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What's left of the beloved local TV station still bouncing around between corporations.
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"An NBN employee... admitted staff were a bit worried moving forward. “I guess that’s natural when these things happen, there’s always trepidation. Topics such as centralisation and cost-cutting rear their head. NBN is synonymous with Newcastle, so we hope it continues in that vein.” "

#TV #Media
https://newcastleweekly.com.au/nine-shareholders-approve-sale-of-nbn-to-win-television/

Nine shareholders approve sale of NBN to WIN Television

Nine Entertainment shareholders have this week overwhelmingly approved the sale of NBN Television to the WIN Television network.

Newcastle Weekly

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𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙 1h ago

“When Royko writes a column here, it goes all over the world,” Mr. Sianis told The Rockford Register Star of Illinois in 1981. “A few weeks ago, a girl from Australia was in who said she saw a Royko column about Billy Goat’s and had to stop by.”

𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙 1h ago

A story for old reporters. This is the America I like.
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"Millions of Americans knew of Mr. Sianis and his bar without ever crossing Chicago city limits, thanks to one of its most famous regulars, the syndicated columnist Mike Royko.

"Like any pilgrimage site, the Billy Goat — or the Goat, to regulars — is hard to reach, down two flights of stairs to a subterranean street below North Michigan Avenue. It was, however, conveniently across from the headquarters of The Chicago Tribune and a few blocks from several other dailies, making it popular with reporters, editors and pressmen.

"A dark, greasy-walled saloon, the Billy Goat is a true Chicago dive, open up to 20 hours a day to serve the newspapers’ shift workers. And for more than 50 years, regardless of the hour, visitors were likely to find Mr. Sianis tending bar or manning the small kitchen in back."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/dining/sam-sianis-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kVA.uKFd.Imp9oP6UOdo0&smid=url-share

Sam Sianis, ‘Cheezborger’-Flipping Owner of Chicago’s Billy Goat Tavern, Dies at 91

His dive bar became famous thanks to Mike Royko’s columns, a baseball curse and a “Saturday Night Live” skit.

The New York Times

𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙 2h ago

Veronica Explains 20h ago

I genuinely believe that the Fediverse offers the best chance of recapturing the friendly, optimistic Internet I loved as a kid.

We've got flaws, sure. I've been critical of aspects of fedi culture, and will continue to do so.

But this place represents hope, and hope is where we start.

𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙 2h ago

Angie 10h ago

The end goal of the oligarchs is genocide of the working poor.

𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙 12h ago

Sam Litzinger 13h ago

I think this is an important point…

“As goes CBS Radio News, so goes the idea that news media should serve the public interest
That the airwaves should be defined by more than a quest for profit was once a bipartisan view.”

https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/as-goes-cbs-radio-news-so-goes-the-idea-that-news-media-should-serve-the-public-interest/