Tribune

Zell's Sell

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:47:09 -0800

Tribune Company Loses $121 Million

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:34:58 -0800

'L.A. Times' Refugees Sue for Control of Paper

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:14:23 -0700

Tribune Posts Second-Quarter Loss, Lower Revenue

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:26:02 -0700

Cablevision Not Interested in Newsday

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:30:38 -0700

Cable television operator Cablevision Systems Corp is not interested in buying Newsday from the Tribune Company, contrary to press reports, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Shrinkage Factor: Since 2003, Big Media Contracts

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:52:24 -0700

Like hapless George Costanza in "Seinfeld," legacy media companies are desperately trying to convince their shareholders that shrinkage is a transient phenomenon. Investors should not judge them by a few bad quarters, they argue, because it's all part of the "transition" to digital publishing. The economic waters are so chilly that any company would look bad. But a broad survey of the fortunes of big media companies from 2003-2007 suggests that recession or no, they will end up smaller and confirm George's worst nightmare: Shrinkage is here to stay.

Newsday May Get New Suitor

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:32:30 -0700

Yet another wealthy media figure may be interested in buying Long Island newspaper Newsday from ailing Tribune Co. Jared Kushner, the owner of the New York Observer and son of real-estate developer Charles Kushner, is among those who may be contemplating bids to buy or enter into a partnership with Newsday, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Newspapers’ New Owners Turn Grim

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:53:43 -0700

Critics of newspapers say that part of the problem is that the industry has lost its ability to surprise. Tell that to the guys who have just bought in.

“The news business is something worse than horrible. If that’s the future, we don’t have much of a future,” Sam Zell, who bought the Tribune Company last year, said recently in The Baltimore Sun.

Rivals Interested in Newsday

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:20:43 -0700

The troubled Tribune Co. has received sudden interest from a number of rivals interested in buying the media giant's New York area newspaper, Newsday, according to a source close to the situation.