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OPINION

 Olympic Snub Has 
 Silver Lining 
 for Chicago 

Good ideas and sober assessments made during bid should go forward

Oct 2, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago failed in its bid to land the Olympics, but look on the bright side, the Tribune urges: If the city builds on the bright ideas and redevelopment plans designed to sway the IOC, it can have all the benefits with none of the hassle. “Bidding for an... More »

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Chicago • transportation • 2016 Olympics • bid • International Olympic Committee • urban planning • Chicago Tribune • IOC • redevelopment

TV REVIEW

 Grown-Ups Return 
 to At the Movies 


Sep 7, 09 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - ABC execs seem to be trying their hardest to atone for the “two Bens” period of At the Movies, replacing Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz with two of print criticism’s best—AO Scott of the New York Times and and Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune. The result... More »

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New York Times • ABC • movie review • Chicago Tribune • Ben Lyons • film criticism • AO Scott • Michael Phillips • At the Movies • Ben Mankiewicz

(Newser) - The bankrupt Tribune Company could emerge from protection with its top creditors—and not chairman Sam Zell—in charge, the Chicago Tribune reports. Zell exerts control based on $90 million he spent to secure the option of buying 40% of the company for $500 million, and a $250 million loan.... More »

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media • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • Citigroup • bankruptcy • debt • JPMorgan Chase • Chicago Tribune • newspaper industry • creditor • lenders

(Newser) - The people of Illinois have voted in a Chicago Tribune contest to name Rod Blagojevich’s upcoming memoir, and the winner is: Rod and the Giant Impeach. “I thought of the impeachment of the governor, and about my childhood,” the winner said of his inspiration, which scored him... More »

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corruption • contest • Illinois • memoir • Roald Dahl • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Chicago Tribune

IN MEMORIAM

Ebert on Siskel: 'He Is in My Mind Almost Every Day'


Feb 19, 09 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Ten years after the death of his sparring partner, Roger Ebert pays tribute to Gene Siskel in the Chicago Sun-Times. "He is in my mind almost every day," writes Ebert. Yes, they had a sometimes volatile relationship, but the friendship endured. “No one else could possibly understand... More »

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television • Roger Ebert • Chicago Sun Times • Chicago Tribune • film criticism • Gene Siskel • remembrance

Feds Hit Blago's Wife With Subpoena

Former first lady of Illinois must supply wide range of documents to authorities

Feb 19, 09 2:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal investigators subpoenaed Patti Blagojevich today, requiring the former first lady of Illinois to supply documents concerning the corruption charges against her husband, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Blagojevich is said to have complied with the subpoena, which demanded that she provide information on more than 40 people or entities, ranging... More »

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corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Chicago Tribune • Patti Blagojevich • Senate seat

OPINION

Chicago Trib
to Burris: 
Out, Damned Senator!

Burris has clearly lied, and has to resign

Feb 18, 09 10:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Time to go, Roland. The Chicago Tribune editorializes today that Sen. Roland Burris should resign, having used up his last shred of credibility by the time he changed his story for the fourth time yesterday—with the story getting "worse with every telling." Whether and how much he... More »

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Senate • corruption • resignation • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Chicago Tribune • Roland Burris

OPINION


 Dear Ann 
 Landers: 
 Advise Your 
 Successors 

Feud over the "new Ann Landers" name—kind of inane

Feb 6, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Who’ll advise the advice columnists? Margo Howard—daughter of Ann Landers—wrote a nasty open letter yesterday to Amy Dickinson of the Chicago Tribune, accusing Dickinson of trying to usurp her mom's name. “Well, you are not the ‘new’ Ann Landers because there is no ‘new’... More »

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Chicago Tribune • advice columnist • Ann Landers

 Big Day 
 a Windfall 
 for Newspapers 

Huge demand for special editions

Jan 19, 09 4:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Newspapers expect a multi-million-dollar windfall in extra sales to people who want a keepsake of Inauguration Day, and publishers are gearing up to make the most of it, Bloomberg reports. The Washington Post is  jacking up its price to $2, and the New York Times, USA Today and other publications... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • USA Today • Los Angeles Times • Chicago Tribune • souvenir • President Obama • Inauguration Day • newspaper industry • special editions

 Trib Goes Tabloid on Weekdays 

Newspaper will be smaller on newsstands, remain broadsheet for home deliveries

Jan 13, 09 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Chicago Tribune is changing its street-sale format from broadsheet to tabloid beginning next week, the newspaper reports. The move, which will affect weekday retail editions but not subscription copies, puts the paper in direct competition with its rival, the Chicago Sun-Times, which has long published in the format. The... More »

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newspaper • Chicago • Tribune Company • tabloids • retail sales • subscription • Chicago Sun Times • Chicago Tribune • commuters • broadsheet

