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14 hrs ago | MELODIKA.net

PIX Names Bill Carey News Director

PIX, Tribune Broadcasting's New York CW affiliate, has named Bill Carey its News Director.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Publishing, Media, Chicago, IL, Non-Profit

Thu Nov 19, 2009

WFSB-TV Hartford

Courant Sued Over Plagiarism Allegations

The Hartford Courant is being sued by a smaller, family owned newspaper that is seeking financial damages for what it calls the Courant's repeated plagiarism of its stories.

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Related Topix: Hartford Metro, Hartford, CT, Manchester, CT, Publishing, Media

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Http

Tribune Asks for Extension on Reorg Plan

Legislation VPS can deliver your press releases to nearly all Virginia newspapers within hours of receiving it.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Economics News, Bankruptcy

MediaBistro

The Morning Newsfeed: 11.16.09

CNN Gave Dobbs $8 Million to Leave CNN gave Lou Dobbs an $8 million severance package to leave.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Comcast, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Publishing, Media, New York Metro

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Bloomberg

Tribune Seeks More Time to Submit Restructuring Plan in Bankruptcy Court

Tribune Co. , publisher of the Baltimore Sun and Los Angeles Times, said it asked for more time to submit its restructuring plan in bankruptcy court, according to a memo sent to employees today.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Publishing, Media, US News

Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Daily Free Press

Staff Edit: Associated mess

The Associated Press announced last week that Tribune Co., the owner of such media giants as The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune, is going to suspend the use of AP stories this week, as a trial run for a possible long-term financial decision.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Huffington Post

NY Post Circulation Sinks To 508,000

Nearly every paper in America has lost circulation, but The Post more than most -- down almost 30 percent in 2.5 years, to 508,000 in the most recent reporting period, against 544,000 for The Daily News.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, DE, Publishing, Media

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Kroenke increases stake in soccer club Arsenal

American businessman Stan Kroenke has increased his stake in Premier League club Arsenal to 29.6 percent, only .3 percent short of a mandatory takeover bid.

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Related Topix: St. Louis, MO Metro, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Publishing, Media, Education

Sat Nov 07, 2009

MediaBistro

The Morning Newsfeed: 11.03.09

Apple's iTunes Pitch: TV for $30 a Month Would you pay $30 a month to watch TV via iTunes? That's the pitch Apple has been making to TV networks in recent weeks.

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Related Topix: iPod, Publishing, Media, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Viacom

Thu Nov 05, 2009

FishBowlLA

Tribune Co. Lets Employees Know Exactly How Much Worthless Stock They Own

Chief Administrative Officer Gerry Spector indicated yesterday in a memo about retirement plan changes that the Employee Stock Ownership Plan was going to be killed.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

FishBowlNY

Tribune Employees Lose What Little Stake They Had Left In Company

No big shocker here: Sam Zell 's bankruptcy of the Tribune Company is going to end up costing its employees more than just their jobs or perks, it's also going to retroactively remove their stock ownership in the company.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

2008 Democratic Convention Watch

Changes in Media

We've written before about how much of the MSM has closed out many of their local bureaus.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

Wed Nov 04, 2009

FishBowlNY

Tribune Co. Is Breaking Up With the Associated Press

As international newswires like AFP and The Associated Press begin to regulate how much copy can be taken from their articles, it's not just blogs that are going to feel the pinch.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

Chicago Sun-Times

Tribune Co. planning to switch ESOP to profit-sharing program

The controversial employee stock ownership plan at the center of Sam Zell's 2007 purchase of Tribune Co.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Tue Nov 03, 2009

MediaPost Publications

Tribune Tries to Cut AP Content Next Week

Tribune Co. wants to know if its papers, including the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, can do without content from the Associated Press.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

Mon Nov 02, 2009

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Tribune: Papers won't use most AP content for week to test if cutting ties financially viable

Tribune Co., owner of The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and several other news outlets, will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling company can do without it, according to a story on the Chicago Tribune's Web site.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

Chicago Tribune

Ruling bolsters dissidents in Tribune Co. bankruptcy case

The Tribune Co. bankruptcy case appeared to be rolling along smoothly, until a group of junior creditors led by distressed-bond investor Centerbridge Partners began throwing grenades in late August.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Chicago Metro, University of Chicago, Business News

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Editor & Publisher

Dissident Bondholders Accuse Tribune of Hiding Payments to Some Lenders

CHICAGO While under Chapter 11 protection, Tribune Co. has paid "millions of dollars" in hidden and unauthorized fees to lawyers and financial advisory firms hired by senior lenders as part of a plan to grab the lion's share of the Chicago media giant's assets, claims a dissident group of bondholders.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Broward-Palm Beach - News

Sun-Sentinel's SFL Morning Show Gives Up The Ghost

So much for the Sun-Sentinel television show "SFL Live," which was once billed by Tribune execs as a revolution in programming.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Los Angeles Business

Zell: Tribune to exit Chapter 11 in 2010

Tribune Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sam Zell said in an interview Wednesday that " ith some reasonable luck," the company will exit bankruptcy in the first quarter of 2010.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Economics News, Bankruptcy

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