By Steve Rhodes

First let’s go to the Beachwood vault, Item 3, May 19, 2014:
“Oops, WGN re-broadcast a show from 2005. Or at least that’s what it seemed like when they aired “Chickens in the City: Urban coops growing in popularity” last Thursday.
“Gawker has been making fun of the trend since 2007, which means the “trend” is at least seven years old, and the truth is it was barely even a trend then.
“In 2009, Jack Shafer named urban chicken-raising as one of his bogus trends of the week in Slate.
“Shafer even named the WGN’s sister Tribune as a chief culprit in conveying nonexistent nonsense:

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Posted on May 9, 2019

By Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (“Sinclair” or the “Company”) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (“Disney”) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sinclair will acquire the equity interests in 21 Regional Sports Networks (the “RSNs”) and Fox College Sports, which were acquired by Disney in its acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (“21st Century Fox”).
The transaction ascribes a total enterprise value to the RSNs equal to $10.6 billion, reflecting a purchase price of $9.6 billion, after adjusting for minority equity interests. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Posted on May 6, 2019

By Free Press

Free Press condemned the Federal Communications Commission on Monday for failing to prioritize broadcast diversity in the agency’s quadrennial-review proceeding on media ownership.
The Trump FCC is considering changes to – or the elimination of – three primary rules: the local radio-ownership rule; the local television-ownership rule, and; the dual-network rule. Each was put in place to help fulfill the agency’s central mandate: promoting localism, diversity and competition over the public airwaves.

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Posted on May 1, 2019

By Common Dreams

Name and shame.
That’s the dual directive from a new report that calls on news organizations to use appropriate language when discussing the climate crisis – even as the report calls them out for inaction.
The report, ‘Call It a Crisis’: The Role of U.S. Network News in Communicating the Urgency of Climate Change, – analyzed the coverage by ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News to determine just how much urgency the influential outlets bring to their reporting.

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Posted on April 29, 2019

By Wolf King 2005/YouTube

Featuring: Moods Bar & Grill, Perfect Pitch Auto Repair, Lansing Floral Shop, Huck Finn Restaurants, In Print Graphics, Everyday Choices, and Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Posted on April 17, 2019

By Jonathan Pie, TV Reporter!

“Donald Trump says wind turbines cause cancer. Pie says Trump’s a twat.”

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Posted on April 15, 2019

By AP

“An upscale California suburb is filing suit against a homeowner who created an homage to the 1960s cartoon family, the Flintstones. Hillsborough wants retired publishing mogul Florence Fang to remove her dinosaur statues and painted mushrooms.”

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Posted on April 4, 2019

Hi There!
My name is Brandon Nickens and I’m a Casting Producer at Studio Lambert, the TV production company behind hit shows such as Undercover Boss. We’re currently casting for a very exciting new reality series for Netflix called The Circle US. I’d love your help spreading the word, as we’ll soon be holding open auditions in Chicago from April 10th through April 15th.

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Posted on March 31, 2019

1 a.m.: Meditation for All of Us
2 a.m.: Be Your Own Health Hero
3:30 a.m.: The Age Fix With Anthony Youn, MD
5 a.m.: Sit and Be Fit – Fit From Head to Toe
5:30 a.m.: Classical Stretch by Essentrics – Ab & Core Strength Workout
6 a.m.: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! – Mind to Change; Curious Minds
6:30 a.m.: Ready Jet Go! – A Hammer and a Feather; Commander Mom

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Posted on March 22, 2019

By Julia Conley/Common Dreams

John Oliver once again zeroed in on an injustice perpetrated on the American people and is taking direct action – this time focusing his attention on robocalls and the Trump administration’s refusal to combat them.
Oliver’s unveiled on Last Week Tonight Sunday that his production team had set up an automated message that was programmed to dial the Federal Communications Commission every 90 minutes.

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Posted on March 12, 2019