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		<title>A modest proposal to seize control of TV news</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/a-modest-proposal-to-seize-control-of-local-tv-news/18471 </link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A discouraging new study of local television news in Los Angeles by the Norman Lear Center at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism inspired Mike James, editor of the essential online newsletter NewsBlues.com, to renew his offer last week to become America’s “News Czar.” (An offer, he points out, that has yet to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We report, you decide: Fox Chicago’s fix for local news</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/we-report-you-decide-fox-chicago%e2%80%99s-fix-for-local-news/18273 </link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robservations on the media beat: 

Big changes are in the works at WFLD-Channel 32 — but don’t expect to see them happen overnight. In meetings with staffers this week, Mike Renda, vice president and general manager of the Fox-owned station, and Carol Fowler, vice president and news director, declared the current model for local news [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>58</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chicago radio still tunes out women in morning-drive</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/chicago-radio-still-tunes-out-women-in-morning-drive/18158 </link>
				<comments>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/chicago-radio-still-tunes-out-women-in-morning-drive/18158#comment-</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Amy Jacobson signs on Wednesday as Big John Howell’s partner at Salem Communications news/talk WIND-AM (560), she’ll be joining one of Chicago’s most exclusive clubs: Women in morning-drive radio. And though her hiring addresses a glaring gender deficiency on the air at WIND, it’s hardly cause for celebration.
That’s because women remain pitifully underrepresented among all [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>64</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will half a reporter make ‘Chicago Tonight’ whole?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/will-half-a-reporter-make-%e2%80%98chicago-tonight%e2%80%99-whole/17980 </link>
				<comments>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/will-half-a-reporter-make-%e2%80%98chicago-tonight%e2%80%99-whole/17980#comment-</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three months after WTTW-Channel 11 cut veteran correspondent Rich Samuels from the staff of “Chicago Tonight” because of a “seven-figure shortfall” in the public television station’s budget, there’s a new reporter coming on-board. But in this case, the newcomer’s duties (and presumably his salary) will be split between Channel 11 and the nonprofit Chicago News [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dave Hoekstra’s 25 years of ‘adventure and discovery’</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/dave-hoekstra%e2%80%99s-25-years-of-%e2%80%98adventure-and-discovery%e2%80%99/17881 </link>
				<comments>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/dave-hoekstra%e2%80%99s-25-years-of-%e2%80%98adventure-and-discovery%e2%80%99/17881#comment-</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robservations on the media beat:

A hearty high five to my old pal Dave Hoekstra, one of the great unsung writers, columnists, storytellers and journalism treasures in town, on his 25th anniversary at the Chicago Sun-Times. The pride of Naperville Central High School (Class of 1973), Hoekstra, 54, brings the heart of a newspaperman and the soul of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Behind closed doors, angry Tribune CEO confronts staff</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/behind-closed-doors-angry-tribune-ceo-confronts-staff/17766 </link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robservations on the media beat:


Some who were there said it was an attempt to intimidate employees and identify a scapegoat. Others described it as an effort to assert authority and move beyond an embarrassing episode. But all agreed it was classic Randy Michaels: For close to 30 minutes Friday, the Tribune Co. CEO addressed a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trib CEO shoots the messenger — but misses the point</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/trib-ceo-shoots-the-messenger-%e2%80%94-but-misses-the-point/17694 </link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After what I wrote about Randy Michaels earlier this week, it’s no wonder the Tribune Co. CEO doesn’t care much for me. But who knew of his low regard for the whole business of bloggers?
The piece here about his edict banning 119 words and phrases from newscasts on news/talk WGN-AM (720) drew more than 100,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>107</slash:comments>
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		<title>It’s ‘Roe &amp; Roeper’: WLS adds new afternoon star</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/it%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98roe-roeper%e2%80%99-wls-adds-new-afternoon-star/17630 </link>
				<comments>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/it%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98roe-roeper%e2%80%99-wls-adds-new-afternoon-star/17630#comment-</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Roeper, star columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, author and nationally known movie critic, is about to add another title to his credits: Chicago radio talk host. He’s joining news/talk WLS-AM (890) as Roe Conn’s afternoon show partner.
Roeper, 50, will start on the Citadel Broadcasting station April 12. Airing from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>Checking in (boogie-wise) with Amy Landecker’s dad</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/checking-in-boogie-wise-with-amy-landecker%e2%80%99s-dad/17560 </link>
				<comments>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/checking-in-boogie-wise-with-amy-landecker%e2%80%99s-dad/17560#comment-</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robservations on the media beat:

After seeing a funny comment from him on this blog the other day, it was great to catch up with John Records Landecker, the Chicago radio legend and the man credited with inspiring more American teenagers to become disc jockeys than anyone else in the business. Nearly 40 years after he debuted [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo puts WGN news staffers at a loss for words</title>
		<link>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/memo-puts-wgn-news-staffers-at-a-loss-for-words/17374 </link>
				<comments>http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/memo-puts-wgn-news-staffers-at-a-loss-for-words/17374#comment-</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Feder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, you’d think the chief executive officer of a company struggling to emerge from bankruptcy and desperate to salvage an $8 billion buyout-gone-bad would have better things to do than pester his underlings with crazy proclamations. But in the case of Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels, you’d be wrong.

The man at the top of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>472</slash:comments>
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