Another Chicago-based entertainment company has been purchased by a larger New York competitor in yet another repeat of Chicago traditions. Jam Theatricals has been purchased by the Nederlander Organization of New York, the company that operates Broadway in Chicago. As…

More Chicago Music Enters the Public Domain January 2020 After well nigh a century, it has finally arrived, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, as of this January, is now in the public domain. It was the number one hit of…

A Chicago Win: Nexstar to Revive WGN America January 2020 Chicago rarely wins when another company purchases a Chicago media company or cultural asset. Consider what happened to the Field Empire after its assets were purchased by Fox or how…

On Friday, October 4th, WTTW premiered their new art history program Art and Design in Chicago, sponsored by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Driehaus Foundation. Kudos to all for their good intentions. Chicago’s contributions in the visual…

The merger of Chicago-based Tribune Media and Sinclair Broadcast Group ended with a bang when Tribune Media terminated the agreement on August 8th and then sued Sinclair for damages. Variety Magazine posted the lawsuit on their website for anyone interested…

It may be hard to believe now but a century ago many Americans who lived between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains obtained their news and much of their printed entertainment from Chicago-based companies. Several Chicago-based magazines were among…

A final decision may be near in the long-running soap opera known as the Sinclair-Tribune Media Merger. The FCC’s comment period was extended and then the Chairman called for a Administrative review. There was a implication that Sinclair had played…

The FCC’s comment filing deadline draws nigh (July 12th) concerning the merger of Sinclair Broadcasting and Trib Media. At the time of this post there had been only 64 comments filed with the FCC. Of course, it is not just…

September 10th, 2018 As widely reported today the CBS Board has pushed Chief Executive Officer Les Mooves out due to credible reports of sexual harassment of women. What was less widely reported was that CBS and its majority shareholder have…

Used Car Dealer Buys Chicago’s Very Own WGN The merger of Maryland based Sinclair Broadcast and Chicago-based Trib Media seems to have morphed into the plot of a television farce comedy. As the merger of the two companies still exceeds…