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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 28, 2011
I hear Al Jazeera English is opening a Chicago bureau

Al Jazeera English to open Chicago bureau
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News Bites, Al Jazeera English, John Hendren, ABC News, WTTW

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 19, 2011
Al Jazeera coming to WTTW

WTTW will begin carrying Al Jazeera English
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News Bites, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English, WTTW

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Movies, Movie Review, Apr 28, 2011
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The Tube’s First Concept Humorist

Letterman, Conan owe mid-century comedian Ernie Kovacs
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Ernie Kovacs, WTTW, NBC, Saturday Night Live, SCTV, Monty Python's Flying Circus, comedy, The Ernie Kovacs Collection, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 21, 2011
Opposable Thumbs

Ebert Presents at the Movies premieres tonight on WTTW, Channel 11.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Roger Ebert, Ebert Presents at the Movies, WTTW, Channel 11, Christy Lemire, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Kim Morgan, Carol Reed, The Third Man, Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, movies, television

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 4, 2011
Host With the Most

Reader contributor Ignatiy Vishnevetsky has been named co-host of WTTW's forthcoming program Ebert Presents At the Movies
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, WTTW, film critics, television, movies

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News & Features, Politics, Nov 18, 2010
The Silver Lining Party

Despite costly losses at the polls, the Illinois Greens insist they aren't blue.
- by Kari Lydersen
- Tags: Politics, Green Party, Jeremy Karpen, Toni Berrios, Rich Whitney, Tom Tresser, Illinois Green Party, Bill Brady, Phil Huckelberry, WTTW, WTTW lawsuit, Julia Maish, LeAlan Jones, Kenny Williams, Roseland, Anthony Williams, Alberto Bocanegra, Cook County Green Party, George Cardenas, Rod Blagojevich, Scott Lee Cohen, Thom Clark, Community Media Workshop, Lucky Mosqueda, Gender JUST

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News & Features, Media, Apr 29, 2010
What the Old Media Owes the New Media

A citizen journalist is smarting from a slight by Chicago Tonight.
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, vice mayor, Bernie Stone, 50th Ward, Lake Effect News, Hugh Devlin, Welles Park Bulldog, Monica Schulter, Eugene Schulter, Gene Schulter, 47th Ward, Aaron Stern, WTTW, Chicago Tonight, Phil Ponce, Lorraine Swanson, Central Square Ledger, FOIA, stealth payroll, City Council Finance Committee, hyperlocal, Mike Fourcher, Lincoln Square, North Center, Ravenswood Manor, Center Square Journal, Jane Rickard, Rich Samuels, Ash-har Quraishi, Mary Field, citizen journalism

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 8, 2010
The Reader on the (Public) Airwaves

Ben Joravsky on Chicago Tonight; Hunter Clauss on 848.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Media, Politics, Clout City, Ben Joravsky, WTTW, Chicago Tonight, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, Ron Huberman, school cutbacks, Hunter Clauss, 848, WBEZ, Walter Burnett, City Council’s Committee on Police and Fire

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 16, 2009
Reader Critics Discuss Holiday Theater

Reader critics Kerry Reid and Zac Thompson among guests on Chicago Tonight
- by Tony Adler
- Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Arts, Kerry Reid, Zac Thompson, WTTW, Chicago Tonight

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 6, 2009
Is This the Future of Chicago Journalism?
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News Bites, Chicago Community Trust, Community News Matters, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, John D. and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation, Columbia College, Chicago Tribune, Gapers Block Media, Loyola University Chicago, Benito Juarez Community Academy, South Suburban Publishing, Chicago Association of Hispanic Journalists, Chicago Youth Voices Network, Community Media Workshop, Jack Doppelt, Medill School of Journalism, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago Scoop, Better Government Association, Beachwood Reporter, Brad Flora, Windy Citizen, Terry Mazany, Chicago Matters, WTTW, Chicago Public Radio, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Reporter, Vivian Vahlberg

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 22, 2009
"Chicago News Cooperative" Will Serve New York Times and Local Media
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News Bites, News, Chicago News Cooperative, James O'Shea, WTTW, WBEZ, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Peter Osnos, Evan Osnos, Public Affairs Books, Ann Marie Lilpinski, Dan Schmidt, Martin Koldyke, Newton Minow, Michael Davies, Jim Warren, Harvard Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Bill Parker, Tony Majeri, Atalaya Capital Management

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News & Features, Politics, Sep 10, 2009
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.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Rod Blagojevich, The Governor, Chicago 2016, Olympics, stewardship report, donors, 3M, Abbott, Baxter International, BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, AT&T, Bank of America, Jewel-Osco, William Wrigley Jr. Company, MacArthur Foundation, Pritzker Foundation, Chicago Bears, Dr. Scholl Foundation, Neighborhood Capital Budget Development Group, Winston & Strawn, Foley & Lardner, Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium, Children's Museum, People's Gas, Exelon, Boeing, John Buck, CNA, Navteq, United Airlines, F.H. Paschen, TIFs, Walsh Construction, William Blair, Edgar Jannotta, parking meter lease deal, Katten Muchen Rosenman, Morgan Stanley, Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Sam Zell, CBS 2, NBC 5-Telemundo Chicago, ABC 7, WGN, WTTW, USA Today, Chicago Defender, Chicago magazine, Polskie Radio, Fox Chicago, Korea Times, N'digo, transparency, pay to play

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 7, 2009
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Mick Dumke discusses the Illinois election season on Chicago Tonight
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Media, Politics, Clout City, Mick Dumke, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois politics, state elections, GOP, Lisa Madigan, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago politics, Mark Kirk, Chicago Tonight, WTTW, Carol Marin, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 24, 2009
John Callaway

WTTW's John Callaway dies suddenly.
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: News, News Bites, WTTW, Huffington Post, Chicago Journalism Town Hall, Ben Goldberger, Ken Davis, John Callaway

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Blogs, Bleader, May 19, 2009
Dumke on the air

The Chicago Reader's Mick Dumke will discuss Chicago's parking meter follies on WTTW and WBEZ.
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: News, News Bites, Chicago Reader, Wbez, WTTW, Eight Forty-Eight, Mick Dumke, Chicago Tonight, Chicago parking meter follies

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The Old Town School of Folk Music and WYCC partner to present a promising new TV program featuring international music concerts taped at the school's concert hall.

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River North quadruple-level wine bar is populist on a grand scale.

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Answering questions about Harold Washington and Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett

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'It seemed to me the perfect scene of a literary fantasy'

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A Good Man: Bill T. Jones, a documentary on the artistic process from Chicago directors Gordon Quinn and Bob Hercules, airs tonight on PBS.

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Al Jazeera English to open Chicago bureau

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WTTW will begin carrying Al Jazeera English

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Letterman, Conan owe mid-century comedian Ernie Kovacs

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Ebert Presents at the Movies premieres tonight on WTTW, Channel 11.

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Reader contributor Ignatiy Vishnevetsky has been named co-host of WTTW's forthcoming program Ebert Presents At the Movies

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Despite costly losses at the polls, the Illinois Greens insist they aren't blue.

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A citizen journalist is smarting from a slight by Chicago Tonight.

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Ben Joravsky on Chicago Tonight; Hunter Clauss on 848.

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Reader critics Kerry Reid and Zac Thompson among guests on Chicago Tonight

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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.

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WTTW's John Callaway dies suddenly.

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The Chicago Reader's Mick Dumke will discuss Chicago's parking meter follies on WTTW and WBEZ.