Mr. Michaels, a former radio executive and disc jockey, had been handpicked by Sam Zell, a billionaire who was the new controlling shareholder, to run...
Everyone (especially in media) has an opinion regarding the future of newspapers. Chicago Tribune chairman Sam Zell shared his pretty unique perspect...
NEW YORK — Sam Zell, the real estate mogul who took Tribune Co. private a year before the media company was forced to enter bankruptcy protectio...
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...
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday granted the Tribune Co. more time to submit a Chapter 11 reorganization plan. Judge K...
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge has deferred action on the Tribune Co.'s request to halt a lawsuit alleging that Chairman Sam Zel...
But other people close to the restructuring talks, speaking anonymously because the discussions were supposed to remain private, caution that the majo...
So much for Sam Zell, newspaperman. The developer, who arranged a controversial $11.7 billion employee buyout of newspaper giant Tribune only to see...
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-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...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Tribune Co. will pay the legal bills of chairman and chief executive Sam Zell related to a federal corruption investigation into forme...
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...
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.
Tribune Tower, the neo-Gothic landmark that adorns Michigan Avenue near the Chicago River, is on the market. Tribune Co. Chairman and Chief Executive...
Tribune Company newspapers like The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune will quickly cut costs -- by printing fewer papers and employing fewer j...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
