Noon Business Lunch 12/22/25
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Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media, joins John Williams to talk about a new survey that shows nearly two-thirds of Americans have used a mobile wallet, the latest homeownership rate rose to 65.3% in the third quarter of 2025, and Zillow’s most viewed house in Illinois.
Segment 2: Jim Dallke, Director of Communications, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, tells John about McDonald’s pulling an AI Christmas ad that consumers did not like, and The Chicago Tribune and New York Times suing a large AI company over copyright issues.
Segment 3: Isaac Reichman, Director, Corporate Communications, Choose Chicago, joins John Williams to preview the stacked 2026 Chicago convention calendar. After a successful 2025, Chicago’s convention business hopes to build on that momentum next year.