{"id":8716,"date":"2015-09-08T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=8716"},"modified":"2015-09-08T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T14:00:12","slug":"robservations-lots-of-company-for-kaplan-at-espn-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/09\/08\/robservations-lots-of-company-for-kaplan-at-espn-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Lots of company for Kaplan at ESPN 1000"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"David<\/a>

<\/a> David Kaplan<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Look for Sarah Spain, Jeff Dickerson, Jonathan Hood<\/strong> and Ben Finfer<\/strong> to turn up with David Kaplan<\/strong> when \u201cKap & Co.\u201d debuts September 16 on ESPN Radio sports\/talk WMVP AM 1000.<\/a> The new show will air from noon to 2 p.m. weekdays, shifting John \u201cJurko\u201d Jurkovic<\/strong> and Carmen DeFalco<\/strong>\u00a0to 9 a.m. to noon. After 20 years at Tribune Media news\/talk WGN AM 720,<\/a> Kaplan last week secured an early release from his contract to join ESPN 1000. \u201cKap is by far one of the most recognizable voices in Chicago, and few in the city have the breadth of knowledge and passion for sports and relationships with the people here that he has,\u201d said program director Adam Delevitt,<\/strong> who first worked with Kaplan as an intern at WGN in 1998. Friday marks the final broadcast of Kaplan\u2019s morning show on WGNplus.com<\/a> and Comcast SportsNet Chicago<\/a> with David Haugh,<\/strong> who continues as\u00a0Chicago Tribune<\/a> sports columnist.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Regis<\/a>

Regis Philbin<\/p><\/div>\n

Television legend Regis Philbin<\/strong> will join Melissa Forman<\/strong> and Jeanne Sparrow<\/strong> as guest host of \u201cYou & Me This Morning\u201d<\/a> on Friday, September 18. The show airs from 6 to 9 a.m. weekdays on Weigel Broadcasting WCIU-Channel 26.<\/a> (Philbin will be on from 7 to 9 a.m.) Philbin, 84, hosted the nationally syndicated \u201cLive! with Regis and Kathie Lee\u201d and \u201cLive! with Regis and Kelly\u201d from 1988 to 2011. He\u2019s also an old friend of executive producer Rob Morhaim,<\/strong> whom Philbin called \u201cas smart as any TV producer I\u2019ve ever met,\u201d adding: \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to being in Chicago again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Susan<\/a>

Susan Smith Richardson<\/p><\/div>\n

After 43 years as one of the nation\u2019s premier journals on race relations and poverty, the Chicago Reporter<\/a> is going out of print. Editor and publisher Susan Smith Richardson<\/strong> announced<\/a> last week that her team's work will continue strictly online except for one annual issue \u201chighlighting our best investigations from the year and a few new features \u2014 interviews, essays, book reviews.\u201d Published by the nonprofit Community Renewal Society, the Reporter began as a monthly newsletter in 1972 and shifted to a quarterly magazine in 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Maggie<\/a>

Maggie Wartik<\/p><\/div>\n

Maggie Wartik,<\/strong> who\u2019s been a rising star at Chicago Tribune Media Group since 2005, has been named general manager of the company\u2019s newly formed Young Adult vertical, including RedEye Chicago,<\/a> Metromix,<\/a> The Mash<\/a> and ChicagoNow.<\/a> At RedEye and Metromix she succeeds Amy Guth,<\/strong> who resigned<\/a> in May. Wartik most recently was general manager of \u200esuburban weekly publications, including Pioneer Press and TribLocal. She previously oversaw all communications and public relations initiatives for Chicago Tribune Media Group and was the first project manager for The Mash, the weekly newspaper and website for teens.<\/p>\n

\"Kerry<\/a>

Kerry Lester<\/p><\/div>\n

Chicago\u2019s newest columnist is Kerry Lester,<\/strong> award-winning senior writer and veteran political reporter for the Daily Herald. <\/a>The Suburban Rundown,<\/em> described as \u201can energetic look at what's happening in the suburbs and at the people who make it happen,\u201d appears Mondays and Thursdays. Between stints at the Daily Herald, Lester served as Springfield bureau chief for the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

