L.A. Times sells Disney front page for movie ad

2010-03-05T18:33:32Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times' critic may have panned the film, but that didn't stop Disney from paying top dollar to turn the newspaper's front page into a special advertisement on Friday for the new...

Tribune bondholders sue over 2007 buyout

2010-03-05T13:15:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Tribune bondholders sues bank lenders who financed 2007 leveraged buyout</div><div><p>Bondholders in the Tribune Co.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case are suing the banks that financed the media company's 2007 leveraged buyout, claiming they knew that the resulting debt load would leave Tribune insolvent.</p><p>The lawsuit was filed in Tribune Co. wants a Delaware bankruptcy judge to dismiss its motion to approve two management bonus plans worth more than $20 million.</p><p>The company said Thursday it wants to include the bonuses in its reorganization pl...

Tribune gets more time to file reorganization plan

2010-02-22T08:38:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Del. bankruptcy judge grants Tribune request for more time to file reorganization plan</div><div><p>The Tribune Co. on Thursday won approval from a Delaware bankruptcy judge for more time to file a Chapter 11 reorganization plan.</p><p>J...

Family mourns as 7 die in suburban Chicago blaze

2010-02-22T09:31:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Family mourns loss of children, grandchildren in suburban Chicago blaze; investigations go on</div><div><p>A grandfather who had been planning to spend his weekend with his family celebrating his birthday and the arrival of a new grandson instead mourned the loss of three children, two grandchildren and two friends in a suburban Chicago fire.</p><p>...

Del. judge approves Tribune bonuses

2010-02-22T14:13:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Bankruptcy judge approves up to $45M in bonuses for Tribune managers</div><div><p>A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved bonuses of up to $45 million for hundreds of Tribune Co. managers, including its top 10 executives.</p><p>

Bankruptcy judge ready to approve bonuses

2010-02-22T16:15:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Delaware bankruptcy ready to approve bonuses for top executives</div><div><p>A Delaware bankruptcy judge is ready to approve Tribune Co.'s request to pay bonuses of up to $45 million to hundreds of managers, including the media conglomerate's top 10 executives.</p><p>In an order Thursda...

Some newspaper publishers that filed Chapter 11

2010-02-23T12:52:38Z

<div id="subtitle">A look at some of the other newspaper publishers that filed Chapter 11 cases</div><div><p>A look at some of the other newspaper publishers that have filed for Chapter 11 protection:</p><p>_ Tribune Co. — The owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, other daily ...

Google adds new media partners to 'Fast Flip'

2010-02-23T14:59:45Z

<div><p>Internet giant Google on Wednesday added another 24 media partners to its online news reader "Fast Flip," including the Tribune and McClatchy newspaper groups, the Huffington Post and Politico.</p>&...

Tribune Co. names Kersting COO of broadcast group

2010-02-23T16:13:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Tribune Co. names Jerry Kersting chief operating officer of broadcasting group</div><div><p>Tribune Co. on Monday named Jerry Kersting, an executive vice president at the media company, as chief operating officer of its broadcast group.</p><p>Kersting's appointment takes eff...

Tribune appoints operating, investment executives

2010-02-23T17:53:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Tribune Co. appoints chief operating officer, investment officer</div><div><p>Newspaper publisher and broadcaster Tribune Co. said Thursday it named Gerry Spector its chief operating officer to oversee the company's Internet, broadcasting and newspaper operations.</p><p>The ap...

Tribune Co. names new CEO, keeps Zell chairman

2010-02-23T22:02:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Tribune Co. names Randy Michaels as CEO to succeed Sam Zell, who stays on as chairman</div><div><p>Sam Zell, the real estate mogul who took Tribune Co. private a year before the media company was forced to enter bankruptcy protection, is stepping down fro...

Tribune Co CEO

2009-12-02T09:17:32Z

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2007 file photo, Randy Michaels, then, newly appointed CEO of the Interactive and Broadcasting divisions of Tribune Co., listen to real estate billionaire Sam Zell comment on his purchase of the Tribune Company during a news conference at the Tribune Tower in Chic...

Sam Zell resigns as Tribune CEO, remains chairman

2010-02-23T22:02:23Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Zell is resigning as chief executive of Tribune Co &lt;TRBCQ.PK&gt; after two years at the helm of the bankrupt media company whose $8.2 billion buyout he engineered in 2007.</p><p>Zell will remain chairman of Tribune, ...

Judge gives Tribune more time for bankruptcy plan

2010-02-23T22:26:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Judge grants Tribune extension of time to file Chapter 11 reorganization plan</div><div><p>A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday granted the Tribune Co. more time to submit a Chapter 11 reorganization plan.</p><p>Judge Kevin Carey a...

Tribune lenders propose competing plan of reorganization

2010-02-24T00:43:34Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Debtholders of bankrupt Tribune Co &lt;TRBCQ.PK&gt; have asked a judge to deny the media company's request for more time to present a plan of reorganization so the lenders themselves can offer a plan, according to court filings.</p><p>Tribune Cos, owner of the Chicago Tr...

Largest Conn. newspaper hit with plagiarism suit

2010-02-24T03:17:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Lawsuit accuses Hartford Courant of plagiarizing stories from smaller competitor</div><div><p>A small, family-owned Connecticut newspaper sued the state's largest newspaper Thursday, saying it repeatedly plagiarized stories after cutting its own reporting staff to save money.</p>&...

Illinois prison mulled for Guantanamo inmates: report

2010-02-24T05:19:54Z

<div><p>The Obama administration is considering relocating some Guantanamo detainees to a mostly vacant prison in the president's home state of Illinois, US media reported.</p><p>

2010-02-24T07:12:40Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The legal fight over rights to comic legend Dick Tracy is back on.</p><p>A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware on Monday lifted a stay that prevented actor

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