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Tribune Co. Spent $3 Million In Legal Fees Before Bankruptcy Filing

Chicago Tribune | Ameet Sachdev | Posted 01.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Tribune Company, Tribune Debt, Sidley Austin, Tribune Bankruptcy, Chicago Tribune, Tribune Legal Fees, Sam Zell, Chicago News

Before Tribune Co. sought bankruptcy protection on Dec. 8, the Chicago-based media company and Chicago Tribune owner had spent nearly $3 million for l...

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Chicago Newspapers Facing Troubled Futures

AP | F.N. D'ALESSIO | Posted 01.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Chicago Newspapers, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Media News

CHICAGO — A little more than a century ago, Chicago boasted 11 daily English-language newspapers. The fierce competition among them, immortaliz...

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The Perfect Test That the Chicago Tribune Failed

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 01.26.2009 | Media

Over his long business career, Sam Zell has undoubtedly many times smirked at those who have reported failures whilst claiming, "It was not my fault." Now, Zell may well be smirking into the mirror.

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Chicago Tribune Did Not Force Timing Of Blagojevich Arrest: FBI

Wall Street Journal | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Patrick Fitzgerald, Blagojevich Corruption, Chicago Tribune Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Tribune Blagojevich Investigation, Blagojevich Charges, Blagojevich Arrest Timing, Chicago Tribune, Blagojevich Arrest, Chicago News

The timing of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest wasn't affected by a Chicago Tribune story that reported Blagojevich was being secretly recorded ...

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Tribune To Cook County: Downsize Now

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Taxes, Cook County Sales Tax Increase, Cook County Cuts, Todd Stroger, Cook County Debt, Tribune Editorial, Cook County Sales Tax, Chicago Tribune, Cook County, Mike Quigley, Cook County Board, Cook County Budget, Chicago News

Out here in the real world, the temptation of easy debt has (a) let people foolishly live beyond their means and (b) stuck all of us federal taxpayers...

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Blagojevich: "Fire All Those [Expletive] People"

Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Corruption, Opinion Pages, Editorial Pages, Patrick Fitzgerald, Tribune Company, Rod Blagojevich, Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, Editorial Writers, Illinois, Sam Zell, Media News

It's the secret campaign against the Tribune's editorial page that stands out, at least to those of us who offer up opinions for a living. It may be the endorsement we've only dreamed about.

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Trib Columnist Compares Obama Blago Reaction To Bush On 9/11

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Criticism, Blagojevich Obama, Chicago Tribune, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Corruption, Media News

In the wake of the Blagojevich scandal, plenty of media types have worked hard to whip up a seamy role for Obama to have played in the matter. But as bad as it's been, nothing quite exceeds the ridiculously hyperbolic false equivalence drawn by Tribune columnist Steve Chapman.

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Did The Chicago Tribune Spoil Fitzgerald's Blagojevich Investigation?

Wall Street Journal | Cam Simpson | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Patrick Fitzgerald, Tribune Company, Newspapers, Chicago Tribune Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Investigative Journalism, Chicago Tribune, Investigative Reporting, Media News

Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a cr...

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Blagojevich Scandal Justifies Investigative Journalism: David Carr

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Tribune Company, Investigative Journalism, Chicago Tribune Blagojevich, Chicago Tribune, Rod Blagojevich, Investigative Reporting, Media News

For the last few years, newspapers have been smacked around for lacking relevance, but the industry has finally found a compelling spokesman: Rod R. B...

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Tribune Company Subpoenaed In Blagojevich Investigation

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed documents from the Chicago Tribune's parent company in the corruption investigation of Gov. Rod Bl...

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The Blago-Sphere

Craig Bloomfield | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Insanity Defense, The Daily Show, Chicago Tribune, Rod Blagojevich, Blago-Sphere, Patrick Fitzgerald, John Kass, Blagojevich Indictment, Joe Lyons, Blago, Chicago News

A common response to the news goes something like this: "What is this guy, nuts?" In the end, Blago's nuttiness may be his best defense.

