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Colangelo, Cuban: Picks
To Buy Cubs

They' could both make long-suffering Cubs
fans very happy

Apr 5, 07 8:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Team USA executive director Jerry Colangelo and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban are the two individuals most likely to buy the Cubs, argues Jon Heyman.  Both have track records of success, and Colangelo is a Chicago native. The zany renegade Cuban seems to be on the list beause he... More »

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sports • NBA • MLB • Chicago Cubs • Team USA • Chicago • Jerry Colangelo • Mark Cuban • Dallas Mavericks • Arizona Diamondbacks • franchise • Suns • baseball

Geffen, Zell
Talk Deal
For LA Times

Geffen wants it; Zell has $13 billion in debt to pay down

Apr 5, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Geffen wants to get his hands on the LA Times, and he's optimistic that he may yet succeed after talking to Sam Zell, the feisty real estate mogul who bought the Tribune Company Monday. The two discussed both a spin-off and a joint venture partnership, sources close to the... More »

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media • David Geffen • newspaper • Sam Zell • Chicago • Tribune Company • Eli Broad • Ron Burkle • news • Los Angeles • Los Angeles Times

Tribune Saddled With Daunting Debt

New owner must repay $12 billion
with declining revenues

Apr 4, 07 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sam Zell 's bid for the Tribune Co. beat back his well-heeled rivals, but it saddled an already struggling enterprise with over $12 billion in debt. Now the Wall Street Journal wonders how he expects to pay it back. The likely annual interest fees alone will reach $1 billion, only... More »

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Internet • newspaper • Sam Zell • Chicago • news • business

Obama Played Hardball Early

Candidate burned political benefactor, among others, in Chicago

Apr 4, 07 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama showed his acumen for sharp-elbowed politics early on, according to a report in the Tribune. The 2008 hopeful, famous for his affable and earnest optimism, launched his career in an old-fashioned Chicagoan way,  by pushing a former political mentor off a ballot, He won "not by... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • politics • Chicago • Alice Palmer • Election 2008

Obama as Jesus
Stirs Some Ire

Christ sculpture draws protest, but Barack turns the other cheek

Apr 3, 07 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another sculpture of Jesus is stirring protest this Holy Week—this time a work portraying Barack Obama as the savior. The Art Institute of Chicago has gotten a flood of angry calls over the piece in an exhibition of student work, close on the heels of the chocolate Christ brouhaha... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • presidential campaign • free speech • art • religion • sculpture • Christ • Art Institute • Election 2008 • presidential election

Tribune Sold
To Zell

Real estate magnate will take it private; Cubs for sale

Apr 2, 07 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago real estate magnate Sam Zell won a last-minute bidding  war to buy the Tribune Compay with a $34-a-share offer, reports the Chicago Tribune. Zell will take the media conglomerate private in a deal that includes an employee stock ownership plan. The Cubs will be sold separately. More »

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media • newspaper • Chicago Cubs • Sam Zell • Chicago • Tribune Company • Eli Broad • Ron Burkle

'LIFE' GOES ON

How do you make beloved public radio program This American Life work on TV?

Mar 18, 07 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stevenson Swanson wonders how and weather Chicago Public Radio god Ira Glass can really do a television show and, even more daring, a show for the premium cable only network, Showtime. More »

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entertainment • television • radio • Chicago • Chicago Public Radio • Ira Glass • Showtime • This American Life

Ninjas Slice Through Bowling Competition

Newser sends HighBeam home

Jan 1, 07 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Like Darth Vader striking down Obi-Wan, the Newser Ninjas bowling team shut out the HighBeam Highlanders in the first annual HighBeam Subsidiary Bowling Tournament of Champions. The tournament was to be a best-of-three matchup, but the Ninjas only needed two rounds to finish the job, scoring more than 1,000... More »

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Chicago • bowling

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