Comments on: Tribune Files for Chapter 11; Who's on the Hook?

By: Los Angeles Times Outsources Reporting To NBC, and Hopes You Notice | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:44:55 +0000

[...] Like the New York Times ads, this might have seemed controversial several years ago, when newspapers weren’t shaking the couch cushions and to try to find spare change. Now it’s just inevitable, especially given that Tribune Co., the LAT’s corporate parent, has already filed for Chapter 11. [...]

By: Is the LA Times a Charity Case? Yes, and I’ll Take It On, Says Billionaire Eli Broad | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:53:03 +0000

[...] that Tribune is in Chapter 11, Broad could pick it up at a substantial discount. Reuters: Eli Broad, a wealthy philanthropist who [...]

By: Two Newspaper Properties Not For Sale: Tribune Real Estate In Chicago, LA | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:38:46 +0000

[...] Zell’s Tribune Co., last seen entering Chapter 11, is in fire sale mode. But you can only have a fire sale if someone’s buying what [...]

By: Mark Cuban To Sam Zell: I’d Still Like To Buy The Chicago Cubs. Just Lower Your Price, Please | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:51:57 +0000

[...] the time-pressed, here’s the upshot: Given that the Tribune has turned into a nightmare for Zell, that price should come down, which seems to be Cuban’s thinking here: So when it [...]

By: One More Newspaper Gives Up The Ghost: Spanish Language Hoy New York Goes Web-Only | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:39:45 +0000

[...] dailies: Metro, published by Sweden-based Metro International SA, and AM New York, published by the troubled Tribune Co., which sold Hoy to Impremedia last year. Both target the elusive and wily young, affluent, [...]

By: Bob Srednas

Bob Srednas — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:19:55 +0000

As a 20 year retired veteran of The Chicago Tribune, this certainly is a sad day indeed.
Col. McCormick will surely roll over in his grave with this news
Times change , but Zell doesn’t.