In addition to the information about Tom provided by Robert Feder in his column today (below), Tom is also the author of Chasing the Lost City. And yes, it's an Eckhartz Press book.
Tonight will mark the test launch of ImageUnion.TV, a new video platform created by famed Chicago television and documentary producer Tom Weinberg. (Here is the link.) The site debuts at 7 p.m. “We’ve been creating this from scratch for over a year and now you get the first peek at the hundreds of short videos our curator-programmers have chosen,” Weinberg said. “Though I know it’s not completely ready for prime time, and we have mountains of work to realize the vision, it’s not like anything you’ve seen before.” For more than 50 years Weinberg has been on the cutting edge of independent video, including creation of WTTW-Channel 11’s long-running “Image Union” series and establishment of the nonprofit Media Burn Independent Video Archive.
My interview with Nick Digilio also got a mention in today's column. Thanks so much to Robert Feder for the mention...
Nick Digilio, the popular former late-night host at Nexstar Media news/talk WGN 720-AM who just launched a new podcast, merits the spotlight in the February issue of Illinois Entertainer. (Here is the link.) In an interview with media columnist Rick Kaempfer, Digilio says: “The podcast will be a lot like the WGN show. Tons of guests that were regulars on my show on WGN, and we cover the world of pop culture. . . . We’ll do all the regular features that we did on the show. I’ll do movie reviews. And I get to swear a little. If you were a fan of the radio show, you’ll like this podcast.” Billed as “The Nick D Podcast,” new episodes upload Tuesdays and Fridays on the Radio Misfits Podcast Network.
