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Chicago's Tribune Co. to Cover Florida ... Locally?

Adam Fendelman | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago

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Adam Fendelman

Using a legal tool called Name Server Spy from DomainTools, I have just discovered that as of Sept. 11, 2008 (as fitting a day as any) the Tribune Company's Tribune.com took over control of those domains. Does this reveal one of its new strategic directions?

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Chicago Tribune Rejects "Vote Democratic" Death Notice

Chicago Reader | Michael Miner | Posted 10.11.2008 | Chicago

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The Tribune -- even the new "if we all think outside the- box maybe this-sorry ship-won't sink" Tribune -- doesn't like to offend. So when Ken Swanbor...

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David Axelrod: A Tale of Two Firms

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago

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Howard Wolinsky

ASK is known for "Astroturfing," manufacturing grassroots support and using traditional strategies used to elect politicians to promote public policy. ASK draws the line at working for anyone who wants to get elected.

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Former Tribune Editor Lipinski Joins U of C

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

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Ann Marie Lipinski, who resigned in July as editor of the Chicago Tribune after 30 years at the paper, is taking a job as the University of Chicago's ...

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Chicago Tribune To Lose A Section: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | David Roeder | Posted 10.05.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago Tribune readers accustomed to stand-alone news sections could see drastic changes when the paper introduces its redesign in a few weeks. Prot...

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Media and Political Things to Ponder While Stuck in Traffic

Tom Alderman | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media

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Tom Alderman

• If a Walter Cronkite auditioned for a major news anchor job today, he would not get on the call-back sheet. The moustache, alone, would kil...

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'Ask Amy' Gets Hitched

The New York Times | Michelle York | Posted 10.03.2008 | Chicago

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Dear Amy: I am a funny, intelligent woman in my mid-40s. I was married a long time ago, and I have a wonderful daughter. Now that she is bound for col...

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Chicago Tribune Ignores GOP Request Not To Publish Errant 'Rush Limbaugh Email'

Editor and Publisher | Posted 09.30.2008 | Media

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What to do when you are mistakenly sent a highly provocative, even distasteful, email from a political party staffer and are then asked not to publish...

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New Chicago Tribune Debuts September 29th

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 09.27.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago Tribune readers will get their first look at the paper's redesign on Sept. 29, according to Tribune Co. Chief Operating Officer Randy Michaels...

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The Chicago Tribune's New Look?

Editor & Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Tribune has long been nicknamed "The Trib." But if a redesign prototype being passed around the Web becomes the final choice, that nicknam...

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Fox News Ad Ignites Chicago Cable War

Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago

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Fox News took out a full page ad in Monday's Chicago Tribune to jab rival CNN over its plans to shutter its Chicago bureau. Playing off of the iconic...

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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Chicago Tribune Newsroom Management Shakeup

Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.21.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Tribune promoted Jane Hirt, the editor of its free daily tabloid Red Eye, to managing editor Thursday as part of an overhaul of the paper'...

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Chicago Tribune Cuts Hit Journalists Of Color

Journal-Isms | Posted 09.18.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Tribune laid off 40 newsroom employees Friday, a disproportionate number of whom were journalists of color, according to Trib employees in...

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Chicago Tribune Lays Off 40

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Tribune shed more than 40 newsroom employees today, which, coupled with last week's voluntary exit of more than 30 journalists, means the ...

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Chicago Tribune's Social Media Evolution

Todd Andrlik | Posted 09.14.2008 | Chicago

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Todd Andrlik

Just as beer is a social lubricant in real life, Twitter and Facebook are social lubricants online and have made the 160-year-old newspaper more approachable than ever.

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Trib May Dump Old English Nameplate

Common Sense Journalism | Doug Fisher | Posted 09.12.2008 | Chicago

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It's no secret Chicago Tribune designers have been under the gun to get a redesign of the paper done by the end of this month. But apparently more ma...

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Tribune Company Defections: Los Angeles Times Publisher, Chicago Tribune Editor Resign

AP | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Times says publisher David Hiller has resigned after 21 months at the helm of Tribune Co.'s largest paper. The news ...

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Deja Vu: Now Chicago Tribune Axeing Newsroom Jobs

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

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The Chicago Tribune began informing staff Tuesday it will eliminate around 80 of its current 578 newsroom positions by the end of August and reduce th...

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Bye Bye Book Section?

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 07.05.2008 | Media

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Carol Felsenthal

Zell will probably merge book coverage into the arts section and eventually kill it. The Tribune might run the stray review here and there -- mostly of big books that would find their audience either way.

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Midwest Editors Shifting On Gay Marriage

Dan Treul | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.

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Chicago Tribune Publisher Resigns

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal and Michael Oneal | Posted 06.21.2008 | Media

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Chicago Tribune Publisher Scott C. Smith announced Thursday that he will leave the company, indicating he agrees that parent Tribune Co. must change b...

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Taking Papers Private No Easier Than Running Them Publicly

Fortune | Devin Leonard | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Brian Tierney was pretty cocky when he and a group of investors bought the Philadelphia Inquirer and its sister, the tabloid Dai...

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Mark Cuban Wants Zell's Cubs, Wrigley Field

Chicago | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

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Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, one of the Major League Baseball-approved bidders for the Chicago Cubs, expects to receive confidential financia...

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Tribune's Sam Zell Moving Forward With Chicago Cubs Sale

TheDeal.com | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

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Tribune Co. chairman and CEO Samuel Zell said Thursday that the offering memorandum for the Chicago Cubs should go out to potential buyers next week a...

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