventbrite.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wally Lockard<\/p><\/div>\n

Urban Grind TV,<\/a> a weekly music video show now in its eighth year on Chicago\u2019s Comcast Cable Channel 25, has just gone national. Founder and executive producer Wally Lockard<\/strong> reports it\u2019s been picked up by FUBU Television<\/a>, a New York-based provider of media and entertainment over multiple platforms. \u201cThis is really big for the Midwest, for the city, most importantly for the arts and culture,\u201d Lockard said. \u201cOur events, our talent, our videos, our artists have one more platform at home for the world to see them, and for that we are thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s best comment:<\/a> Gustaf Rand:<\/strong> Set aside Dann Gire's reporting\/criticism for a moment. Instead, focus on his astonishing career accomplishment. One employer \u2014 42 years. Loyalty in both directions. He is a throwback to days of yore when an upstanding chap could say with pride, \"I'm a Sears man.\" Or, \"I'm with Illinois Bell.\" Congratulations to this fellow for pulling it off. He performed . . . and they appreciated him. That is very cool.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: The Chicago Reader is in no danger of folding \u2014 or getting folded into the Chicago Sun-Times. That\u2019s the word from Sun-Times Media CEO Edwin Eisendrath, who seems as bullish on the alternative weekly as he is on the daily tabloid. \u201cLike everything else here, the Reader\u2019s gonna grow,\u201d Eisendrath... 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\/16082"}],"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=16082"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16093,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16082\/revisions\/16093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}