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  • July 2008

    • Chicago Tribune Editor Resigns Amid Cutbacks

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 14, 08 3:58 PM CDT

      Chicago Tribune Editor Resigns Amid Cutbacks

      Chicago Tribune editor Ann Marie Lipinski handed in her resignation today after 7 years in the top post at the Tribune Company's flagship paper. Lipinski's departure comes a week after the 161-year-old newspaper told its staff it would eliminate about 80 newsroom jobs amid a broad effort to cut costs as advertising and circulation revenues decline at its newspapers nationwide. More »

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      newspaper  • Tribune Company  • Sam Zell  • Los Angeles Times  • Chicago Tribune  • editor  • Baltimore Sun

  • June 2008

    • For Sale: Chicago Landmark

      newser  |  Chicago Sun Times  |  Jun 25, 08 9:44 PM CDT

      For Sale: Chicago Landmark

      Saddled by debt from his acquisition of the Tribune Company media empire, billionaire Sam Zell may sell off the iconic Chicago headquarters of the Tribune newspaper, he said yesterday. The 83-year-old Tribune Tower could fetch $250 million, analysts told the Sun-Times , with Zell likely needing to assure a new owner that the newspaper would continue to occupy the building on a long-term lease to fetch maximum value. More »

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      Chicago  • Tribune Company  • Sam Zell  • Chicago Tribune

    • Zell's Tribune Co. Heads Toward Default on Loans

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jun 19, 08 5:43 PM CDT

      Zell's Tribune Co. Heads Toward Default on Loans

      As the newspaper industry continues its accelerating skid into the red, even billionaire Sam Zell's Tribune Company is on track to default on its massive loans as soon as the end of the year, an analyst predicts. The parent of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times is far from alone. Bloomberg takes a look at the industry as it struggles to overcome historic lows in advertising revenue. More »

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      media  • newspaper  • Tribune Company  • Sam Zell  • Chicago Tribune

    • Sam Zell: Saving Newspapers, or Burying Them?

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 9, 08 5:58 AM CDT

      Sam Zell: Saving Newspapers, or Burying Them?

      Sam Zell and his Tribune Company announced last week that they would trim 500 pages of news each week from the conglomerate's dozen newspapers, including the LA Times and the Chicago Tribune . But is a paper split 50-50 between news and ads the solution for an industry in crisis? The New York Times looks at the viability of a radical plan. More »

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      advertising  • media  • newspaper  • Tribune Company  • Sam Zell  • Los Angeles Times  • Chicago Tribune  • downsizing

    • Honey, I'm Shrinking the Tribune Papers

      newser  |  Chicago Sun-Times  |  Jun 6, 08 4:42 AM CDT

      Honey, I'm Shrinking the Tribune Papers

      Publisher Sam Zell has announced he'll quickly slash pages and more editorial jobs to offset huge debts and  a larger-than-anticipated decline in advertising revenue at his newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune . An 80-page edition of the Tribune could be sliced to 48 pages, reports the Chicago Sun-Times . The papers have already lost a significant number of staffers to buyouts. More »

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      Tribune Company  • Sam Zell  • debt  • Los Angeles Times  • job cuts  • Chicago Tribune  • newsroom cuts  • cost cutting

  • May 2008

    • How to Avoid R. Kelly Jury Duty

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  May 16, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      How to Avoid R. Kelly Jury Duty

      R. Kelly's jury is complete, and the arduous process of getting it filled contains a lesson: Should you ever be called upon to weigh in at a child pornography trial, the Chicago Tribune offers some proven ways—at least they worked in this case— to avoid getting trapped in the jury box: Mention your teenage daughter. Argue the age of consent is too high. Explain that you're a doctor with lives to save. More »

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      list  • music  • sex scandal  • celebrity trials  • R. Kelly  • sex tape  • Chicago Tribune  • jury selection

  • April 2008
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