Tribune Co.

News & Analysis

chicago and tribune co. - All News and Analysis

• Media Roundup: Tribune to Go Tabloid for Street Sales, Current Console Generation Will Last Longer, and More

  BNET - 2009-01-13

  In Today's Media Roundup: Tribune to go tabloid for street sales, Microsoft: Current Gen will last longer, Hearst Corporation keeps CEO, Printed Blog turns the tables, YouTube launches C-SPAN style Congressional hub and CBS gives Verizon Video On Demand rights by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Tribune Co., Console, Media, Hearst Corp., Video, Chicago, Corporate Communications, Sales Strategy, Video On Demand (VoD), Marketing, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Blanda

• NFL rusher Benson to fight drunk boating claims

  - 2008-05-05

  CHICAGO AFP — Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson said Monday he will fight charges of drunken boating and resisting arrest, denying any wrongdoing in comments to the Chicago Tribune. Benson was arrested Saturday night near Austin, Texas, in an incident where he was restrained with pepper spray by...

  Tags: Chicago, FINANCE, Investment, NFL, officer, Tribune Co.

• Beauty salon explosion injures at least six

  - 2008-02-28

  CHICAGO AFP — An explosion in a suburban Chicago beauty salon has left at least six people hurt after it blew out shop windows and caused the roof of a small shopping center to cave in, local media reported. Dramatic images of the collapsed roof and debris-strewn street were...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Chicago, Construction, Tribune Co., window

• Court declares adventurer Fosset legally dead: report

  - 2008-02-15

  CHICAGO AFP — A Chicago probate judge Friday declared wealthy aviator-adventurer Steve Fossett legally dead, five months after he disappeared piloting a small plane over the Nevada wilderness, the Chicago Tribune said on its website. The judge, who held a hearing due to a law requiring seven years for...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, asset, Chicago, Nevada, petition, Tribune Co.

• Bulls teammates toughen sanction against NBA rookie Noah

  - 2008-01-13

  ATLANTA, Georgia AFP — Chicago rookie center Joakim Noah, under fire after a verbal run-in with assistant coach Ron Adams, sat out the Bulls' National Basketball Association loss to Atlanta on Sunday. The Chicago Tribune reported that Noah missed his second straight game after his teammates voted to extend...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Atlanta, Chicago, Games, NBA, PRODUCTIVITY, sanction, Tribune Co.

• Tribune Co. completes deal to go private

  - 2007-12-20

  CHICAGO AFP — Private equity investors Thursday completed their 13-billion-dollar acquisition of Tribune Co., a media group that owns The Los Angeles Times among other assets, the company said. Real estate tycoon Sam Zell, who financed the transaction, assumed the roles of chairman of the board and chief executive...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, board, Chicago, FINANCE, Investment, Los Angeles Times, MARKETING, media, Tribune Co., tycoon

• Real estate mogul Zell completes Tribune Co. takeover

  - 2007-12-20

  WASHINGTON AFP — Billionaire Sam Zell completed a takeover of media giant Tribune Co., in the latest shakeup in the struggling US newspaper sector. Zell, who led the private equity buyout announced earlier this year estimated to be worth 13 billion dollars including debt, assumed the roles of chairman...

  Tags: Chicago, FINANCE, Investment, Los Angeles Times, Tribune Co.

• FCC decision clears Tribune Co. sale to real estate billionaire Sam

  - 2007-12-03

  WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission approved the $8.2 billion buyout of the Tribune Co. by a 3-2 vote Friday, a move that will allow the deal to close by the end of the year. In approving the deal, the agency granted Tribune Co. a temporary waiver on...

  Tags: Chicago, FCC, Government, Tribune Co., waiver

• FCC chief favors waivers for Tribune

  - 2007-11-29

  The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday said he has proposed that the agency clear the $8.2 billion buyout of Tribune Co. this week with temporary waivers of media cross-ownership rules. Chicago investor Sam Zell plans to buy the company by year's end, taking...

  Tags: Chicago, FCC, Government, Tribune Co., waiver

• Ravenous reader.(Business of Life)(Editorial)

  - 2007-07-16

  Byline: Laura Bianchi Welz Kauffman's father, an English teacher, insisted that his children read 100 pages a day during summer. Mr. Kauffman, 46, president and CEO of Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, needs no such prodding anymore. On his program: New...

  Tags: Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, music, tenor, Tribune Co.