Tribune Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Chicago Tribune ^

[Rutles4Ever]

Media conglomerate Tribune Co. has filed for bankrutpcy protection, pressured by high debts, according to the Associated Press.

[scooby321]

Dummie could have sold the tape that the LA Times had.

Cubs are the only asset they have.

[abb]

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/12/08/the-tribune-buyout-was-it-ever-a-good-idea/
The Tribune Buyout: Was It Ever a Good Idea?

[abb]

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={09E479FC-FA34-4B91-ABA1-B0F12B5688BC}&siteid=nbih
Chicago Cubs not included in Tribune’s Chapter 11 filing

[Enterprise]

Let us pause here to rejoice for all these people in the media. There is HOPE. And yes, there’s going to be CHANGE. Obama has a lot of public works projects in mind, and all these media people can grab their shovels and start digging!

[abb]

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/tribune-files-for-bankruptcy/index.html?hp

Tribune Files for Bankruptcy

The top creditors listed by Tribune in its court filing include big banks like JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. JPMorgan listed some of the firms it had syndicated its debt to as well; that list comprises private investment firms like Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s KKR Financial, Highland Capital Management and Davidson Kempner Capital Management.

[abb]

http://crosscut.com/2008/12/08/seattle-newspapers/18696/
Seattle Times puts some new land up for collateral

[abb]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003920237
Tribune: ‘Where Are We Going Here?’

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003920383
Black Monday: Tribune Co. Files for Bankruptcy

[ichabod1]

Tribune: Too Big To Fail.

NewsCorp: NOT Too Big To Fail.

[abb]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/
Cablers Cover Tribune Bankruptcy

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Bad day for the local Orlando Slantinel...er Sentinel...here in Orlando. They have a laid off a bunch of staff there the past few years.

I guess liberalism just does not pay...

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Can’t they get green jobs sorting trash in the booming anti-global warming industry?

[eswan9]

LOL!!

[abb]

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-tribunes-ch-11-its-letter-to-advertisers/
Tribune’s Ch. 11: Its Letter to Advertisers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/08/AR2008120802200.html?hpid=topnews
Tribune Co. Files for Bankrupcty Protection

http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/12/08/Tribune-Files-for-Bankruptcy
Tribune Bankruptcy: Print It.

http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2008/12/why_tribune_filed.php
*Why Tribune filed

[SevenofNine]

I just hear

That sad if Baseball team is more profitable

[Enterprise]

In the fullness of time, they can get jobs sorting at recycling centers. Alas, in these uncertain circumstances, recycling prices have also fallen, and it no longer pays to have people recycle items. But if they apply now, they will be first in line when Obama fixes everything.

[Frank Sheed]

We need to publish the "Free Republic Gazette" online!

[abb]

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=155321
Timeline of Tribune’s Troubles

[vimto]

Can I be your UK reporter.

PLEASE, pretty please......?

[martin_fierro]

Media conglomerate Tribune Co. has filed for bankrutpcy protection,

CALSSIC!!1!