{"id":21556,"date":"2019-04-30T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=21556"},"modified":"2019-04-30T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T11:00:10","slug":"robservations-wgn-radio-strengthens-ties-crains-chicago-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/04\/30\/robservations-wgn-radio-strengthens-ties-crains-chicago-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: WGN Radio strengthens ties with Crain\u2019s Chicago Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> WGN Radio<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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Crain's Chicago Business<\/p><\/div>\n

In March Crain\u2019s Chicago Business<\/a> teamed with Tribune Broadcasting news\/talk WGN 720-AM<\/a> on \u201cThe Daily Gist,\u201d a new weekday afternoon podcast hosted by Amy Guth.<\/strong> That was just the beginning. Starting next week, the partnership will expand with installation of a WGN microphone inside the Crain\u2019s newsroom. Reporters from the business weekly will turn up each day at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on \u201cThe WGN Radio Crain\u2019s Chicago Business Desk\u201d and at 12:50 p.m. on WGN\u2019s \u201cWintrust Business Lunch,\u201d according to Todd Manley,<\/strong> station manager and vice president of content at WGN. Said Jim Kirk,<\/strong> publisher and executive editor of Crain\u2019s: \u201cThe station\u2019s unique relationship with its listeners is a natural for Crain\u2019s as we continue to look for ways to grow our journalism beyond our traditional platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chicago Tribune<\/p><\/div>\n

While print circulation and advertising revenues continue to decline, the Chicago Tribune<\/a>\u00a0touted the news Monday that it had topped 100,000 in digital-only subscribers. \u201cThis is a milestone \u2013 not a destination \u2013 as we accelerate toward being a truly digitally-focused company,\u201d Tim Knight,<\/strong> CEO and president of Tribune Publishing, said in a press release. \u201cWe are reshaping our newsrooms to meet the changing demands of our audience and we appreciate the growing support from subscribers, advertisers and community partners.\u201d In an email sharing the news with subscribers,\u00a0Bruce Dold,<\/strong> editor-in-chief and publisher of the Tribune, offered free eight-week digital subscriptions to friends of current customers.<\/p>\n

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Daily Herald<\/p><\/div>\n

The Daily Herald<\/a> is on the move. After 23 years in its own five-story office building at 155 East Algonquin Road in Arlington Heights, the newspaper will pack up and relocate this weekend two blocks west to leased space at 95 West Algonquin Road. Parent company Paddock Publications sold its current headquarters to Bradford Allen, a Chicago-based real estate company. If all goes as planned, it'll be business as usual by Monday morning.<\/p>\n

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C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez<\/p><\/div>\n

The newest face on CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 <\/a>may be a familiar one to viewers of Spanish-language TV in Chicago. C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez,<\/strong> a former general-assignment news reporter and sports anchor at Telemundo WSNS-Channel 44, signed on this week as a per diem reporter at CBS 2, via agent Steve Mandell.<\/strong> In February Rodr\u00edguez was not renewed after six years at Telemundo Chicago. Union activists said his ouster was related to his role on the negotiating team of the SAG\/AFTRA local. Management denied the allegation. Rodr\u00edguez previously worked at KVIA, the ABC affiliate in El Paso, Texas.<\/p>\n

Monday's comment of the day: <\/a>Charlie Meyerson:<\/strong> [Re: Illinois Broadcasters Hall of Fame to honor George Will] OK, but wouldn't it be nice if this honor went to someone who'd broadcast from, you know, um, Illinois?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: In March Crain\u2019s Chicago Business teamed with Tribune Broadcasting news\/talk WGN 720-AM on \u201cThe Daily Gist,\u201d a new weekday afternoon podcast hosted by Amy Guth. That was just the beginning. Starting next week, the partnership will expand with installation of a WGN microphone inside the Crain\u2019s newsroom. Reporters from the... 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\/21556"}],"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=21556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21561,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21556\/revisions\/21561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}