{"id":8900,"date":"2015-09-21T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=8900"},"modified":"2015-09-21T06:23:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:23:15","slug":"robservations-chicago-publishers-welcome-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/09\/21\/robservations-chicago-publishers-welcome-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Chicago publishers \u2018welcome\u2019 New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"New<\/a>

<\/a> New York Post<\/p><\/div>\n

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

\"Jim<\/a>

Jim Kirk<\/p><\/div>\n

The publishers of Chicago\u2019s two major daily newspapers don\u2019t seem bothered a bit by the arrival<\/a> this week of the New York Post<\/a> on local newsstands. In fact, the Chicago Tribune <\/a>stands to benefit since it\u2019s getting paid to deliver the Big Apple tabloid to retail locations here. \u201cChicago Tribune Media Group is proud to be a distribution partner for the\u00a0New York Post,\u201d says Tribune publisher Tony Hunter.<\/strong> The move marks a return for Rupert Murdoch\u2019s<\/strong> News Corp., which owned the Sun-Times <\/a>from 1984 to 1986. \"We welcome another paper to the market and wish the Post a lot of luck,\u201d says Jim Kirk,<\/strong> publisher and editor in chief of the Sun-Times. \u201cAs Chicago's hometown newspaper, we're confident our readers will continue to turn to us for our great local news, sports, political and feature content daily in print, and 24\/7 online.\u201d Adds Kirk: \u201cYou do have to wonder what it means for RedEye. <\/a>I'd worry a little bit about overlap between the two in certain areas.\"\u00a0(Not nearly as friendly was\u00a0Chicago magazine,\u00a0<\/a>owned by Chicago Tribune Media Group, which headlined its story: \u201cThe New York Post is Coming to Chicago and We\u2019re Not Sure What We Did to Deserve This.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\"Janet<\/a>

Janet Davies<\/p><\/div>\n

For the first time in a generation,\u00a0Janet Davies<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Mark Giangreco<\/strong>\u00a0are going to have competition for their New Year\u2019s Eve show on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a>\u00a0NBC-owned\u00a0WMAQ-Channel 5\u00a0<\/a>has\u00a0announced plans to broadcast\u00a0\u201cChi-Town Rising,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0described as a \u201cspectacular outdoor celebration with headliner musical acts on multiple stages, unprecedented fireworks display and a countdown like no other\u201d to ring in 2016. No talent has been named for the NBC 5 special, but it\u2019s clear ABC 7 has its work cut out. Davies has helped Chicagoans celebrate every New Year since 1991. Giangreco joined her for the annual countdown four years later.<\/p>\n

\"Frank<\/a>

Frank Mathie<\/p><\/div>\n

Although veteran Chicago newsman Frank Mathie<\/strong> officially retired from WLS-Channel 7 <\/a>in 2006, he never really left the ABC-owned station. Instead he\u2019s continued as a freelance contributor, delivering human-interest feature stories with his unique touch. Via agent Joel Weisman,<\/strong> Mathie, 74, just extended his contract to April 2017, when he\u2019ll mark his 50th year at ABC 7. \u201cI\u2019m really excited about it,\u201d Mathie says. \u201cTo be going 50 years at one place, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s ever been done before.\u201d Closing in on five decades, the dean of \u201cEyewitness News\u201d says he still loves the work: \u201cI get to meet interesting people and do features I like. Face it, I\u2019ve got a fun racket.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Melody<\/a>

Melody Mendez<\/p><\/div>\n

Now that Jon Kelley<\/strong> has announced<\/a> he\u2019s leaving Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32,<\/a> all eyes are on his \u201cGood Day Chicago\u201d anchor partner Melody Mendez.<\/strong> With her contract up in November, Mendez may be the next to leave the dismally low-rated morning show, which she co-anchors from 4:30 to 7 a.m. According to insiders, the station has not picked up her option. The New England native and Boston University graduate joined Fox 32 in November 2013 after stops in Denver, Seattle, Champaign, Illinois, and Jackson, Tennessee. Mendez was part of a wave of hires by news director Tom Doerr<\/strong> that included Kelley, Natalie Bomke<\/strong> and Jake Hamilton.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/a>

Jim White<\/p><\/div>\n

Jim White,<\/strong> chief engineer of classical WFMT FM 98.7 <\/a>and president of Chicago Radio Engineers, was found dead at his home in Evanston last week. His death was believed to be related to complications from Crohn\u2019s disease, according to Radio World.<\/a> \u201cThe second Jim walked in the door at WFMT he impacted everyone greatly,\u201d wrote<\/a> Mark Jahnke,<\/strong> vice president and chief technology officer at the Window to the World Communications station, where White worked since February. \u201cIn the short time Jim has been here he improved the sound quality of our broadcast tremendously, enhanced processes and standardized procedures.\u201d White, who consulted for numerous other radio stations, held a doctorate in electrical engineering from Northwestern University. Funeral arrangements are pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: The publishers of Chicago\u2019s two major daily newspapers don\u2019t seem bothered a bit by the arrival this week of the New York Post on local newsstands. In fact, the Chicago Tribune stands to benefit since it\u2019s getting paid to deliver the Big Apple tabloid to retail locations here. \u201cChicago Tribune... 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\/8900"}],"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=8900"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8917,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900\/revisions\/8917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}