Plus: Chicago’s Small Town Sports Announcers
1. Arsenio’s Loss Is Tribune’s Gain.
That’s one way to spin it – after all, Tribune put him back on the air again in the first place.
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Side note: Arsenio Says Hip-Hop Saved His Life.
“Don Cornelius is an idol, was an idol. Oprah, an idol. But they didn’t like hip-hop. That was the best thing that ever happened to me. I think Oprah would be cool with me saying that. Until she started hanging out with Jay Z, it wasn’t on Oprah’s radar. Oprah wasn’t in Chicago, saying, ‘When does Common perform?’ That’s not what she was dealing with. I got to have all of that. That became the great story. Don Cornelius did not like Q-Tip, so I got all of that.”
2. WGN America To Drop Chicago Sports.
“If the Cubs continue on this path to virtual irrelevancy, it’s really not going to matter,” CEO Peter Ligouri says. “When you look at the Bulls, the White Sox, the Cubs and the Blackhawks, outside of the greater Chicago (area), they really do lose their attraction.”
So, not a believer in Theo’s Plan.
3. Cubs TV Analyst Buys $1.35 Million Home.
Didn’t he read that Crain’s article?
4. TV Screens Can Never Be Too Big.
“Chicago-based electronics store Abt is expanding its warehouse space by nearly 30 percent, in part to accommodate bigger TVs.”
5. Comcast’s Lobbyists Are Pretty Damned Chummy With Top Antitrust Feds.
And vice versa.
6. Almost Every Junior High School Kid In America Watches TV Every Day.
Our reaction.
7. “Chicago is a big small town.”
Sadly.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on July 16, 2014