Robert Channick

Robert Channick is a business reporter for the Tribune. A former broadcast consultant and radio station manager, he began freelancing for the Chicago Tribune in 2002, joining the Tribune staff as a business reporter in 2011. He has a bachelor's degree in English from Kenyon College and a master's in journalism from Northwestern University.

DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang fetches a food delivery from a new delivery robot called Dot on Sept. 29, 2025, at DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco. (Michael Liedtke/AP)

DoorDash to pay $18M to settle Chicago lawsuit over alleged deceptive pandemic business practices

November 14, 2025 at 4:28 p.m.

The lawsuit alleged DoorDash leveraged soaring demand for delivery by marking up menu items, listing restaurants on the platform without consent and adding a $1.50 “Chicago Fee.”

Deborah Norville in the WCIU-TV studio in Chicago's West Loop on Nov. 10, 2025. Norville is hosting “The Perfect Line,” a new quiz show airing on Channel 26. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Deborah Norville, the former ‘Inside Edition’ host and Chicago TV anchor, has a brand-new game

November 13, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

Deborah Norville, the former Chicago star who became the longest-serving female anchor in TV history at “Inside Edition,” is ready to try something different: game show host.

Uber announced a new program in Chicago and 25 other cities matching women drivers and passengers called Women Preferences. (Uber)

Amid scrutiny over sexual assaults, Uber adds new feature in Chicago matching women riders and women drivers

November 12, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

The Women Preferences feature will allow women riders to request women drivers and vice versa. Teens of both genders will also be able to request women drivers.

Owner and manager Dimitri Kladis, left, helps customer Maureen Cooke, of Arlington Heights, Nov. 6, 2025, at Mr. Submarine in Downers Grove. Cooke said she's been going to Mr. Submarine since she was 17. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)

Mr. Submarine celebrates 50th anniversary with 50 throwback Chicago TV commercials and 99-cent subs

November 7, 2025 at 12:22 p.m.

While the sub wars have seen national and local shops come and go over the years, Mr. Submarine is still around, a quirky throwback celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Toys are prepped for shipping on Sept. 11, 2025, at Learning Resources and hand2mind’s warehouse in Vernon Hills. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)

Supreme Court to hear arguments Wednesday in case brought by Vernon Hills toymaker over Trump tariffs

November 4, 2025 at 3:53 p.m.

Learning Resources filed a lawsuit in April arguing that the tariffs are beyond the scope of the 1977 law that allows a president to regulate international commerce as an emergency...

Cameo, the Chicago-based celebrity video messaging company, is seen in Chicago on Feb. 13, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Cameo sues OpenAI for trademark infringement over new AI-generated celebrity video app

October 29, 2025 at 5:04 p.m.

The lawsuit said the recent rollout of the “Cameo” feature as part of OpenAI’s video generation app,has already created growing “consumer confusion.”

Travelers sit and relax at Gene’s Bistro during the unveiling of the Central Market at Midway Airport in Chicago, Nov. 29, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)

Gene & Georgetti owner says the city is pushing her out at Midway to make way for Bally’s

October 29, 2025 at 12:45 p.m.

The owner of Gene & Georgetti, the iconic Chicago steak house, said she is being pushed out of her space at the Midway Airport concession area after five years to...

People walk past the Rivian store at Old Orchard in Skokie on Nov. 6, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

EV automaker Rivian laying off 4.5% of workforce ahead of R2 launch in Normal

October 23, 2025 at 5:01 p.m.

Rivian, which builds all of its electric pickups, SUVs and commercial vehicles in downstate Illinois, gave notice Thursday to more than 600 employees.

The headquarters for the newly merged Capital One and Discover Financial Services campus in Riverwoods on Oct. 21, 2025. It includes four buildings plus ponds, sky bridges and walking paths. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Capital One layoffs hitting former Discover headquarters in Riverwoods

October 21, 2025 at 5:38 p.m.

In August, Capital One filed a notice with the state that it was laying off 215 employees related to Discover’s home equity and refinance loans business. Capital One filed another...

A Fresh Del Monte Servi robot roams the produce section selling bananas on Sept. 25, 2025, at Jewel in Westmont. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)

Banana-selling robots pitch customers in test run at three suburban Jewel stores

October 20, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

From bananas to burgers, store aisles to sidewalks, an army of robots has descended upon Chicagoland with the singular mission to bring us food.

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