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Tribune Writer Blagojevich Wanted Fired 'Stunned' By Recordings

Chicago Sun-Times | Andrew Herrmann and David Roeder | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Tribune Firings, John McCormick, John McCormick Blagojevich, John McCormick Chicago Tribune, Blagojevich Recordings, Chicago Tribune, Blagojevich Tribune, John McCormick Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago News

For Chicago Tribune editorial writer John McCormick, Tuesday was surreal: after decades of covering the news, including 18 years at Newsweek, he was t...

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All's Well That Ends Zell

Marty Kaplan | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media

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Sam Zell didn't cause the crisis in modern journalism, but he did turn a superb and profitable institution into a basket case. The people who work there, and the people who read it, deserve way better.

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Blagojevich Deserves the Chicago Tribune's Thanks

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

Blagojevich should have just exercised a little more patience in demanding that Zell fire writers since Zell, who has just had the Tribune declare bankruptcy, seems to be taking down the entire place anyway.

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Chicago Wins!

Aemilia Scott | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Senate, Rod Blagojevich, Humor, Satire, Chicago, Illinois, Scandal, Comedy, Blagojevich Corruption, Chicago Tribune, Chicago News

Hey New York: Suck it! If Blagojevich ever resigns, you can guarantee he'll be receiving oral sex under the podium as he delivers the announcement, just to stick it to Spitzer.

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Nice work, Gov. Blagojevich. Really.

Phil Bronstein | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Phil Bronstein, Chicago Tribune, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Corruption, Media, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution Scandal, Blagojevich, Illinois Governor, Eliot Spitzer, Gov. Blagojevich, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Obama, Blagojevich Complaint, John Edwards, Blagojevich Indictment, Blagojevich Arrested, Rob Blagojevich, Blagojevich Spitzer, Politics News

You have to hand it to the governor: there's something to be said for brazen self-destruction -- a "teachable moment" in the Gavin Newsom meaning -- in a culture always looking for new heights of chutzpah.

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Chicago Tribune Editor: Prosecutors Asked Us To Delay Stories On Blagojevich

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago Tribune's editor, Gerould Kern, issued a statement today on how the paper had held certain stories about Illinois Gov. Blagojevich during ...

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Illinois Governor's Advice To Zell: Change Tribune Editorial Board

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

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Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today he didn't view it as surprising that Tribune Co. filed for protection under the federal bankruptcy code and said he be...

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Cubs Say Tribune Bankruptcy Filing Won't Affect Team

Crain's Chicago Business | Mike Colias | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

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Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy filing won't scrap or delay plans to sell the Chicago Cubs, the team said Monday. The team was not included in Tribune's Cha...

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New York Times, Tribune Company, NBC Announce Problems Monday

Katharine Zaleski | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

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Three major media companies all revealed grim news Monday. The Tribune Company announced it would be seeking bankruptcy protection: Media conglome...

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Tribune Company Files For Bankruptcy Protection

AP | VINNEE TONG and ANICK JESDANUN | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Sam Zell, Newspaper Bankrupcty, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Bankruptcy, Media News

NEW YORK — Tribune Co. _ owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and other dailies _ filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Mond...

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Obama and "The Chicago Way"

Martin Nolan | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

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How does Barack Obama fit into political Chicago? I found out at another convention, Boston's in 2004.

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Tribune May File For Bankruptcy

AP | Posted 01.07.2009 | Media

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CHICAGO — Tribune Co., owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, other newspapers and the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field, has hired fi...

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Obama Birth-Certificate Suits Discussed On MSNBC

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Fear Watch 2008, Media News, Chicago Tribune, Barack Obama, Obama Birth Certificate, Media News

Yesterday, we mentioned how insane lawsuits about Barack Obama's natural live birth were creeping like cracked-out, pissed-off kudzu through our court...

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Obama Birth Certificate Lawsuits Flourish Everywhere

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Chicago Tribune, Fear Watch 2008, Barack Obama, Obama Birth Certificate, Media News

Yesterday, I made note of how one of these nutlog lawsuits alleging that President-Elect Barack Obama was not an American citizen had been appealed to...

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