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Tribune Prepares for Bankruptcy Filing
Wall Street Journal Online ^ | 7 December 2008 | N/A

Posted on 12/07/2008 3:23:33 PM PST by Erik Latranyi

Tribune Co. is preparing for a possible bankruptcy-protection filing as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter, opening a new front of trouble for the newspaper industry.

As Tribune continues discussions with its lenders to rework its debt load, the newspaper-and-television concern in recent days ...

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bailout; chicago; dinosaurdeathwatch; latwp; liberalmedia; msmdeathwatch; newpaperbailout; obama; samzell; tarp; tribune; zell
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To: Erik Latranyi

Maybe Mark Cuban can get the Cubbies in a bankruptcy sale now.


61 posted on 12/07/2008 4:34:57 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: EagleUSA

It seems like the One is preparing with all who blindly supported him to have the Country simply declare bankruptcy and then ask the taxpayers to give themselves several trillion.

That must be his plan and his blind supporters are starting the movement now.

George Soros will then buy us all cheap.


62 posted on 12/07/2008 4:35:40 PM PST by AmericanVictory
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To: bert

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003920126
Reports: Layoffs at Toledo ‘Blade’


63 posted on 12/07/2008 4:36:42 PM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: bert

I never said I was a ‘conservative’. But I do love tit.

Merry Christmas.


64 posted on 12/07/2008 4:37:35 PM PST by BGHater (Obama is a Neocon.)
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To: P8riot

Nice post!


65 posted on 12/07/2008 4:37:58 PM PST by B4Ranch ( Veterans: "There is no expiration date on our oath, to protect America from all enemies, ...")
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To: Frantzie

not anymore!


66 posted on 12/07/2008 4:44:03 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: Erik Latranyi

A little bit of good news since the election. A few nuggets here and there but not many.


67 posted on 12/07/2008 4:47:12 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Straight Vermonter

Mark Cuban has to clear his name first!


68 posted on 12/07/2008 4:49:28 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: BGHater

What’s a BG?


69 posted on 12/07/2008 4:53:15 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Save America......... put out lots of wafarin)
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To: bert

Big Gov’t.


70 posted on 12/07/2008 4:56:17 PM PST by BGHater (Obama is a Neocon.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Sam Zell owns The LA Times and the Chicago Tribune.

Does this mean that the Obama-Khalidi tape might see the light of day soon?


71 posted on 12/07/2008 5:01:10 PM PST by Smokeyblue
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To: B4Ranch

Thought it might help to see who’s affected.


72 posted on 12/07/2008 5:07:39 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-081207tribune-possible-bankruptcy,0,2155085.story

“It’s an uncertain and difficult environment,” Tribune Co. spokesman Gary Weitman said Sunday night. “We haven’t made any decision. We’re looking at all of our options.”


73 posted on 12/07/2008 5:08:52 PM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: Erik Latranyi

I really believe the reason so many of the liberal rags are failing is becuz the majority of their target audience ..i.e. the welfare state... doesn’t read.

They mostly just watch TV


74 posted on 12/07/2008 5:10:35 PM PST by fifthestate
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To: BGHater

I’ve been praying for the destruction of the liberal American media for years ... but, the sheeple get their “facts” from that media. And it has been effective.

What really needs to happen now is an effective way to get the truth to the sheeple.


75 posted on 12/07/2008 5:18:31 PM PST by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: Erik Latranyi
Geeeeeee-zzzzzzzuuuuuuuuuuusssssssssssss! Now we will have a newspaper company bailout bill to save the MSM’s bird cage liners!!!!!!!!!!! That's next. HEADLINE: DIMOCRATS IN CONGRESS PLEDGE BILLIONS TO SAVE THEIR PROPAGANDA WING!!
76 posted on 12/07/2008 5:19:13 PM PST by RetiredArmy (NOTE TO REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS: PLAY THE CONSERVATIVE CARD!!!)
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To: goodnesswins

http://www.tribune.com/about/index.html

TRIBUNE is America’s largest employee-owned media company, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing, Tribune’s leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, Morning Call and Daily Press. The Company’s broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable, Chicago’s WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune’s print and broadcast properties and extend the Company’s nationwide audience. At Tribune we take what we do seriously and with a great deal of pride. We also value the creative spirit and are nurturing a corporate culture that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Journalism At Its Best

Great journalism has always been Tribune Company’s foundation. Our success depends on it. Whether the story is across town or around the world, Tribune has the talent and the resources to cover it well.

Corporate Citizenship

Tribune and its employees are active contributors to the communities where we do business. Each year, Tribune and its employees contribute millions of dollars and thousands of volunteer hours to charitable activities. Our business units also help raise public awareness for important issues by using our broad media reach to deliver public service messages, television specials and newspaper series.


77 posted on 12/07/2008 5:19:55 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68 (CALL CONGRESSCRITTERS TOLL-FREE @ 1-800-965-4701)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Buh-bye.


78 posted on 12/07/2008 5:28:41 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: abb

via twitter

The Chicago Tribune has notified its employees that several members of its newsroom staff will leave the paper by the end of the week.

Editor Gerould Kern’s memo to employees didn’t specify the number of layoffs or who was leaving. Kern said the news industry is in the middle of “historic structural change.”


79 posted on 12/07/2008 5:30:00 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: Erik Latranyi

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081207/sam-zells-tribune-co-headed-for-chapter-11/
Tribune Co. Headed For Chapter 11?


80 posted on 12/07/2008 5:30:24 PM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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