WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

I regret to inform you that in order to understand the Jimmy Kimmel situation you may have to familiarize yourself with very boring things like a broadcast station megamerger and FCC ownership rules. I wrote about the Nextar-Tegna deal last month www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr on ABC: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way… There’s actions we can take on licensed broadcasters. It’s long past the time ..Disney say ‘We’re not gonna run Kimmel anymore… because we licensed broadcasters are running the possibly of fines or license revocation”

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

They are literally canceling culture

Folks, I don’t know what end is up right now.

Chicago Tonight | The Week in Review: Trump Threatens National Guard Deployment in Chicago; Northwestern President Stepping Down, with @bpopetv.bsky.social @vimiller.bsky.social @sdaniels27.bsky.social Madison Savedra & host @brandisfriedman.bsky.social news.wttw.com/2025/09/05/w...

BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

What a dreadful media landscape.

When fans talk about missing the old Chance "it strips away the fact that we’re all human. ... Each one of these [albums] are steps in my life, where it’s all cumulative.” Love this @bpopetv.bsky.social interview w/ Chance the Rapper on his new album:

You could call it a comeback. But for Chance The Rapper , his new #Starline album has been more about reconnection — with his craft, his heritage and the people of Chicago who contributed to his rise. 📝 We spoke about the journey for @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/18/c...

Wow, we knew Chicago native Chance the Rapper likes public transportation, since the video for his song "Angels" has him riding on top of an 'L' car. But he named his new album after transit advocacy website Star:Line Chicago! (Just kidding.) @starlinechicago.bsky.social ‪ @bpopetv.bsky.social

It happened: @bpopetv.bsky.social and I finally met in person! #NABJ25

Chicago Tonight | The Week in Review: City Council Approves Ethics Reforms; ‘Snap Curfew’ Veto Stands, with @bpopetv.bsky.social @adquig.bsky.social @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social @vimiller.bsky.social & host @ndblumberg.bsky.social

After 11 years with Weigel Broadcasting and 8 at WCIU, I’ve been laid off in a round of cuts impacting several talented journalists. Grateful for the journey, proud of the work, and optimistic about what’s next. Journalism/comm gigs — I’m a free agent. Let’s connect!

Hey Chicago, I’ll be emceeing the WCIU/ Chicago Sky float for Pride. Make some noise and say what’s up!

With the direct call outs to Trump, Pritzker’s re-election campaign announcement seems to strongly hint he’s looking to run for POTUS too

Chicago has a Marvel hero! Loved chatting with the stars of #Ironheart about filming in the city and the new Disney+ MCU series youtu.be/QMCy4lep8xk

Constantly in a cycle of asking “wtf are we doing?” And “does anyone else see what’s happening?”

Chicago Tonight | Week in Review: Chicago Gets a Pope; Senate Race Gets Crowded, with of @bpopetv.bsky.social @katpham.bsky.social @aliceyin.bsky.social Justin Laurence & host @ndblumberg.bsky.social

A Pope from Chicago, a win for the mayor, fights over CPS and CTA leadership and much more with the great panel of @bpopetv.bsky.social @katpham.bsky.social @aliceyin.bsky.social & Justin Laurence — 7pm on @wttw.bsky.social or streaming anytime!

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Breaks my heart to see the complete disregard for artists and human creativity in our society for Ai “art” trends

The Trump admin is currently refusing to enforce a 9-0 Supreme Court order against violations of due process. Meanwhile, Pres. Trump tells the Salvadoran president that he wants to deport “homegrown” US citizens, born in the U.S., to dangerous foreign prisons without due process. 5 alarm fire

Nico Iamaleava was right. And so was Tennessee. He had every right to want a renegotiation in today’s current landscape, and test the market for a better deal. And Tennessee has the right to evaluate Nico’s performance and determine he’s not worth it. Both suffer w/ system of no guardrails.

re-upping my position that raimi’s spider-man 2 is the single best superhero ever made, one of his best movies, and also the closest thing anyone has ever done to putting a silver age comic directly on screen

I can promise you: dishwashers have sucked for democrat AND republican administrations

We are days, maybe hours, away from DEI being blamed for the stock market crash

8 Million people tuned into a cast announcement livestream that was just a new chair revealed every 15 minutes. There is no superhero fatigue. Never was!

I have normal people with lives texting and asking me who Jeffrey Goldberg is. We've broken containment.

When the group chat of national security secrets you were accidentally added to starts getting juicy

26-year-old progressive influencer and media personality Kat Abughazaleh pits a primary challenge to Dem IL Rep. Jan Schakowsky, whose been a fixture in the House since 1999.

I have never seen a story like this. US officials like JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and Mike Waltz discussed the Yemen strike and confidential military operations in a Signal chat group and accidntally (?) added the Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Chicago Tonight | The Week in Review: CPS and CTU Say They’re Close to a Deal; Sun-Times Loses 20% of Its Journalists, with @bpopetv.bsky.social @aliceyin.bsky.social Rick Pearson @ndblumberg.bsky.social and the last (😭) from host Amanda Vinicky

#Severance season 2 finale was so good, I could have been convinced it was the end of the series. Ben Stiller and his outstanding crew stuck the landing. 👏🏿

This is kind of…problematic, yeah?

Please enjoy each basketball game equally. #MarchMadness #Severance

Happy #MarchMadness ! I think this is the bracket I’m most confident in. Very chalky Final Four. Who you got?

Fake Spring #1 had me fooled for the 43rd time. I will never learn.

Chicago rule No. 242: NEVER be fooled by a warm day in March

Given Speaker Johnson’s history of legal work, which he mentions here, I am struck by this response: it’s a lengthy diatribe, but none of it attributes a single crime to Khalil.

First of all

After Illinois residents cast nearly 400,000 ballots over five weeks in a contest to redesign the state flag, the overwhelming winner was … the current flag. to.wttw.com/3Flprcw

BREAKING: Chicago taxpayers should pay $280,000 to activist Miracle Boyd, who was struck by a Chicago Police officer during a protest in Grant Park near the Christopher Columbus statue in July 2020, city lawyers recommended. @wttw.bsky.social

I know there is A LOT going on, but the rise of artificial intelligence might be the most urgent of our times. Some AI experts are sounding more and more confident that the tech system will be smarter than humans by 2026 or 2027. e.newsletters.cnn.com/click?EYnJhb...

The draft executive action, obtained by NPR, acknowledges the department and its signature responsibilities were created by Congress, and cannot legally be altered without congressional approval.

There it is: Speaker of the House says Elon has already started running your Social Security through his AI.