Monthly Archives: February 2016

Tribune Media to be dismembered

    When WGN recently placed its North side studios up for sale following rumors that venerable Trib Tower was for sale by Tribune Media, it was a clear harbinger of the pending demise of Chicago-based Tribune Media, the fossil

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Jazz Record Mart

  Chicago’s cultural economy just became a little smaller with the loss of the Jazz Record Mart. As reported in all of Chicago’s mainstream media. The owner, Bob Koester, has sold his record inventory, his brand name and website to

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Chicago a television desert

  With the recent announcement that the producers of the Chicago-based Steve Harvey Show are contemplating a move out of Chicago, the Chicago Tribune recently ran an article in their Sunday entertainment section (January 24,) chronicling Chicago’s history in the

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