{"id":5806,"date":"2014-11-30T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=5806"},"modified":"2014-11-30T13:55:49","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T19:55:49","slug":"chicagos-top-10-media-stories-for-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/11\/30\/chicagos-top-10-media-stories-for-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago\u2019s top 10 media stories for November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NUkpQuq2uzE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The demise after only nine months of <a href=\"http:\/\/thegamechicago.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Game 87.7 FM, <\/a>Chicago\u2019s first FM sports\/talk station, topped local media news in November.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that some of the station\u2019s employees first learned their fate from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertFeder\/status\/535506265405800448\" target=\"_blank\">a tweet <\/a>(\"We found out from Robert Feder while we were on the freakin' air,\u201d midday host Ben Finfer told listeners) attracted\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2014\/11\/chicago-sports-radio-hosts-find-out-they-are-getting-fired-on-air-act-accordingly\" target=\"_blank\">nationwide attention<\/a> to the story and prompted calls for other employers to consider how they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/columnists\/ct-rosenthal-bosses-bad-news-strategy-1130-biz-20141129-column.html\" target=\"_blank\">deliver bad news<\/a> in an age of social media.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are the 10 most notable Chicago media stories of the month. <em>To read the original posts, click on the headlines:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/20\/tribune-media-turning-off-the-game-87-7-fm-dropping-johnny-b-garry-meier\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tribune Media turning off The Game 87.7 FM; dropping Johnny B., Garry Meier<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/18\/talk-radio-tumult-wolf-walker-go-at-it-on-race\/\" target=\"_blank\">Talk radio tumult: Bruce Wolf, Kelli Walker go at it on race<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/10\/chicago-anchor-sues-telemundo-over-2013-firing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago anchor sues Telemundo over firing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/11\/marianne-murciano-tamron-hall-took-my-job\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marianne Murciano: \u2018Tamron Hall took my job'<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/15\/ramonski-luv-joins-soul-106-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">He\u2019s back: Ramonski Luv joins Soul 106.3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/12\/tribune-in-no-rush-to-replace-one-of-a-kind-jane-hirt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tribune in no rush to replace \u2018one of a kind\u2019 Jane Hirt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/17\/closing-bell-tolls-for-first-business-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Closing bell tolls for \u2018First Business News\u2019 at Weigel Broadcasting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/05\/tribunes-place-in-the-burbs-23-5-million\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tribune buys place in the \u2019burbs for $23.5 million<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/03\/roe-conn-plotting-radio-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roe Conn plotting radio comeback<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10.<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/11\/01\/fahey-flynn-heads-silver-circle-honor-roll\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fahey Flynn heads 2015 Silver Circle honor roll<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The demise after only nine months of The Game 87.7 FM, Chicago\u2019s first FM sports\/talk station, topped local media news in November. The fact that some of the station\u2019s employees first learned their fate from a tweet (\"We found out from Robert Feder while we were on the freakin' air,\u201d midday host Ben Finfer told... <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/11\/30\/chicagos-top-10-media-stories-for-november\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/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\/5806"}],"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=5806"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5810,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806\/revisions\/5810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}