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• Daily News matches rival Murdoch's bid for Newsday

  - 2008-04-26

  NEW YORK AFP — Rival US media titans have launched a bidding war for Newsday, the New York-area paper reported Saturday as Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman matched Rupert Murdoch's 580-million-dollar bid. Zuckerman's deal would involve a joint venture that would see Newsday parent Tribune Company owning approximately five...

  Tags: Government, Newsday, Regulations, Tribune Co., TVs

• Documentary about voting fraud makes Bay Area premiere

  - 2008-01-16

  A new documentary about electronic-voting fraud will have its Bay Area theatrical premiere Thursday in Oakland. "Uncounted," produced, directed and written by David Earnhardt, claims to expose "how Americans were cheated during the 2004 and 2006 elections and how enraged voters have turned their anger into citizen...

  Tags: fraud, Government, Jones Day, Litigation, Oakland, Tribune Co.

• Documentary on voting fraud making premiere in Bay Area

  - 2008-01-16

  A new documentary about electronic-voting fraud will have its Bay Area theatrical premiere Thursday in Oakland. "Uncounted," produced, directed and written by David Earnhardt, claims to expose "how Americans were cheated during the 2004 and 2006 elections and how enraged voters have turned their anger into citizen...

  Tags: fraud, Government, Jones Day, Oakland, Tribune Co.

• Documentary on e-voting fraud makes Bay Area debut

  - 2008-01-15

  A documentary about electronic-voting fraud will have its Bay Area theatrical premiere Thursday in Oakland. ``Uncounted,'' produced, directed and written by David Earnhardt, claims to expose ``how Americans were cheated during the 2004 and 2006 elections and how enraged voters have turned their anger into citizen activism...

  Tags: fraud, Government, Jones Day, Tribune Co.

• Teamsters Question FCC Requirements for Owner Control in Tribune Deal

  - 2007-12-12

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6904 Teamsters FileRequest for ReconsiderationWASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the International Brotherhood of Teamsters sought reconsideration of the Federal Communications Commissions FCC decision granting the Tribune Companys (NYSE: TRB)transfer of ownership request and its associated requests for waiver...

  Tags: Benefits, commission, ESOP, FCC, Government, Regulations, SALES, 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

• Changes for the Media Market: Will Deregulation Lead to M&A?

  - 2007-11-19

  Kevin J. Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has announced a plan that would relax regulations that prevent companies from owning multiple media outlets in a single city. The restrictions, intended to preserve a diversity of news reporting, prevent a single company from owning both a newspaper and...

  Tags: deregulation, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, M&A, MARKETING, media, Regulations, Tribune Co., TVs

• Teamsters Warn Tribune Waivers Could Violate FCC Rules and Policies

  - 2007-10-31

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6904, gmunroe@teamster.org Union Urges Protection of Public Interest in Tribune DealWASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters testified at todays Federal Communications Commission FCC hearing regarding diversity and localism in media ownership, raising concerns about the...

  Tags: FCC, Government, Teamsters, Tribune Co.

• Teamsters Urge FCC to Protect Diversity in Media Ownership Rules

  - 2007-09-20

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6904, gmunroe@teamster.org CHICAGO, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today testified at the Federal Communications Commission's hearing on media ownership and urged the Commission to protect diversity and other issues of public interest in considering change...

  Tags: Benefits, FCC, Government, Teamsters, Tribune Co.