Posted by ROBERT RESIGNS on November 23, 2010 at 17:41:15:
Robert Feder's media blog pulls up stakes on Vocalo
By: Lorene Yue November 23, 2010
(Crain's) — Media columnist Robert Feder has left Vocalo.org, where for the past year he has made his home as a blogger.
Mr. Feder announced in an early Tuesday morning post that changes at Vocalo, a website affiliated with Chicago Public Radio WBEZ-FM/91.5, made him reconsider staying with the outfit. Vocalo and Chicago Public Radio are owned by Chicago Public Media.
"With the recent redesign of the Vocalo blogs and their move to a new site at WBEZ.org, I've decided it's time for me to leave Chicago Public Media," he wrote in his post.
A Chicago Public Media representative was not available for immediate comment.
The news of Mr. Feder's departure was first reported by the Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Feder said that he plans to announce soon where his blog will reappear.
He said in his post that he was "grateful" to Torey Malatia, president and CEO of Chicago Public Media, for "giving me the opportunity to launch my new career as a blogger."
Mr. Feder joined the Vocalo blogs in November 2009, a year after taking a buyout from the Chicago Sun-Times, where he had covered media as a columnist and reporter for nearly 30 years.