Kot, DeRogatis going public
Local rock critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis are taking their "Sound Opinions" program from commercial radio to public broadcasting. A new weekly one-hour version of their show is to...
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Super sensitive: Jackson spoof won’t be on TV
Last year's Super Bowl fiasco featuring Janet Jackson's breast exposure is providing fodder for an ad by beer giant Anheuser-Busch Cos., which buys more advertising time on the game than...
Burnett loses voice at Publicis
Roger Haupt, who gave in to the forces of consolidation when he orchestrated the sale of Chicago advertising giant Leo Burnett to Paris-based Publicis Groupe in 2002, is relinquishing a...
Kmart deals for Sears
In a stunning move that could forever alter one of Chicago's most enduring business icons, Kmart Holding Corp. pounced on Sears, Roebuck and Co. today in a $11 billion merger....
Kmart chief’s moves may mean merger with Sears
An investor tied to both Sears, Roebuck and Co. and rival Kmart Holding Corp. may move to significantly increase his stake in Sears and possibly propose to merge the two...
Hyatt doffs discounts, shows sensual side
Hyatt Hotels Corp., which hasn't run television advertising in a decade, on Monday returns to the airwaves in a big, racy way. In a new campaign from advertising agency Cramer-Krasselt,...
Strike threat at Sun-Times gains Ebert’s star power
In "Ebert and Roeper" parlance, it was the big thumbs up by Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times' film critic. He has declared that he will walk out with his colleagues...
WLS-AM boss inherits range of challenges
When John Gallagher walks into ABC Radio-owned WLS-AM 890 as the new general manager, he may have wished he had stayed in Detroit. Facing a sluggish advertising market that is...
Reinsdorf, Mariotti feud colors radio pact
Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti and White Sox and Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf have only one thing in common: They share ESPN Radio's WMVP-AM 1000. But the two may not...
Sun-Times packs up for trip
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown has seen a lot of characters walk in and out of the dumpy 47-year-old newsroom at 401 N. Wabash Ave. There was the day in...