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

Henry Henderson | Posted 12.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Dennis-Byrne, Nrdc, Great Lakes, Invasive Species, Chicago Tribune, Mwrd, Chicago News
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.

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Tribune Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan Given Until February

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Tribune, Tribune Company, Sam Zell Tribune, Tribune Bankruptcy, Chicago Tribune Bankruptcy, Chicago News

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

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Why New Media Looks A Whole Lot Like Old Media

Bryan Monroe | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago News Cooperative, Old Media vs. New Media, Aol, Rupert Murdoch, New Media, Death of Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, sphere.com, Journalism, Arianna Huffington, Chicago News
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.

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Tough Times Turning Newspaper Lenders Into Owners

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media

Read More: "Loan-to-Own" Investors, Tribune Company, Newspapers, Newspaper Bankrupcty, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Star Tribune, Newspaper Ad Revenue, Media Ownership, Newspaper Circulation, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, MediaNews Group, Financial Firms Newspapers, Newspaper Owners, Media News

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

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The Value of Water

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Nrdc, Invasive Species, Pollution, Chicago River, Chicago River Sewage, Natural Resources Defense Council, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Water, Chicago, Great Lakes, Privatization, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Ballast-Water, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

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

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Northbrook Police's Gun Giveaway Program Under Fire

Ellen Gill | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Suburbs, Gun Laws, Chicago Suburbs, Chicago, Northbrook, Chicago Tribune, Gun Control, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News
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.

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Two Dining Landmarks in Chicago: Last Call

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Don Roth's Blackhawk, Nick's Fishmarket, Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Lee Suckow, Ann Roth, Food, Chicago News
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.

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

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Stu Courtney, Newspaper Industry, Chicago Breaking Sports, Chicago News

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 ...

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

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Communuity Trust, Sexy Pet Costumes, Great Recession, Economy, Economic Rebound, Halloween, Pets, Economic Stimulus Package, Halloween Costumes, Economic Recovery, Chicago Tribune, Chicago News
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.

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Bankruptcy Judge Defers Action On Lawsuit Against Tribune Co.

AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago

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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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Tribune Won't Leave Bankruptcy This Year: Zell

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sam Zell Tribune, Tribune Bankruptcy, Sam Zell Tribune Company, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Bankruptcy, Sam Zell, Chicago News

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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Chi-Town Daily News Founder Launches Chicago Current

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Current, Chitown Daily News, Chicago Journalism, Journalism, Dougherty Chicago Current, Geoff-Dougherty, Chicago Tribune, Web, New Media, Online News, Chicago News

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

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Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times Lose Readers As Circulation Drops

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

Read More: Sun-Times Media Group, Death of Newspapers, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Newspaper Industry, Chicago News

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...

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

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Journalism, Chicago Reader, Old Media vs. New Media, Creative Commons, Chicago Politics, Chicago Olympics, Death of Newspapers, Wbez, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, New York Times, Cnc, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago News
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.

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

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

Read More: Peter Osnos, New York Times Local, Chicago News Cooperative, James O'Shea, Newspapers, Non Profit News, Chicago Media, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Newspaper Industry, Chicago News

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

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10 Worst Dining Trends of the Last Decade

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Culinary, Christopher Borrelli, Chefs, Dining, Chicago Tribune, Restaurants, Cooking, Food, Cuisine, Style News
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?"

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Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, NewPage Corp., Appleton Coated LLC, Protectionist, President Obama, Mark Gardner, Coated Paper, Goodyear, U.S. Department of Commerce, Free Trade, Usw, United Steelworkers, Automotive Trade Policy Council, China, Wall Street Journal, Rick Willett, Charles Uthus, G-20 Summit, World Trade Organization, Indonesia, Sappi Fine Paper North America, Tires, John Cappy, New York Times, Cooper Tire, Section 421, International Trade Commission, Chicago Tribune, Business News
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.

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Willingham Prosecutor's Lack of Doubt Too Extreme

Amy Bach | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Amy Bach, New Yorker, David Grann, Texas, Cameron Todd Willingham, Chicago Tribune, Indigent Defendants, Innocence Project, Innocence, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Corsicana, Politics News
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.

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As It Should Be: Moving On From 9/11

Mike Doyle | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 9/11 Anniversary, Manhattan, New York, Chicago Tribune, Memory, Top of the World, September 11th, World Trade Center, Grieving, Chicago News
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.

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

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

Read More: Chi-Town Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Chicago State University, Chicago News

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...

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Tribune: Decline of a Media Giant

Chris Maloney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: New York Times, Sam Zell, Death of Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, Recession, Chicago, Tribune Company, Chicago News
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.

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Chicago Tribune Hires Scott Stantis As Editorial Cartoonist

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago

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

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Chicago Tribune, LA Times Merge National Sports Beats

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

Read More: Tribune Company, Chicago Sports, Mike Kellams, Los Angeles Times, Tribune Sports Coverage, Chicago Tribune, Newspaper Industry, Chicago News

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 ...

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

Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Iraq and Afghanistan., Brian Williams, Chris Matthews, Katie Couric, Iraq War, Michael Jackson, Print Journalism, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Memorial, New York Times, Washington Post, Investigative Journalism, Chicago Tribune, Afghanistan War, Media News
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.

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

John Terzano | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home

Read More: False Confessions, Criminal Justice System, The Justice Project, New York Times, Reform, Texas, Policy, Chicago Tribune, Electronic-Recording, Home News
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.

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