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  • Tribune CEO to Stockholders: No Guarantee We Won't Be Another KR (DINO MEDIA EXT. ALERT!)

    05/02/2006 12:24:49 PM PDT · by abb · 12 replies · 321+ views
    Editor & Publisher ^ | May 2, 2006 | Mark Fitzgerald
    Published: May 02, 2006 3:15 PM ET CHICAGO Speaking at Tribune Co.'s brisk annual meeting Tuesday, Chairman, President and CEO Dennis J. FitzSimons told anxious shareholders that the newspaper and broadcast giant will "win" eventually -- but he could not guarantee the company will suffer the same fate as Knight Ridder Inc. "As Knight Ridder found out, in this environment anything is possible," FitzSimons said in response to a question from an unidentified Tribune employee. FitzSimons noted, however, that unlike Knight Ridder -- bought last month by The McClatchy Company in a $6 billion deal -- big blocks of Tribune...