With looming plans for her OWN (Oprah Wnfrey Network) cable channel to bow in the next few years, Chicago's media icon is caught between whether to re-up CBS' distribution of the "Oprah Winfrey Show' or to move the entire operation to Los Angeles to be filmed and distributed through OWN.

Robert Feder asks the question and profiles Bill Kurtis. Who do you think should be on the local news Mt. Rushmore?

Vocalo's Robert Feder talks to Mike Barz. Barz wants the world to know he never groped, fondled or even hugged the co-worker whose complaint against him led to his firing as morning news anchor at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32.

The Chicago News Cooperative (CNC), which launched last week, is not, singlehandedly, going to reverse [the local news] decline. It is a start-up, and many major tests are still to come.

It's happened before and it's happening again - Media Democracy Day is being held in Chicago. Join fellow progressive media professionals and activists to discuss how we can work together to create more media democracy and media justice, important steps to building a just society.

The Chicago News Cooperative (CNC) Wednesday announced that the Chicago Tribune's leading City Hall reporter has joined the staff of the new multi-platform news venture that will offer public service reporting about Chicago for the New York Times, the city's public television station and on the Internet.

The Chicago News Cooperative announced Tuesday that Chicago Tribune Chief business correspondent and Chicago Public Radio business contributor David Greising will join them.