Sam Zell

"Liberal Media?" Conservative Super PACs Got Over $350,000 From Media Execs, Companies in 2011

Corbin Hiar | Posted 04.04.2012

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Conservative complaints about a liberal bias in the media do not hold up, at least not when it comes to the free-spending groups known as "super PACs."

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Tribune Bankruptcy Case Like To Extend

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Media company Tribune Co. likely won't emerge from bankruptcy protection until at least this summer. Tribune,...

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Sam Zell, Tribune Co. Chief, Sues Shareholders

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Tribune Lawsuit, Los Angeles Times, Newspapers, Tribune Company, Chicago Tribune, Tribune Bankruptcy, Sam Zell Lawsuit, Tribune Company Bankruptcy, Sam Zell, Media News

His suit argues that the chairman of the media company should be paid along with other creditors should a court rule that his buyout of the firm was a...

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Debating Press Freedom in Egypt, and Everywhere Else

Maurice Chammah | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Censorship, Egypt Protests, The Guardian, Yosri Fouda, Freedom of the Press, Big Six, Journalism, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Al Ahram, Press Freedom, Media, Freedom House, Sam Zell, Media News

Freedom is not condensible. It's a complex mixture of history and the personal experiences of journalists themselves, who in countries both "free" and "not free" exercise varying degrees of self-censorship for varying reasons.

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Confessions of a Dead Tribune

Mark Heisler | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Journalists, Los Angeles Times, Newspapers, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Sam Zell, Media News

It's not that the end of my newspaper career was devastating, even if it was definitely surprising, since I thought it was going great... 44 years, the last 32 at the Los Angeles Times, 2006 winner of the basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Award... to the day I was laid off.

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Bankruptcy Judge Approves Tribune's Bonuses To Executives

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 12.05.2011

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DOVER, Del. — A bankruptcy judge in Delaware has authorized Tribune Co. to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to managers. Tribune says it need...

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Judge Hopes Tribune Hearing Will End Soon

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 06.13.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A hearing to determine the fate of the Tribune Co.'s proposed reorganization plan resumed Tuesday with attorneys for Tribune ...

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Why Is Sam Zell Building A Pedestrian Bridge Between The U.S. & Mexico?

AP | DAISY NGUYEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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TIJUANA, Mexico — The Flores family's frequent trips to visit family in Mexico begin with a two-hour drive from their suburban Los Angeles home ...

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More Lewd Memos At Tribune Tower

Robert Feder/Volalo.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Zell, Randy Michaels, Tribune Tower, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Management, Lee Abrams, Chicago News

Just another day at the naughty, bawdy frat house known as Tribune Tower. Tuesday's antics were sparked by a typically idiotic company-wide memo wr...

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FRAT HOUSE: How Tribune Became Sexual Harassment Den

nytimes.com | DAVID CARR | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mr. Michaels, a former radio executive and disc jockey, had been handpicked by Sam Zell, a billionaire who was the new controlling shareholder, to run...

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Zell's Tribune and the Hidden Costs of Bad Management

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Times, Randy Michaels, Tribune Company, Chicago Tribune, Corporations, Sam Zell, David Carr, Media News

It's easy to regard Sam Zell's Tribune management troubles as just another case of corporate buffoonery in an age of excess.

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Green Energy Boys Not So Different Than the Good Ole Oil Boys

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Greed, Sam Zell, Flip, Lehman, LA Times, Soros, Cds, Suicide, Women in Business, Swap, Fianncial Crisis, London, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Gordon Gekko, Oil Industry, Chicago Tribune, Hedge Funds, Oil, Banks, Green Energy, Asia, Wall Street, Electric Cars, Green News

The Green Boys actually pretend to be about equality and sustainability and democracy, but they are just as obsessed as the oil and Wall Street guys with accumulating more money and power.

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Examiner: Tribune Deal Not Exactly Legit

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The behind-the-scenes maneuvering that culminated in the 2007 leveraged buyout of Tribune Co. bordered on fraud, according to a ...

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Tribune Creditors Want To Sue Sam Zell

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Tribune Co.'s junior creditors are asking a bankruptcy judge for the right to sue Sam Zell and others involved in his 2007 buyout tha...

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Can Our Business Be Saved? Should I Take the Job?

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

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I can confirm the press reports: I'm in talks to take over the Chicago Tribune. It's me, I understand, or Michael Eisner, who once was in the media business.

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WATCH: Tribune Chairman Says Future Of Newspapers Lies In...PDFs?

Posted 05.25.2011

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Everyone (especially in media) has an opinion regarding the future of newspapers. Chicago Tribune chairman Sam Zell shared his pretty unique perspect...

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Blago Tapes Played In Court: Ex Gov Irked By 'Thankful' Message From Obama Aide

Huffington Post | Janan Hanna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Zell, Illinois Senate Seat, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Chicago Tribune, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Trial, Jesse Jackson Jr, Blagojevich Wiretaps, Michael Sneed, John Harris, Chicago News

Sounding at times desperate and dispirited, and at other times enthusiastic and grandiose, Rod Blagojevich was captured on tape strategizing about how...

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Tribune Won't Leave Bankruptcy This Year: Zell

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Saying his investment in Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co. represents "certainly the most amount of money I've ever lost in a single deal" billionair...

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Zell Out As CEO Of Tribune Company

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Sam Zell, the real estate mogul who took Tribune Co. private a year before the media company was forced to enter bankruptcy protectio...

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PHOTOS: Famous Malicious Bosses

Posted 05.25.2011

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Most of us have experienced the dumb boss, the arrogant boss, the mean boss. But, as the accompanying collection of famous business tyrants illustrate...

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Bankruptcy Judge Defers Action On Lawsuit Against Tribune Co.

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge has deferred action on the Tribune Co.'s request to halt a lawsuit alleging that Chairman Sam Zel...

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Stroger Blames Zell, Bad Data For Low Poll Numbers

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Zell, Todd Stroger, Danny Davis, Dorothy Brown, Stroger Tribune Poll, Cook County Politics, Toni Preckwinkle, Stroger Approval Rating, Stroger Poll, Terrence O'Brien, Cook County Board, Chicago News

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger downplayed his dismal approval rating in a Tribune/WGN poll Thursday and alleged that the low numbers were pa...

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Tribune: Decline of a Media Giant

Chris Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tribune's vast multimedia holdings were supposed to act as a hedge against a downturn in any one area -- that was before the Internet and the "perfect storm" financial crisis.

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Sam Zell May Not Leave Tribune Following Restructuring

New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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But other people close to the restructuring talks, speaking anonymously because the discussions were supposed to remain private, caution that the majo...

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How Zell Cost Tribune $150 Million In Botched Cubs Deal

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oh, the tangled webs that Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell can weave. The long process he spun for selling the Cubs probably cost his debt-strapped compa...

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