- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, May 1, 2013
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Rick Kogan might be sentimental—just don't call him a sentimentalist
The storied Tribune columnist gets a "mea culpa" from Trib theater critic Chris Jones.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Apr 18, 2013
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Sundowners
These beloved country workhorses never toured or scored a hit, but their repertoire of 25,000 songs made them hugely influential on the alt-country scene.
- Music, Music Feature, Mar 6, 2013
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Here comes Mae Ya Carter Ryan
The 11-year-old Bronzeville native has a voice that sounds decades older than she is. People are starting to listen.
- Music, Three Beats, Sep 4, 2012
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Three Beats: Local nonprofit the Lost Childhoods uses hip-hop against youth violence
Plus: Dusty Groove clears out its basement with a 50-cent sidewalk sale, and Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis opens his show at Public Works
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 26, 2011
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A weather primer
A round-up of weather-related reporting.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 29, 2010
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New "Apple Station" Gets Attention From the Big Apple
Apple's investment in the North/Clybourn subway station catches the Big Apple's eye.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 14, 2010
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Randy Michaels's 119 Verboten Words, +1
Maybe Trib CEO Randy Michaels' list of forbidden words for WGN wasn't long enough.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 11, 2010
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The Several Dozen Words You Can't Say on WGN
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 5, 2010
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Blown Coverage
John Kass apologizes for a press with something to apologize for.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 29, 2009
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WGN Hosts Not Allowed to Call BS on BS
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 28, 2009
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WGN's Audience Isn't Small, just Gray
WGN radio has a big old audience
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 3, 2009
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Snuggle up with Tom Skilling
Benefit bootleg snuggies for weather enthusiasts
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2009
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TIFs on the Airwaves
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 12, 2009
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Pot Kettle Blog
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 28, 2009
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I do have a cable access show, and I still know how to party
- News & Features, Politics, Sep 10, 2009
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Funds and Games: Chicago 2016's "Stewardship Report"
A new donor report claims transparency but obscures details on who’s paying for the Olympic bid. And then there's the question of why they're paying.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 4, 2009
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Ed Schwartz, RIP
Longtime WGN, WLUP host Ed Schwartz passes away after a long illness.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 23, 2008
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In defense of WGN's logo
Is WGN's sexed-up new logo one of the year's worst?
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 16, 2008
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WGN's new Pig Virus
WGN acquires a Pig Virus, aka former WNBC and Clear Channel exec Kevin Metheny.