 Tribune Story Forced Feds 
 to Arrest Blago Early 

Story broke up meeting

Dec 15, 08 7:16 AM CST
(Newser) - US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald must have been grinding his teeth as he arrested Rod Blagojevich Tuesday morning, reports the Wall Street Journal. Fitzgerald’s team had been salivating over the prospect of catching the sale of Barack Obama’s Senate seat on tape, but those hopes were dashed when the... More »

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media • Patrick Fitzgerald • newspaper • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Jesse Jackson Jr. • political scandal • Chicago Tribune

OPINION

 Tribune to Blago: 
 Resign Already 

Governor really can't govern after indictment

Dec 10, 08 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - It's not news that Rod Blagojevich has been a “governor who cannot govern,” writes the Chicago Tribune in a furious editorial, but any ability he did have to serve Illinois has been swept away by this indictment. “The governor must resign immediately,” the paper... More »

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corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Chicago Tribune

Tribune Bankrupt One Day, Engulfed by News the Next

Chicago institution breaks Blagojevich news, and is a player in corruption allegations

Dec 10, 08 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - What a difference a day makes for the Chicago Tribune, which yesterday broke the story of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s arrest, and was itself an object of his alleged corrupting intentions—just a day after its parent company declared bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal notes. “It’s pretty... More »

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Chicago Cubs • Sam Zell • Chicago • Tribune Company • bankruptcy • Illinois • Wrigley Field • Rod Blagojevich • Chicago Tribune • editorial independence

UPDATED

Blago Charges Go Beyond Obama Seat

'Breadth of corruption' would 'make Lincoln roll over in his grave'

Dec 9, 08 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - In addition to bartering over President-elect Obama’s vacant Senate seat, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich sought campaign contributions in return for government action, and attempted to influence the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times reports. The FBI released transcripts of incriminating conversations today. “The conduct would make... More »

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Barack Obama • Patrick Fitzgerald • Tribune Company • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Chicago Tribune • President Obama • pay to play

 Tribune Company 
 Files for Bankruptcy 

Financing billions in debt becomes too onerous in down economy

Dec 8, 08 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The Tribune Company filed today for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, due to mounting debt and an inability to pay interest in the floundering economy, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tribune’s profits declined 83% in the third quarter, making it difficult to finance $12 billion in debt. The company has... More »

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Sam Zell • Tribune Company • bankruptcy • leveraged buyouts • debt • Los Angeles Times • Baltimore Sun • Chapter 11 • Chicago Tribune • financial crisis

 Tribune May File for 
 Bankruptcy This Week 

Saddled with debt, media company
looks at Chapter 11

Dec 7, 08 7:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The Tribune Co. has hired a financial adviser to help it file for bankruptcy as early as this week, the Wall Street Journal reports. Facing $12 billion in debt and shrinking profits, the owner of the Chicago Cubs and several newspapers has also brought in legal counsel to guide it... More »

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Chicago Cubs • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • bankruptcy • Los Angeles Times • Chicago Tribune • newspaper industry

OPINION

Zell 'Clueless' About Journalism and Democracy

What he's done to, and says about, Tribune Co. shows fundamental misunderstanding

Dec 2, 08 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Sam Zell may or may not turn the Tribune Company around, but his ownership has crippled “real newsgathering,” Peter Osnos writes in the Daily Beast. “If Tribune goes down, he will still be very rich,” Osnos continues, “but he will have presided over the evisceration... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • Sam Zell • Chicago • Tribune Company • journalism • Los Angeles Times • print journalism • Chicago Tribune

 Extra! Extra! Obama Win
Sells Out Newspapers 

Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, others go back to presses

Nov 5, 08 10:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s victory was excellent news for the newspaper business. Papers sold out so fast the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and Cincinnati Enquirer fired up presses for a second run, with the Post rattling off 150,000 extra copies. Lines formed outside the New York Times building and Tribune... More »

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Barack Obama • newspaper • New York Times • Washington Post • Atlanta Journal Constitution • Election 2008 • Chicago Tribune • Cincinnati Enquirer

OPINION

Obama Is First Democrat to Land Tribune Endorsement

GOP-leaning hometown paper cites senator as unifying force in time of trouble

Oct 17, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - In its first-ever endorsement of a Democrat in a US presidential election, the Chicago Tribune touts Barack Obama as the candidate “to lead us through a perilous time and restore in us a common sense of national purpose.” It cites its backing of independents against Republicans as precedent,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • newspaper endorsement • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Chicago Tribune

Jonas Brothers Fans See
Red Over Green Posters

Upset teens entered contest, never judged

Aug 27, 08 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Legions of young Jonas Brothers fans showed up for a concert as instructed with "thinking green" posters—only to see most of them summarily dumped in the trash, the Chicago Tribune reports. The teens had created the posters for a Chevy-sponsored contest in hopes of winning the top... More »

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music • contest • Disney • concert • fans • Jonas Brothers • Chicago Tribune

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