{"id":33163,"date":"2022-04-18T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=33163"},"modified":"2022-04-18T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:00:05","slug":"robservations-q101-comes-home-cumulus-medias-wkqx-chicago-reader-staff-rallies-co-owner-wall-street-journal-hires-tribunes-lisa-donovan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2022\/04\/18\/robservations-q101-comes-home-cumulus-medias-wkqx-chicago-reader-staff-rallies-co-owner-wall-street-journal-hires-tribunes-lisa-donovan\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Q101 comes home to Cumulus Media\u2019s WKQX; Chicago Reader staff rallies against co-owner; Wall Street Journal hires Tribune's Lisa Donovan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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101.1 WKQX<\/p><\/div>\n

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

For nearly 30 years, Chicago radio listeners knew WKQX 101.1-FM<\/a> by its familiar branding as Q101. Now the Cumulus Media alternative rock station is about to call itself that again. \u201cChicago\u2019s Alternative Q101 is back home at its rightful place on the 101.1 frequency,\u201d Marv Nyren,<\/strong> vice president and market manager of Cumulus Chicago, announced in an email to staffers Friday. \u201cThis is truly GREAT news for us in Chicago.\u201d Nyren said it took four years to reach a deal with Matt Dubiel,<\/strong> the suburban radio entrepreneur who bought the rights to the Q101 brand from previous owner Merlin Media in 2011 and launched an alternative website at q101.com.<\/a> Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, 101.1 WKQX ranked 21st overall with a 1.9 percent share and cumulative weekly audience of 648,700.<\/p>\n

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Leonard C. Goodman<\/p><\/div>\n

Editorial employees of the Chicago Reader<\/a> are turning up the heat on co-owner Leonard C. Goodman,<\/strong>\u00a0who\u2019s blocking the sale of the legendary alternative publication to the nonprofit Reader Institute for Community Journalism. They're planning to rally Thursday morning near Goodman's home at Wellington and Lake Shore Drive. As detailed in a Chicago Tribune op ed last week, the employees say Goodman is holding up the deal because they sought to correct errors in a column Goodman wrote arguing against vaccinating children<\/a> for COVID-19. (Here is the link.<\/a>) The future of the 50-year-old institution and the jobs of 35 staffers are at stake, according to Chicago News Guild. \"Goodman is using his power as co-owner to bully us,\" the union said in a statement. \"Because he\u2019s blocked the sale, the paper can\u2019t operate as a nonprofit, and it\u2019s not viable as a for-profit. Within a few weeks, what remains of the for-profit Reader will run out of money.\" For his part, Goodman claims he's \"fighting to rescue the paper from the dark forces of censorship<\/a> and to preserve its 50-year tradition of embracing dissenting views.\"<\/p>\n

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Lisa Donovan<\/p><\/div>\n

Lisa Donovan,<\/strong> deputy senior editor for business at the Chicago Tribune,<\/a> has been hired as senior publishing editor for The Wall Street Journal.<\/a> Starting May 11, Donovan will serve in a leadership role on the publishing desk, which works with global bureaus to edit, code and publish stories and other content for various platforms. \u201cI\u2019m beyond thrilled about this opportunity, she said. \u201cI'm grateful to so many people in the Chicago journalism community, including my wonderful colleagues at the Chicago Sun-Times and the Tribune.\u201d Before joining the Tribune in 2014, the Omaha native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln alum spent 10 years at the Sun-Times, where she rose from reporter to assistant metro editor.<\/p>\n

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Corli Jay<\/p><\/div>\n

Corlicia \"Corli Jay\" Tolliver,<\/strong> a multimedia journalist and part-time reporter for the Hyde Park Herald,<\/a> has been hired by Crain\u2019s Chicago Business<\/a> as a general assignment reporter. Starting April 25 she\u2019ll join the staff of the weekly business publication and website, according to editor Ann Dwyer.<\/strong> The Chicago native and graduate of Chicago State University also has written for Chicago magazine, the Chicago Reader, and The TRiiBE. Earlier she worked as a civic reporting fellow for City Bureau, a promotions assistant for iHeartMedia Chicago, and an editor and writer for Whats The World Media.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Julian Jumpin' Perez<\/p><\/div>\n

Julian Jumpin\u2019 Perez,<\/strong> the longtime Chicago disc jockey who most recently was heard on Audacy classic hip-hop WBMX 104.3-FM, has filed documents disclosing his candidacy for alderman of Chicago's 26th Ward, according to Block Club Chicago<\/a>. Perez would be challenging Roberto Maldonado,<\/strong> who has held the City Council seat since 2009. A veteran of Audacy Top 40 WBBM 96.3-FM in the \u201990s and a founding member of the B96 Street Mix, Perez also was part of the \u201cHot Mix Five\u201d on the original WBMX in the \u201980s.<\/p>\n

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Jamie Kalven<\/p><\/div>\n

Another career honor for Jamie Kalven:<\/strong> The esteemed Chicago journalist, author and human rights activist has been named winner of the 2022 I.F. Stone<\/strong> Medal for Journalistic Independence<\/a> by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. The founder of the nonprofit journalism production company Invisible Institute<\/a> was cited for his body of work documenting police abuse and impunity, including the police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald<\/strong> in 2014. \u201cFrom the beginning of my career Izzy Stone was an inspiration,\u201d Kalven said of the award\u2019s namesake. \u201cHis example emboldened me to strike out on my own path as a journalist. And his work offered a model of rigorous reporting on important stories, neglected by major media, hiding in plain sight. I am grateful to the Neiman Foundation for linking my name with his and those of the superb colleagues who have shared this honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chicago Journalists Association<\/p><\/div>\n

Chicago Journalists Association<\/a> will present a free, three-part virtual training program detailing tools and strategies for individuals interested in becoming full-time freelance journalists. The group's first \u201cFreelance MasterJourno Class\u201d will feature Zoom conversations with journalists, editors and communication professionals on consecutive Wednesdays \u2013 May 11, 18 and 25 \u2013 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Weekly topics are: \u201cSetting Up Your Freelance Business for Financial Success,\u201d \u201cCrafting the Perfect Pitch\u201d and \u201cBranding Yourself as a Freelancer.\u201d To reserve a spot, email chicagocja@gmail.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Illinois Helps Ukraine<\/p><\/div>\n

Illinois Helps Ukraine,<\/a> a fundraising drive for UNICEF promoted by TV and radio stations throughout the state via the Illinois Broadcasters Association,<\/a> raised more than $152,000 following an 18-hour marathon Wednesday at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. Stations will continue to promote the drive through the end of April at unicefusa.org\/illinois.<\/a> \u201cIt's rare for the broadcasters in a state to join hands for a humanitarian\u00a0fundraiser, but stations in Illinois have done it repeatedly over the past 20 years,\u201d said Steve Robinson,<\/strong> president of New Media Productions, who helped organized the effort.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Burt Levy:<\/strong> Not a well thought-out plan to raise Sun-Times [newsstand price] by 100 percent \u2014 with zero increase in value. The end result of ownership with no publishing experience. Here\u2019s a thought: Sell more ads!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: For nearly 30 years, Chicago radio listeners knew WKQX 101.1-FM by its familiar branding as Q101. Now the Cumulus Media alternative rock station is about to call itself that again. \u201cChicago\u2019s Alternative Q101 is back home at its rightful place on the 101.1 frequency,\u201d Marv Nyren, vice president and market... 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\/33163"}],"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=33163"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33186,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33163\/revisions\/33186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}