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He was elected along with Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas. Craig Biggio missed it by one or two votes. NBC has the details.

Also, this an awesome article about the scouting of Greg Maddux

Great to see that this cheesy mustache wasn't enough to keep him out.

It's his birthday today too. Bowie is 67 today. This one is still my favorite Bowie song...

Here are some tweets that caught my eye today...




Karis Hustad ‏@karishustad 6m
@nytimes re-design looks real slick, though ironically more like a real newspaper than previous site designs http://www.nytimes.com/

Steve Cochran ‏@CochranShow 7m
Coach Q says he isn't worried about the 10 #Blackhawks going to the Olympics, but getting rest will be important. pic.twitter.com/IgwBCqev9l

Carrie Muskat ‏@CarrieMuskat 9m
Maddux is 1 of 4 who will get into HOF today, according to Baseball Think Factory poll http://wp.me/p1rXwp-8Xu7 via @wordpressdotcom #Cubs

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 22m
Here's my Hall of Fame ballot, and why I vote for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. and others with ties to PEDs. http://usat.ly/1cz9jg8

Matt Spiegel ‏@MattSpiegel670 24m
ICYMI,the best read on the HOF ballot this year. His Bonds/Clemens reasoning alone is worth the click. From @RattoCSN http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/unapologetic-hall-fame-ballot-revealed-explained …

NBC News ‏@NBCNews 9m
What's it like to jump on a frozen trampoline? See that and other crazy weather videos http://nbcnews.to/K5F6LM

The Associated Press ‏@AP 11m
Private survey shows U.S. businesses added most jobs in a year in December, powered by a gain in construction jobs: http://apne.ws/1kqsIqA

Michael Ian Black ‏@michaelianblack 12m
Somehow, the Whitesnake song "Here I Go Again" is coming from upstairs in my house. My wife is up there. I DON'T KNOW HER AT ALL!!!

NPR News ‏@nprnews 16m
Hell Has Frozen Over, Headline Writers Rejoice http://n.pr/1dvMPu8

Jim Gaffigan ‏@JimGaffigan 20m
How I rationalize eating fried chicken and waffles. "I know it's lunch but I'd like breakfast and a heart attack."

A Hall of Famer, Elvis comes to town, Twitch, a tragic lightning strike, and more today at the JOBC Cubs Almanac.

You can read it here.

Every weekday in 2014, I'll be keeping an eye on what's happening in the media. My focus will be on some of my favorite subjects...the moguls, the pundits, the broadcast news biz, and show business. (Read "$everance" if you want a crystallization of my positions on those subjects.) And, of course, I'll also keep tabs on Chicago's media.



~Chicago Media...

Pete McMurray and their crew talk about their old radio internships.
Love these old Chicago radio stories.

Smooth Jazz back in Chicago radio
WTMX is broadcasting it now on it's HD2 channel, if you're a fan of that music.


~The Moguls...

Roger Ailes offered employee a raise if she had sex wih him
That's one of the revelations in the new book about him. I told you this book was going to be a good one. And by the way, this happened when he worked at NBC, not Fox.

The New York Times reviews the Roger Ailes book
It's not really a full-fledged review, it's more of a book summary. Here's my favorite part:

At Fox News, the book says, Mr. Ailes was disdainful of even his most bankable on-air talent, privately calling Bill O’Reilly “a book salesman with a TV show” and Brian Kilmeade, a peppy Fox host, “a soccer coach from Long Island.”

~Broadcast News...

Jimmy Kimmel rips LA TV news
Great clip of Los Angeles newscasters bitching about the "cold".

NBC Prepared for the Worst at Sochi
This year's Olympic Games have the added potential of security issues...

“Although obviously we have our fingers crossed that nothing happens, if anything the prospect of a terrorist event, the controversy of the anti-gay laws, those things in an odd way have increased awareness and interest in those games,” NBC’s chief Olympics anchor Bob Costas told reporters Tuesday.

Diane Sawyer in Ladies Home Journal
You wouldn't expect an article in Ladie's Home Journal to break news, but in this piece, Sawyer talks about her potential retirement.


~The Pundits...

Dennis Miller story about meeting Frank Sinatra
It's nice to hear Dennis when he's not talking about politics. He can still be funny.


~Show Biz...

Honey Boo-Boo's family injured in a car crash
I've never seen the show, but I know some of you are obsessed.

Today is Elvis' 79th birthday. We used to play this song on his birthday every year on Steve & Garry's show...

These are pretty cool shots of frozen Chicago on the Huffington Post.

I have to give credit to the photographers who braved the cold to take them.

Here are some more.