Tribune Bankruptcy

Tribune Broadcasting: No Deal Reached With DirecTV

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — DirecTV Inc. subscribers in 19 U.S. markets have lost access to certain programming, after Tribune Broadcasting said it failed to re...

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Tribune Bankruptcy Case Like To Extend

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Media company Tribune Co. likely won't emerge from bankruptcy protection until at least this summer. Tribune,...

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Sam Zell, Tribune Co. Chief, Sues Shareholders

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 02.20.2012

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His suit argues that the chairman of the media company should be paid along with other creditors should a court rule that his buyout of the firm was a...

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Los Angeles Times Editor Steps Down

Posted 12.15.2011

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The Los Angeles Times announced on Tuesday that executive vice president and editor Russ Stanton will step down just before the new year. Managing edi...

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Tribune Co. Agrees To Pay Former CEO Up To $725K

AP | Posted 01.23.2012

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Tribune Co., which is working to emerge from bankruptcy protection, has agreed to pay former CEO Randy Michaels up to $725,00...

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Tribune Bankruptcy Plans Rejected By Judge

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 01.01.2012

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge on Monday rejected Tribune Co.'s plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection, along with a rival plan from diss...

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Bankruptcy Judge Approves Tribune's Bonuses To Executives

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 12.05.2011

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DOVER, Del. — A bankruptcy judge in Delaware has authorized Tribune Co. to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to managers. Tribune says it need...

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Tribune Cuts More Jobs, Reorganizes Newspapers

AP | Posted 09.17.2011

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CHICAGO — The top executive at the Chicago Tribune will oversee six other Tribune Co. daily newspapers as part of a reorganization that will eli...

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Judge Hopes Tribune Hearing Will End Soon

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 06.13.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A hearing to determine the fate of the Tribune Co.'s proposed reorganization plan resumed Tuesday with attorneys for Tribune ...

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Tribune's Troubled Buyout: Emails Show Concerns About Fraud

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — JPMorgan Chase executives raised concerns about the credit risk at Tribune Co. one day after it helped finance a leveraged bu...

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Tribune Bankruptcy Case: Judge To Weigh In

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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A two-week hearing begins Monday to determine the fate of Tribune Co. more than two years after an ill-advised $8.2 billion buyout drove one of the ol...

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Tribune Creditors Want To Sue Sam Zell

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Tribune Co.'s junior creditors are asking a bankruptcy judge for the right to sue Sam Zell and others involved in his 2007 buyout tha...

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Bankruptcy Judge: Tribune Co. Can't File New Reorganization Plan

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge overseeing Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy case refused Tuesday to let a group of creditors file an alternative to t...

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D.O.A.: Lenders Cry Foul Over Tribune Bankruptcy Plan

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Tribune Co. would give ownership of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other media properties to its main creditors under a bankruptcy reo...

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PHOTOS: Trib Execs Have Lavish Poker Party As Newspaper Sinks

Posted 05.25.2011

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Images posted by Robert Feder, a long-time Chicago Sun-Times columnist who now writes for WBEZ's Vocalo.org blog, show executives from the Chicago Tri...

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Tribune Company's Bankruptcy Bonuses: $15M For Top Executives

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 05.25.2011

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DOVER, Del. — The Tribune Co. wants to pay top executives and managers more than $15 million in bonuses as part of its bankruptcy reorganization...

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Tribune Won't Leave Bankruptcy This Year: Zell

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Tribune Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan Given Until February

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Bankruptcy Judge Defers Action On Lawsuit Against Tribune Co.

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Zell Out As CEO Of Tribune Company

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Chicago Cubs Sale Approved By Bankruptcy Judge

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal bankruptcy judge cleared the way Thursday for the Tribune Co. to sell the Chicago Cubs and the storied Wrigley Fiel...

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Tribune Creditors Working To Force Sam Zell Out: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVID ROEDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Tribune Chairman: Paper May Exit Bankruptcy This Year

Editor and Publisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO A day after Tribune Co. asked a bankruptcy court for more time to complete its reorganization plan, Chairman and CEO Sam Zell said Tuesday the...

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Judge To Weigh Whether Tribune Can Pay 2008 Employee Bonuses, Severance Payments

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The Tribune Co. can pay more than $13 million in bonuses to almost 700 employees for their work last year, a federal bankrupt...

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Tribune Tower Taken Off The Market

Crain's Chicago Business | Eddie Baeb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tribune Co. has scrapped plans to put the Tribune Tower up for sale because of cratering real estate prices and the company's late-year bankruptcy pro...

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