{"id":17306,"date":"2018-03-19T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=17306"},"modified":"2018-03-19T09:34:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:34:23","slug":"robservations-tronc-execs-get-richer-tribune-cuts-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/03\/19\/robservations-tronc-execs-get-richer-tribune-cuts-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Tronc execs get richer while Tribune cuts staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Tribune Tower<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Chris Kuc<\/p><\/div>\n

One day after the Chicago Tribune <\/a>axed a dozen journalists, parent company tronc disclosed raises and bonuses for chief executive officer Justin Dearborn<\/strong> and chief financial officer Terry Jimenez.<\/strong> The notice in the company\u2019s annual report<\/a> Friday followed the award of a $15 million consulting contract <\/a>to Merrick Ventures, another company owned by tronc chairman Michael Ferro.<\/strong> Tronc still won\u2019t confirm the names (or even the number) of Tribune employees who lost their jobs<\/a> Thursday. But sources said there were 12, including sports writer Chris Kuc,<\/strong> who tweeted<\/a> that he learned his fate while covering a team on the road. Kuc, the son of veteran Chicago sportscaster Jerry Kuc,<\/strong> began working at the Tribune while in high school at Hinsdale South. Among others laid off were Washington correspondent Kathy Skiba,<\/strong> education reporter Diane Rado,<\/strong> artist Phil Geib,<\/strong> visual editor Michael Zajakowski,<\/strong> and copy editors Jason Morris<\/strong> and Mark Misulonas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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John Barron<\/p><\/div>\n

Another notable departure from Tribune Tower last week was John Barron,<\/strong> whose position was eliminated as editor\/general manager of Tribune Content Agency, <\/a>the syndication and licensing unit of tronc. Barron, a former publisher and editor of the Sun-Times, oversaw the acquisition of McClatchy-Tribune Information Services and its transformation to Tribune News Service. \u201cAlong the way, I had the chance to be involved in the hiring of about 20 great journalists,\u201d Barron said. \u201cThat was something I never thought I'd have the chance to do again. At TCA,\u00a0I learned a lot about current and cutting-edge content business\u00a0models. I'm looking forward to using all my experience on what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Julian Jackson<\/p><\/div>\n

Julian Jackson,<\/strong> vice president of design at Milwaukee Public Museum, has been named executive director of Chicago\u2019s Museum of Broadcast Communications,<\/a> 360 North State Street. He previously was director of experience design at the Adler Planetarium. \u201cJulian is uniquely qualified as well as genuinely enthused about leading the future of the MBC,\u201d museum chairman Larry Wert<\/strong> said in a statement. \u201cWe are looking forward to new ways and expressions of telling the broadcasting communications story, and the board is excited to be working with Julian to bring life to that vision.\u201d Bruce DuMont,<\/strong> museum founder and president emeritus, retired<\/a> at the end of last year after leading the museum since its inception.<\/p>\n

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Horatio Sanz<\/p><\/div>\n

Horatio Sanz,<\/strong> the actor, comedian and former \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d cast member, will headline the next \u201cConversation in Comedy\u201d at the Museum of Broadcast Communications.\u00a0In conjunction with the museum\u2019s ongoing \u201cSaturday Night Live: The Experience\u201d <\/a>exhibition, \u201cAn Evening with SNL Alum Horatio Sanz\u201d \u00a0April 12 will be moderated by Sun-Times film critic Richard Roeper.<\/strong> (Here is the link for ticket information.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Stephanie Zimmermann<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s on to the next chapter for consumer reporting dynamo Stephanie Zimmermann<\/strong> after five years as a reporter\/producer with the investigative unit at ABC News.<\/a> Known as \u201cThe Fixer,\u201d <\/a>she was responsible for recovering more than $2 million for consumers. \u201cIt was a great five years, working with some awesome colleagues and learning how to do TV,\u201d she told Facebook<\/a> friends. \u201cI wish it could have gone on longer, but I'm psyched to find something new.\u201d Before joining ABC, Zimmerman spent 16 years as a reporter, weekend city desk editor, and consumer-help columnist for the Sun-Times. Earlier she worked for the Daily Herald and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.<\/p>\n

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Jessica Sedgwick<\/p><\/div>\n

Happy to note the recent hiring of Jessica Sedgwick<\/strong> as art director of Chicago magazine.<\/a> Sedgwick, who previously held the same position at Splash, spent 10 years at the Sun-Times as a top features designer and shopping columnist. Before that she was a page designer and copy editor at the Daily Southtown. At Chicago magazine she reports to design director Kathy Shady.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s comment of the day: <\/a>Mark Caro:<\/strong> Can't you just have columnists you like and don't like, as we all do, instead of wanting to vote hard-working people out of jobs on a day when the Tribune let go of some really good people?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: One day after the Chicago Tribune axed a dozen journalists, parent company tronc disclosed raises and bonuses for chief executive officer Justin Dearborn and chief financial officer Terry Jimenez. The notice in the company\u2019s annual report Friday followed the award of a $15 million consulting contract to Merrick Ventures, another... 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\/17306"}],"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=17306"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17332,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17306\/revisions\/17332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}