By Steve Rhodes
I wish I had time today – boy, do I! – to get to the Tronc bid to acquire Wrapports, owner of the Sun-Times and the Reader, but I don’t. So I’ll just leave you with this reminder of that infamous Tronc training video.
Ooops, it’s gone!
Hopefully tomorrow I can piece something together. In the meantime, here’s some other stuff.
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The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Ty Segall, The Old 97s, Lincoln Durham, Poi Dog Pondering, Charly Bliss, Los Black Dogs, The Handcuffs, The Collectors, Mastodon, Rival Sons, Ian Hunter, The Cult, Dean, Soft Jolts, Stomatopod, Suzi Analogue, Demdike Stare, and Anthony Janas.
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The Trews: Cozy Propaganda
What happens when pols sit on the couch, visit The View, do Fallon.
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Chicago’s Fabulous Fountains
Noteworthy, amusing and surprising stories about these gems.
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United Is Too Tight
“‘Tightness’ describes a specific type of workplace culture, one that’s filled with rules so absolute that employees must follow them to the letter. In contrast, when an organization has fewer standardized rules, entrusting workers to improvise on the job, it has a culture of ‘looseness.’ Think startups like Airbnb, where employees bring their dogs to work or take impromptu breaks in a spaceship-themed game room.
“United is at the opposite end of this continuum. And simply put, if it does not curtail its tightness, we can expect more turbulence ahead.”
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BeachBook
Obama’s Deportation Policy Was Even Worse Than We Thought.
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The Autocrat’s Language.
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Workers say Walmart descriminated against thousands of pregnant workers, including here in Illinois.
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Logan Square Experiences Cultural Revival (For Gentrifiers).
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How Tax Breaks Are Helping The Richest U.S. Colleges Get Richer.
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Burger King Got Caught In A Whopper.
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Bumble Bee Caught In Tuna Price-Fixing Case.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
NSA violated its minimization procedures 85% of the time it queried 702 w/US Persons’ 704 data, Nov’15-May’16 #FAA https://t.co/xeuYUDOVNn
— Laura K. Donohue (@Laura_K_Donohue) May 15, 2017
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45 police officers killed by domestic extremists since 2001. 10 killed by leftwing, 34 by rightwing, & one by homegrown Islamist extremists. https://t.co/ySITtr22pS
— nifty james (@niftyjames) May 15, 2017
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He acts as if he didn’t have a huge spin machine, as well as a historic hostility to the press that was the worst in decades before Trump.
Obama’s answer to JFK’s grandson about distinguishing between what’s true and what’s false https://t.co/augtLDVGo6 pic.twitter.com/Aj0xDtvCbJ
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 15, 2017
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Were they “in offices” or “among offices?”
Daily Beast: Comms staff, senior W.H.staffers were literally “hiding in offices” after the WaPo story broke. https://t.co/ECENyERjRU
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 16, 2017
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Monopolistic.
Posted on May 16, 2017