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Smelling Fishy: My Virtual Asian Carp "Interview" With the Trib's Dennis Byrne

Henry Henderson | Posted 12.11.2009 | Chicago


Henry Henderson

I am surprised that a business-savvy guy like Dennis Byrne would pretend that he doesn't understand why we need to meet an imminent threat to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry.

Tribune Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan Given Until February

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago


WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday granted the Tribune Co. more time to submit a Chapter 11 reorganization plan. Judge K...

Why New Media Looks A Whole Lot Like Old Media

Bryan Monroe | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago


Bryan Monroe

This week, the FTC will be convening a hearing looking at "How Will Journalism Survive The Internet." I am going to talk about how white the Web is, and the threat that represents to journalism for our diverse nation.

Tough Times Turning Newspaper Lenders Into Owners

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media


SAN FRANCISCO — Newspaper headlines have skewered money lenders for dubious decisions that stoked the recession. Now the financiers are starting...

The Value of Water

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago


Henry Henderson

The water rich communities of the Great Lakes region do not understand the nature and value of their most precious resource.

Northbrook Police's Gun Giveaway Program Under Fire

Ellen Gill | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago


Ellen Gill

Many residents of Northbrook and the surrounding suburbs are upset about the gun giveaway because it will put more weapons in our neighborhood.

Two Dining Landmarks in Chicago: Last Call

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago


Craig

It's last call at two fine dining landmarks in downtown Chicago, the 90-year-old Don Roth's Blackhawk and the 32-year-old Nick's Fishmarket.

Stu Courtney, Sun-Times Sports Editor, Leaving For Tribune Web Site

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago


Stu Courtney is leaving the Chicago Sun-Times, where he has run the sports department for more than seven years, to join the rival Chicago Tribune as ...

Halloween Pet Pimp Costumes: Not a Good Gauge of the Economy's Strength

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago


Esther J. Cepeda

I fear the fallout of this year's Great Recession has been forgotten and is now as dusty a memory as that of Black Tuesday, which occurred 80 years ago -- October 29, 1929.

Bankruptcy Judge Defers Action On Lawsuit Against Tribune Co.

AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago


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

Tribune Won't Leave Bankruptcy This Year: Zell

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago


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...

Chi-Town Daily News Founder Launches Chicago Current

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago


Next month, the former Chicago Tribune reporter will start another journalistic endeavor, Chicago Current. ...

Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times Lose Readers As Circulation Drops

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago


Both of Chicago's daily metro newspapers had steep declines in circulation in the six months ended Sept. 30, signaling continuing difficulties in an i...

Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend: Can the Chicago News Cooperative Succeed?

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago


Daniel Sinker

If there was a better day to announce the News Cooperative, I can't think of it. After Mayor Daley's budget address, the two major papers ran the same cover: a 24-year-old kidnapping.

Chicago News Cooperative Launching, Will Provide Coverage For The New York Times

New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago


Former top editors of The Chicago Tribune and other journalists, backed by a public television station and a major foundation, on Thursday announced f...

10 Worst Dining Trends of the Last Decade

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style


Craig

The Chicago Tribune's Christopher Borrelli asked chefs, restaurant experts, and the owners of a food bookstore in Maine: "What were the 10 worst dining trends of the last decade?"

Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

The USW is in solidarity with Chinese and Indonesian workers who suffer abuse at the hands of their employers. It is governmental policies that injure us both and that we oppose. China cheats.

Willingham Prosecutor's Lack of Doubt Too Extreme

Amy Bach | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


Amy Bach

As the Willingham case demonstrates, there's a certain kind of behavioral reaction by people who work in courts -- prosecutors especially -- that defends the system over all contrary evidence.

As It Should Be: Moving On From 9/11

Mike Doyle | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago


Mike Doyle

You can hold onto the past only for so long until looking backward becomes fear of moving forward. Sometimes a day should just be a day.

Chi-Town Daily News Reporter Calls Out Tribune For 'Copycat' Cover Story

Chi-Town Daily News | PETER SACHS | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago


I had a very long moment of déjà vu when I saw the front page of yesterday's Trib with a giant article (including giant photo) about a new West Side...

Tribune: Decline of a Media Giant

Chris Maloney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago


Chris Maloney

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.

Chicago Tribune Hires Scott Stantis As Editorial Cartoonist

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago


Bucking a trend in newspapers in which editorial cartoonists have become something of an endangered species, the Chicago Tribune has hired Birmingham ...

Chicago Tribune, LA Times Merge National Sports Beats

Crain's Chicago Business | Ed Sherman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago


If you're a regular reader of the Tribune sports section, you've noticed that Sam Farmer is writing columns on the NFL and Chris Dufresne is weighing ...

As Our Kids Were Dying In Wars, Michael Jackson Died In Encino

Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media


Norman Horowitz

Many ask why I incessantly write about our wars and our television coverage, and I have no reasonable answer other than what is going on makes me nuts.

False Confessions: What Would It Take to Make You Confess?

John Terzano | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home


John Terzano

Most people find it hard to understand how anyone could ever confess to a crime they did not commit. But it happens over and over again. False confessions are a well-documented reality.