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• Randy Michaels Replaces Sam Zell As Tribune CEO; Zell Stays As Chairman

  PaidContent - 2009-12-02

  Two years, billions of dollars and one bankruptcy later, Sam Zell is out as CEO of Tribune Co. In his place and at his recommendation: Randy Michaels, who has been part of Tribune’s management since Zell took it private in December 207 and has been COO since mid-2008. Michaels...

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• Tribune Creditors Continue To Challenge Reorg Plan

  PaidContent - 2009-11-25

  Tribune Company management’s bid to maintain control beyond a bankruptcy court deadline is being challenged by its various creditors, E&P reports, citing court filings. With Tribune management’s “exclusive control” under chairman and CEO Sam Zell set to expire at the end of this month, the company asked the bankruptcy...

  Tags: Tribune Co., Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Legal, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Money, Bankruptcy, Companies, Tribune, David Kaplan

• Tribune Management Seeks Extension On Reorg Plan

  PaidContent - 2009-11-16

  Tribune Company management under Sam Zell has sought an extension on its “exclusivity” to come up with a plan to emerge from bankruptcy, Chicago Tribune reported. The company made its request in a bankruptcy court filing, which indicated that if its request is approved, Tribune could come out of...

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• Tribune Goes On A Diet?No AP News For One Week

  PaidContent - 2009-11-03

  The Tribune Company’s chain of newspapers will try to see if they can do without the Associated Press news feed next week, as the bankrupt publisher tries to find ways it can manage costs, The Chicago Tribune reported via mathewi. The Tribune’s trial separation from the AP starts next...

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• Bankruptcy Court Clears Sun Times Sale to Tyree

  PaidContent - 2009-10-09

  As expected, investor Jim Tyree’s $26.5 million bid for the Sun Times Media Group has gotten the approval of the bankruptcy court overseeing the Chicago newspaper chain’s chapter 11 proceedings, the Chicago Sun Times reported. The deal looked clear by mid-week, after the Chicago Newspaper Guild, which represents Sun-Times’...

  Tags: Tribune Co., Sun Microsystems Inc., Bankruptcy, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, David Kaplan

• LAT-WaPo Syndication Service Dissolved; LAT Merges Into McClatchy-Tribune Combine

  PaidContent - 2009-10-01

  The Los Angeles Times-Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) News Service, a syndication service formed back in 1962 with more than 600 clients worldwide, is being closed down by the end of this year, and LAT will now become part of McClatchy-Tribune Information Services MCT, a JV of the McClatchy (NYSE:...

  Tags: Tribune Co., McClatchy Co., LAT, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, McClatchy, Tribune, Washington Post, Rafat Ali

• Tribune Bondholders Demand Court Examine Zell's Buyout For Possible Fraud

  PaidContent - 2009-08-27

  Tribune bondholders are accusing Chairman and CEO Sam Zell of fraud in his $8.2 billion deal to take the company private as part of their efforts to halt a bankruptcy plan unfavorable to them.  While the filing isn’t likely to succeed, as the WSJ notes, the bondholders could succeed...

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• Tribune To Sell Control Of Cubs, Wrigley Field To Ricketts Family For $845 Million

  PaidContent - 2009-08-21

  After a tortured budding process dating back more than two years, the bankrupt Tribune Co. is selling the Ricketts family 95 percent of the Chicago Cubs and iconic Wrigley Field for about $845 million —pending approval by Major League Baseball and a federal bankruptcy court. The deal, which would...

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• Media Roundup: CNN to Debut Instream Commercials at Inauguration, Star Tribune Declares Bankruptcy, and More

  BNET - 2009-01-16

  In Today's Media Roundup: CNN to debut instream commercials at inauguration, 95 percent of all music downloads are stolen, Globe announces cuts, Gannett may drop AP, Chinese media companies looking to move oversees, CS Monitor to trim staff and Eidos in buyout talks by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Media Company, Layoff, Tribune Co., Associated Press, Media, Gannett Co. Inc., Bankruptcy, CNN, Globe, Litigation, Workforce Management, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Human Resources, Marketing, Sean Blanda

• Media Roundup: Seattle Paper May Close, Star Tribune May File for Bankruptcy, and More

  BNET - 2009-01-09

  In Today's Media Roundup: Seattle paper may close, Star Tribune may file for bankruptcy, Media layoffs highest in seven years, Dow Jones freezes salaries, Buffalo News offers buyouts and How does Google make money? by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Google Inc., Tribune Co., Employee, Media, Bankruptcy, Seattle, Litigation, Business Operations, Sean Blanda