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CN April 12 2018
Chris Fusco, Editor-in-Chief of the Chicago Sun-Times, is our guest this week. Fusco talks about the extraordinary challenges the Sun-Times and other media face in a market that’s only becoming more competitive. As newspaper, magazine and broadcast companies find themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Sun-Times, Chris Fusco, Leslie Baldacci, Linda Yu, Mary Mitchell, podcasts
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CN March 29 2018
The massive shredders and processors that tear apart cars and refrigerators and scrap metal at Clybourn and Webster seem out of place in today’s rapidly gentrifying North Branch, but only a few years ago the entire region – known as … Continue reading
CN March 22 2018
Not that many people voted in Tuesday’s Illinois primary – about a couple of million statewide – but they made some very important decisions, including throwing out Joe Berrios, the powerful, connected Cook County Assessor, and unseating two of Toni … Continue reading
CN March 8 2018
So how was your commute today? Quick run downtown on the Red line? Gliding into the Loop from Arlington Heights or Bolingbrook on the Metra? A Pace bus from Skokie, a crosstown CTA bus, or maybe paratransit? Oh, you … Continue reading
CN March 1 2018
Thousands of people in and around Chicago are signed up for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival, or DACA. But with President Trump’s insistence that he can’t support the program’s continuation without a number of concessions, the program has become a … Continue reading
CN Feb 22 2018
Three great friends, who haven’t been on the show for a while, visit to kick around the week’s news. The students of Douglas High School in Florida have captured our attention, especially after last night’s CNN Town Hall. There’s also … Continue reading
CN February 15 2018
Susana Mendoza, our state’s Comptroller, has emerged as one of Bruce Rauner’s most vocal opponents. And she wasn’t impressed with yesterday’s budget speech. She also tells us that she’s still strongly in JB’s corner, and she thinks the Quinn/Hampton mess … Continue reading
CN Feb 8 2018 Ed Zotti
On Monday, the City accepted four proposals from consortiums of companies interested in building a transit link between downtown Chicago and O’Hare airport. Mayor Emanuel expressed great pleasure about the amount of interest shown in the proposed project, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amtrak, Chicago Central Area Committee, CTA, CTA ridership declines, Ed Zotti, Elon Musk, Metra, O'Hare, the "L"
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CN Feb 1 2018
Robert Reed is a business columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He’s written on a broad range of topics from Net Neutrality to McDonald’s plastic cold drink cups, and he came to the table this week for a free-ranging conversation … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Chicago Tribune, CVS, McDonald's, Net Neutrality, retail, Robert Reed, Sears, Walgreen's
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