\"Dave<\/a>

Dave McKinney<\/p><\/div>\n

Dave McKinney,<\/strong> former Springfield bureau chief and political writer for the Sun-Times,<\/a> has joined the Midwest bureau of Thomson Reuters<\/a> as a full-time reporter focusing on breaking news and analysis on Illinois and Chicago finance, government and politics. McKinney quit the Sun-Times after 19 years last fall, citing interference from the campaign of Republican candidate (and now governor)\u00a0Bruce Rauner.<\/strong> Since then McKinney has written for the New York Times, Chicago magazine and Crain\u2019s Chicago Business.<\/p>\n

\"Alejandra<\/a>

Alejandra Cancino<\/p><\/div>\n

Alejandra Cancino<\/strong> has resigned after six years as labor and manufacturing reporter for the Chicago Tribune to begin a journalism fellowship with The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research<\/a> at the University of Chicago. \u201cSometimes a dream job is better than you expected,\u201d she told colleagues in an email. \u201cSome days, it was a fucking nightmare. But, now, as I face the end of my road at the Trib, I\u2019m thankful. Thankful to have worked with such talented reporters and photojournalists; thankful to have given people a voice and thankful to have learn to \u2018be myself and speak my own name.\u2019\u00a0\u201d<\/p>\n

\"David<\/a>

David Axelrod<\/p><\/div>\n

David Axelrod,<\/strong> the former White House senior advisor who now directs the Institute of Politics <\/a>at the University of Chicago, has been named a senior political commentator for CNN. <\/a>He previously was a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. \u201cThrilled to join excellent CNN team as senior political commentator,\u201d he tweeted.<\/a> \u201c \u201916 race already fascinating. No better forum to talk about big stories!\u201d Before he became a political consultant, Axelrod spent eight years as a reporter and columnist for the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n

\"Jeff<\/a>

Jeff Goldblatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Jeff Goldblatt<\/strong> is \u201cexploring all options\u201d after three years as chief news anchor and managing editor at KENS-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Antonio, Texas. His contract was not renewed. A former Chicago-based correspondent for Fox News Channel, Goldblatt spent two years as main news anchor at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32.<\/a> He later worked as a freelance reporter and fill-in anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dan<\/a>

Dan Mason<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s \u201cwait until next year\u201d for Eric Ferguson<\/strong> and Kathy Hart<\/strong> when it comes to the National Radio Hall of Fame. <\/a>Nominated for the first time, the top-rated morning team fell short when the 2015 winners were announced last week. This year\u2019s class: Ron Owens<\/strong> (San Francisco), Kurt \u201cBig Boy\u201d Alexander<\/strong> (Los Angeles), Elvis Duran<\/strong> (New York), Clark Howard<\/strong> (Atlanta), Dave Ramsey<\/strong> (Nashville), Bob Kevoian<\/strong> & Tom Griswold<\/strong> (Indianapolis), Dan Mason<\/strong> (New York) and the late Scott Muni<\/strong> (New York). Induction ceremonies will be November 5 in Chicago.<\/p>\n

\"Donald<\/a>

Donald M. Schwartz<\/p><\/div>\n

Donald M. Schwartz,<\/strong> who was a reporter and feature writer for the Sun-Times for 33 years, died Friday at his home in Northfield. He was 88. \u00a0A native of Clayton, Missouri, and graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism at University of Missouri in Columbia, Schwartz worked for radio stations in Gary and South Bend, Indiana, before joining the Sun-Times, where he covered a wide range of stories from the late 1950s until the early \u201990s. Funeral services will be Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Look for Sarah Spain, Jeff Dickerson, Jonathan Hood and Ben Finfer to turn up with David Kaplan when \u201cKap & Co.\u201d debuts September 16 on ESPN Radio sports\/talk WMVP AM 1000. The new show will air from noon to 2 p.m. weekdays, shifting John \u201cJurko\u201d Jurkovic and Carmen DeFalco\u00a0to 9... 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\/8716"}],"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=8716"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8735,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8716\/revisions\/8735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}