Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Next in the long list of companies cutting jobs comes Tribune Co., which is slicing positions at The Chicago Tribune. About 12 employees at the Trib were given the rest of the week to clean out...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
The Tribune reports this afternoon on the new round of bidding: At least three prospective buyers have submitted a new round of bids to Tribune Co. for the Chicago Cubs, one of professional sports' trophy franchises. Chicago real estate investor Hersch Klaff; the Ricketts family, founder of online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.; and a group led by Marc Utay, a New York private...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
At least three would-be buyers of the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise have submitted second-round bids to Tribune Co., according to newspaper reports.
MSNBC.com: Baseball (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
CHICAGO (AP) -At least three would-be buyers of the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise have submitted second-round bids to Tribune Co., according to newspaper reports.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
CHICAGO (AP) -- At least three would-be buyers of the baseball franchise have submitted second-round bids to Tribune Co., according to newspaper reports.The Chicago Tribune, which is also owned by Tribune Co., and The Wall Street Journal said in stories late Monday and Tuesday the company received at least three new offers by its deadline on Monday.Both papers identified the suitors...
Chris Boese's Weblog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
You hear the news of the layoffs across the board, hitting the big papers, the big TV stations, the big chain media conglomerates (Gannett, Time Warner, Tribune Co). But it doesn't really sink in until you understand an ENTIRE GENERATION of experienced journalistic talent is being lost. Yes, that was also lost in the late 1980s (I remember 800 people laid off in a fell swoop when the two Little...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
... revenue declines with cost cuts."Fitch rates the debt of two newspaper companies, The McClatchy Co. and Tribune Co. as junk, with serious possibilities of default. It also assigns a negative outlook to both the companies and the newspaper sector, meaning their credit ratings are likely to deteriorate further.If Fitch is pessimistic about the outlook for newspapers and other media, it's because...
Gawker (Free subscription) | yesterday
... will have a hellish year, too:Fitch rates the debt of two newspaper companies, The McClatchy Co. and Tribune Co. as junk, with serious possibilities of default. It also assigns a negative outlook to both the companies and the newspaper sector, meaning their credit ratings are likely to deteriorate further...Five of the top 10 ad categories, accounting for more than 40% of ad spend will be...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
At least three would-be buyers of the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise have submitted second-round bids to Tribune Co., according ...
Ivy Chat (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
The Tribune is reporting that: At least three prospective buyers have submitted a new round of bids to Tribune Co. for the Chicago Cubs, one of professional sports' trophy franchises. Chicago real estate investor Hersch Klaff; the Ricketts family, founder of online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.; and a group led by Marc Utay, a New York private equity investor, delivered their...
E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... more than 40% of ad spend, will be down. The report finds two newspaper companies, The McClatchy Co. and Tribune Co ., as "junk," finding "serious possibilities of default." Source: Editor and Publisher
ESPN (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
At least three would-be buyers of the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise have submitted second-round bids to Tribune Co., according to newspaper reports.
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
At least three prospective buyers have submitted a new round of bids to Tribune Co. for the Chicago Cubs, one of professional sports' trophy franchises. The Tribune is reporting that Chicago real estate investor Hersch Klaff and the Ricketts family, founder of online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., and a group led by Marc Utay, a New York private equity investor, delivered their...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
At least three prospective buyers have submitted a new round of bids to Tribune Co. for the Chicago Cubs, one of professional sports' trophy franchises.
Gawker (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Tribune Co. crazy man Lee Abrams to staff: "Revolutions are about 'we'. The leaders need to engage EVERYone. And EVERYone needs to engage the cause. You are either WITH the revolution or AGAINST it....
