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Cubs Sale Hurt By Economy: Cuban

Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago

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The economic tumult shaking the country will affect the sale of the Chicago Cubs, prospective buyer Mark Cuban said: "Yeah, it's going to affect th...

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Sam Zell's Birthday Bash: 800 Guests And The Eagles

Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago

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Sam Zell spared no expense for his annual birthday bash Saturday night. "More than 800 Zell pals partied hearty at ''One Enchanted Evening'' in a ten...

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RedEye Names New Editor

Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Tribune named a new editor of RedEye, its free tabloid, Thursday. Tran Ha, 30, replaces founding editor Jane Hirt, who became the Tribune...

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The New Chicago Tribune: News, Sports And "Live!"?

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 09.17.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Tribune will keep its full name but condense the number of sections from five to three, according to an all-but-final prototype of the red...

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Los Angeles Times Reporters File Class-Action Lawsuit Against Sam Zell, Tribune

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 09.16.2008 | Media

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It would be hard to argue that Sam Zell really knows his way around the newspaper business. But does his floundering constitute grounds for legal acti...

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Sam Zell Lands The Eagles For Birthday Bash

Chicago Sun-Times | Bill Zwecker | Posted 09.12.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Tribune may be facing huge financial problems and potential bankruptcy, but that doesn't mean Trib owner Sam Zell personally has to worry ...

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

Adam Fendelman | Posted 09.12.2008 | 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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Who Pays For Bogus UAL Bankruptcy Post?

Robert Reed | Posted 09.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chapter 11, United Chapter 11, Tribune Company, UAL Shareholders, United Airlines, South Florida Sun Sentinel, United Bankruptcy Lawsuits, United Bankrupt, Bloomberg, UAL Shareholder Lawsuits, United Bankruptcy, Tribune Google, United Bankruptcy Story, Google, Sam Zell, Chicago News
Robert Reed

Who's going to feel the wrath of UAL shareholder lawsuits? There's Tribune Co., which has nearly $13 billion in debt, and then there's Google, one of the richest and most profitable companies on the globe.

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Let's Get the Story Behind Faulty UAL Post

Robert Reed | Posted 09.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chapter 11, Tribune Company, Nasdaq, United Airlines, Sam Zell, United Bankruptcy, United Chapter 11, United Bankrupt, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Bloomberg, United Bankruptcy Story, Chicago News
Robert Reed

Well, you've got to hand it to the Tribune Co. It made people feel sorry for United Airlines, one of those of businesses the public just loves to hate.

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Chicago Tribune To Lose A Section: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | David Roeder | Posted 09.04.2008 | 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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The Chicago Tribune's New Look?

Editor & Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 08.26.2008 | 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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Tribune Wants Cubs Sold By Year-End: Zell

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 08.26.2008 | Chicago

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Tribune Co. plans to have a deal to sell the Chicago Cubs by yearend, CEO Sam Zell said Tuesday. The company will choose from the current field of fi...

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Chicago Tribune Newsroom Management Shakeup

Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.21.2008 | 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 08.18.2008 | 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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Dewey Defeats Truman: The Rarely Told Story of Chicago Tribune's Most Famous Issue

Todd Andrlik | Posted 08.16.2008 | Chicago

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Todd Andrlik

Just beyond the security desk at the Tribune Tower is a hallway of historic newspapers with famous headlines. What's missing is The Tribune's most famous headline ever printed -- the November 3, 1948 "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" edition.

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Chicago Tribune Lays Off 40

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 08.15.2008 | 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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Trib May Dump Old English Nameplate

Common Sense Journalism | Doug Fisher | Posted 08.12.2008 | 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 07.14.2008 | 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 07.08.2008 | 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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Los Angeles Times To Cut 150 Staffers

Radar | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media

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The Los Angeles Times announced 150 editorial layoffs--on both print and Web, according to a memo just sent by Russ Stanton. The layoffs will be compl...

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Tribune Tower For Sale: Zell Shops Historic Building

Chicago Tribune | Robert Manor and Phil Rosenthal | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media

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Tribune Tower, the neo-Gothic landmark that adorns Michigan Avenue near the Chicago River, is on the market. Tribune Co. Chairman and Chief Executive...

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9 Potential Buyers Eying Chicago Cubs

AP | Posted 06.11.2008 | Business

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Nine potential buyers who have been preapproved by Major League Baseball have received the financial books on the Chicago Cubs, two people familiar wi...

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Tribune Planning Big Cuts: Fewer Papers, Firing Reporters

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

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Tribune Company newspapers like The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune will quickly cut costs -- by printing fewer papers and employing fewer j...

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Tribune's Sam Zell Moving Forward With Chicago Cubs Sale

TheDeal.com | Posted 06.06.2008 | 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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Can Newspapers Be Saved?

John McQuaid | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media

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John McQuaid

Papers have to protect and nourish two things they already have -- reporting and the newspaper "brand." Original voices and journalistic credibility are pretty much all papers have left.

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