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It is official

The N.L.R.B. officially announced their decision to deny the Company's request for a review of our election victory and "certified" our election results. To read the official Decision and Certification  document,  follow the link

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Tribune Shares Weaken As Questions On Deal Swirl
Shares of Tribune Co., which is slated to be taken private later this year, have been steadily weakening in recent weeks, falling well below the $34 deal price as analysts struggle to decipher the meaning of the drop.      more

         
A potential institutional conflict of interest...
The Wall Street Journal owes its remarkable success in part to its ambidextrous editorial identity -- opinion pages devoted to sternly right-wing commentary, at times undeterred by fact, married to a vast newsroom with a reputation for independent, accurate and unblinkered business journalism. It's that balance that the takeover of The Journal's parent, Dow Jones Co., by media baron Rupert Murdoch endangers. more

Blethen family to note a 112th year of stewardship...

Two newspapers, each family controlled for more than a century, are marking radically different milestones.     more

Lean Times

Other than if you put a ruler on the paper and measure it, I’m kind of hoping it will not be that noticeable,” said Tom Bodkin, design director for The New York Times. On the morning of Monday, August 6, the Times was scheduled to crop an inch an a half from the newspaper's width. The new Times will now be 12 inches wide, which newspaper officials have said is the "industry standard" for American broadsheets.         more

Markets fret over Tribune deal

  Confidence appears to be ebbing on Wall Street in Tribune Co.'s ability to pull off a complex, $8.2 billion deal to take itself private in partnership with Chicago billionaire Sam Zell.
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Buyout:Tribune workers must be protected

The article "Tribune Co.'s Climb to Going Private Gets Steeper" (Money & Investing, May 25) reveals terms of the Tribune Co. buyout plan that make the deal even more untenable for Tribune workers than originally understood. One thing is clear: If the Tribune Co. can't meet the demands of the higher interest rates and shorter payment schedule for the $7 billion in debt it ...             more


  • As Jobs Fade and Demands Grow -- What Gets Lost?

    newspapers these days are being forced to do more with less...  more

  • The Times' changes pick up speed as many depart

    The staff-wide e-mails have arrived in bunches over the last few days at the Los Angeles Times.   more

  • Zell's Tribune LBO Runs Into Funds Seeking a Default

    Sam Zell's agreement to buy Tribune Co., the publisher of the Los Angeles Times and owner of the Chicago Cubs, prompted three hedge funds to seek profits in the fine print of $1.26 billion of bonds.   more

  • Tribune Co. sees revenues tumble 11% in May
 Tribune Co. reported Wednesday that its May revenues fell 11.1 percent, to $406 million, as both its publishing and broadcasting units showed steep declines.
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'Chicago Tribune' to Deliver 'Chicago Sun-Times'
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As Newspapers Continue To Gut Their Newsrooms Can Publishers Justify Their Spin That The Editorial Quality Remains The Same?more