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(Newser) - TMZ left its more savory rivals in the dust yesterday, reporting Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest and death before any other media outlet, the Chicago Tribune reports. The AOL gossip website reported Jackson’s death at 2:44 local time, less than 20 minutes after the singer expired. But... More »

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entertainment • media • Time Warner • AOL • online news • death • CNN • TMZ • Los Angeles Times • Michael Jackson • new media

(Newser) - Amid growing gloom in the newspaper business, the Los Angeles Times plans to lay off 300 workers and shelve its local news section, LA Observed reports. Foreign and national news will be downplayed to fit local stories into the front section, the publisher said in a memo today. Seventy newsroom... More »

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Sam Zell • Tribune Company • layoffs • Los Angeles Times • newspaper industry

 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

COMMENTARY

 The Bell Tolls for Journos 

Explosion of web content and staff cuts marks the end of an era

Dec 12, 08 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - With the flurry of firings and buyouts at the nation’s newspapers, "it certainly feels like the end of days," writes Julia Klein in Obit. But while much has been made of lofty topics such as "the fate of democracy" and "journalism's core civic and watchdog... More »

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media • online media • Los Angeles Times • newsroom cuts • print journalism • San Jose Mercury News • newspaper industry

 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

McCain Camp: LA Times Is Suppressing Obama Video

Paper accused of concealing candidate's links to Palestinian scholar

Oct 29, 08 3:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McCain campaign is accusing the Los Angeles Times of shirking its journalistic duty by sitting on a tape of Barack Obama speaking at a 2003 dinner in honor of a Palestinian-American scholar and activist. The Times—which wrote about the tape in an April article on Obama's ties to... More »

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Barack Obama • video • Obama 2008 • Palestinians • Los Angeles Times • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Rashid Khalidi

  LA Times Endorses Obama 

Democrat's 'character and temperament' are what country needs

Oct 18, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times today endorsed Barack Obama for president “without hesitation,” citing his combination of “grace under pressure” and “passion to inspire the best within us.” His campaign was at first lit by the newness of his personal narrative, but “as the presidential... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Los Angeles Times • endorsement • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

LA Times Staffers Sue Zell
for Trashing Tribune

Boss not shooting straight: lawsuit

Sep 17, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of current and former Los Angeles Times journalists is suing the Tribune Company for recklessly mismanaging the chain of newspapers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The suit claims billionaire boss Sam Zell has trashed the company in a hunt for quick profits, destroying the value of their pension... More »

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newspaper • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • lawsuit • journalist • Los Angeles Times

Former DirecTV Exec Is New Publisher
of LA Times

Eddy Hartenstein takes helm in tough times

Aug 16, 08 10:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eddy Hartenstein, former head of DirecTV, will become publisher of the Los Angeles Times on Monday, the paper reports. Hartenstein will be coming aboard the paper during a downturn for the industry—and for the LA Times in particular—with readership of the paper down to 774,000 from 1.... More »

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newspaper • Los Angeles Times • Eddy Hartenstein

LA Times Insider Launches Anti-Zell Blog

Anonymous journo bashes paper's owner as heads keep rolling

Jul 21, 08 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heads continue to roll at the Tribune Company, but one staffer is aiming to prove the pen is mightier than Sam Zell's ax, reports the New York Times, with new blog TellZell.com. The site is airing the gripes of Tribune's disgruntled journalists, and is finding plenty of fodder—from... More »

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newspaper • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • layoffs • journalism • blog • Los Angeles Times • insider information

 LA Times Publisher Exits 

Tribune Co. loses another top-level staffer as it prepares for big job cuts

Jul 15, 08 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bad day for the Tribune Company got even worse yesterday with the resignation of Los Angeles Times publisher David Hiller, Reuters reports. Hiller is leaving after less than 2 years with the paper as Tribune owner Sam Zell prepares to cut jobs again and reduce pages at his papers.... More »

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newspaper • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • publisher • Los Angeles Times • David Hiller

Chicago Tribune Editor Resigns Amid Cutbacks

Ann Marie Lipinski
ends 7-year run in job 'not the fit it once was'

Jul 14, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(AP) - 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... More »

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newspaper • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • editor • Los Angeles Times • Baltimore Sun • Chicago Tribune • Ann Marie Lipinski • Gerould Kern

OPINION

Zell Deserves Jail for 'Dumbed Down' Papers

'Visiting Visigoth' trashes serious journalism at LA Times

Jun 11, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sam Zell isn't just diminishing the great newspapers he bought in acquiring the Tribune Company, Harold Meyerson writes in the Washington Post—he's doing a grave disservice to cities that have supported the likes of the Los Angeles Times. "Zell has taken bean counting to a whole new level,... More »

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Analysis

Sam Zell: Saving Newspapers, or Burying Them?

News cuts may stem advertising losses or hemorrhage them

Jun 9, 08 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Honey, I'm Shrinking
 the Tribune Papers 

Zell plans to slice pages to offset $13B debt

Jun 6, 08 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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 ... More »

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

 Newspaper Circulation Off 3.6% 

USA Today, WSJ only big names to buck accelerating downward trend

Apr 28, 08 4:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newspaper circulation contracted the past six months as competition from Internet sources and cutbacks in advertising decreased sales, Bloomberg reports. Circulation dropped 3.6% for the industry as a whole, with only USA Today and the Wall Street Journal enjoying slightly increased circulation among the 25 largest papers. "The... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • Wall Street Journal • USA Today • circulation • Los Angeles Times • New York Daily News • newspaper industry

Times Officially Retracts Tupac Shooting Story

Paper clears site of article, reporter's chat and blog posts

Apr 7, 08 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times today formally retracted its story that had an FBI informant implicating Sean "Diddy" Combs in a 1994 assault on fellow rapper Tupac Shakur. The paper previously apologized and reported that documents key to the March 17 story appeared to have been a hoax; it said... More »

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Diddy • Los Angeles Times • hip-hop • rapper • Tupac Shakur • James Sabatino • Notorious BIG • rap rivalry

Zell Turns to Radio Talent
to Shake Up Newspapers

Tribune chief hiring radio veterans to help company

Apr 7, 08 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - New publishing mogul Sam Zell is recruiting colorful veterans from the radio industry in a bid to help save his struggling Tribune Company, the Wall Street Journal reports. Zell is hoping the imports will spark innovation at the company, whose debt has swelled to $12.8 billion amid declining newspaper... More »

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radio • newspaper • Chicago Cubs • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • Clear Channel • Los Angeles Times • Newsday • local TV stations • Chicago Tribune • Lee Abrams • Randy Michaels

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