" NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Times says publisher David Hiller has resigned after 21 months at the helm of Tribune Co.'s largest paper. The news comes the same day Chicago Tribune editor Ann Marie Lipinski...
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Here we go again..."The Chicago Tribune is eliminating about 80 editorial positions — roughly 14 percent of its newsroom staff — amid parent Tribune Company's campaign to cut costs as revenues decline.Employees...
Too much of news happening around but bad news for newspapers themselves. American newspaper industry is undergoing most difficult phase in the business. One of the biggest American publisher Tribune Co. is going to...
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***OPINION***"And they’re down to the wire, racing neck and neck. Who’s it going to be? Jindal? Crist? Or maybe Pawlenty?Ah heck, who knows. All we do know, or at least what I think I know, is that John...
Just a thought: maybe there could be a business version of Iron Chef that would begin..."And so I say unto you, in the words of my father, let the bidding war for control of Newsday...be-gin!"UPDATE | May 2nd -...
For my column this week I was inspired by Jordan's story on National High Five Day."Unbeknownst to many, it was recently National High Five Day. It was a quiet holiday that slipped beneath the radar of most news...
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Rumors are flying about a possible Newday sale..."After inking a deal to take control of the Tribune Company last year, Samuel Zell told told the company’s flagship paper, The Chicago Tribune: “We didn’t do...
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"Samuel "Sam" Zell (born September 1941) is a U.S.-born billionaire and real estate entrepreneur. He is co-founder and Chairman of Equity Group Investments, a private investment firm. With an estimated net worth of US$6 billion, he is ranked as the 52nd richest American by...
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"China's free pass
Posted by Damian Lanigan on 31 Jan 2008 at 00:09
Tags: China, Hu Jintao, Gordon Brown, Beijing Olympics, Hu Jia
China's government is rounding up human rights activists in preparation for the Olympics. Hu Jia is under house arrest for the crime of airing...
I know, not another Peterson Story. But here is what I find interesting about this new developement. The police issued a warrant for "all GPS records, cellular service records, logging records or any other electronic records in the possession of OnStar Inc""BOLINGBROOK,...
"Trial of Jena 6 defendant will be open to public
CHICAGO TRIBUNE BY HOWARD WITT
HOUSTON _ Replying to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of U.S. media companies, the judge overseeing the trial of Mychal Bell, one of the teenage defendants in the racially-charged Jena 6 case in...
"Each year, the survey paints a comprehensive picture of evolving trends and emerging issues facing companies of all sizes that rely on an international workforce.
Results from this year's research appeared in such prestigious publications as Time Magazine, The Wall Street...
40 arrests over alleged multi-million tax dodge"Cisco offices in Brazil were raided yesterday and executives arrested during a massive raid against alleged illegal avoidance of import duties.
Six hundred and fifty police and tax officers used 93 search warrants at Cisco...
Howard Witt, the Southwest Bureau Chief of the Chicago Tribune, was recently interviewed by the Dallas South Blog, an interview posted here at NowPublic.
Howard Witt has been in the forefront of...