WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge has deferred action on the Tribune Co.'s request to halt a lawsuit alleging that Chairman Sam Zel...
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...
New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media
But other people close to the restructuring talks, speaking anonymously because the discussions were supposed to remain private, caution that the majo...
New York Post | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media
So much for Sam Zell, newspaperman. The developer, who arranged a controversial $11.7 billion employee buyout of newspaper giant Tribune only to see...
Chicago Sun-Times | DAVID ROEDER | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media
Eight months after the filing, two sources familiar with the process said creditors are working on a reorganization plan that elbows Zell aside. The c...
Chicago Tribune | Michael Oneal | | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media
Chicago-based Tribune Co. and its creditors are in the early stages of negotiating a plan of reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court that sources said...
AP | Posted 05.29.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Tribune Co. will pay the legal bills of chairman and chief executive Sam Zell related to a federal corruption investigation into forme...
Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media
In an interview with Bloomberg TV Wednesday, Sam Zell admitted today that his 2007 purchase of the Tribune Company was a "mistake" and likened the com...
Marty Kaplan | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media
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.
Chicago Tribune | Robert Manor and Phil Rosenthal | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media
Tribune Tower, the neo-Gothic landmark that adorns Michigan Avenue near the Chicago River, is on the market. Tribune Co. Chairman and Chief Executive...
New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 06.14.2008 | Media
Tribune Company newspapers like The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune will quickly cut costs -- by printing fewer papers and employing fewer j...
New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 04.15.2008 | Media
Since taking control of the Tribune Company in December, Sam Zell has drawn a lot of attention in journalism circles for speeches laced with profanity...
Variety | CYNTHIA LITTLETON | Posted 03.30.2008 | Media
Sweeping through his newly acquired business units with characteristic bluster and bluntness, it didn't take too long for Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell t...
Los Angeles Times | Molly Selvin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
How much should a company's culture reflect its chief executive, especially one who prides himself on being a blunt and innovative -- some might say a...
Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
The $8.2 billion deal to take Tribune Co. private through an employee stock ownership plan finally went through today. Sam Zell, the Chicago real esta...
Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera and Thomas S. Mulligan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Tribune Co. prepared Thursday to close its $8.2-billion deal to go private, triggering regulatory waivers and pulling $500 million in cash out of its ...
AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago