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Tribune Company Award for Reporting the "News" goes to...Ellis Henican! (Shankbone)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:59:44 GMT

Congratulations are in order for Ellis Henican writing for Tribune Company's AM New York . He was just presented with the first Tribune Company Award for Reporting the "News" . On the cover of the July 3-6 "Weekend Edition" was the titilating headline "Celeb Sleaze". Swarming around it were dozens of celebrity heads cut-n-pasted like a child's collage. Since...

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Bridget Fox banging on about Woolworths vs Waitrose (Suz Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:21:00 GMT

Bridget Fox seems to really have her knickers in a twist about the news that Waitrose is to replace Woolworths at the Angel. There'a locally interest after the Londonist website , Islington Gazette and the Tribune covered the story. Naturally there's a sentiment attached to Woolies. Their stores have been around as long as I can remember. The reality of the situation their shops stuck in a time...

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Tribune signs $300 million asset-backed commercial paper facility (Chicago Tribune)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:05:00 GMT

Tribune Co. said Friday that it signed a $300 million asset-backed commercial paper facility with Barclay's Bank PLC, in essence raising cash against future trade receivables due to the company.

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Newsfeed Update: 07.03.08 (MediaBistro.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:00:52 GMT

Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. Sun Sentinel to Cut 58 Jobs (FishbowlLA) FishbowlLA has received an email from a Sun Sentinel staffer who says 58 jobs will be cut from the Sam Zell-Tribune Company paper. "We just got word from the editor today, that 20 percent of the Sun Sentinel editorial staff will be laid off. Meaning, about 58 jobs will be cut. So...

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More Tribune Company Lay Offs: Sun Sentinel to Cut 58 Jobs (MediaBistro.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:27:44 GMT

Man, that Sam Zell is a busy bee. Not only is he ordering up the heads of 150 LAT staffers , but we just got word that the supposed media mogul is bringing his sickle to Florida. From a Sun Sentinel staffer (well, staffer for now): We just got word from the editor today, that 20 percent of the Sun Sentinel editorial staff will be laid off. Meaning, about 58 jobs will be cut. So far, 15 or so have...

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Can Words Resolve the Battle Over Guns? (Gun Guys)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:58:33 GMT

Syndicated Chicago Tribune columnist Robert Koehler is a compassionate journalist who frequently writes with a broad overview of issues. And that is how he has approached the recent Supreme Court ruling establishing, in law, the NRA's interpretation of the Second Amendment. In his most recent column, Koehler writes: As one anonymous writer put it in response...

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Tales of the Tribune Co.: 'Deep Cuts' Now a Reality at LA Times (MediaBistro.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:26:38 GMT

... have less money. The "difficult and painful" changes are part of the larger measures Sam Zell 's Tribune company announced last month . Stanton's full memo after the jump. continued... New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media

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You've Got An Obit: Monster Founder Sees Future In Online Obits, Death Alerts (WayOdd)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:52:02 GMT

Jeff Taylor, the founder of online job site Monster.com, is now touting his latest Internet project: online obituaries. Taylor said his newest venture, Tributes.com, is aimed at moving death notices from the newspaper to the Internet. Unlike Legacy.com, which is owned partly by the Tribune Co. and receives fees from 650 newspapers to publish online death notices, Taylor intends to obtain obituaries...

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Los Angeles Times to eliminate 150 newsroom jobs (International Herald Tribune)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:23:53 GMT

The newspaper will publish 15 percent fewer pages. The cut is the deepest of a series of cuts at Tribune Co. newspapers as the company tries to stay afloat.

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US: Editor and Publisher's "Best of the Web": Flight Delay Calculator aids travelers (E - Editors Weblog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:07:07 GMT

Editor and Publisher's bi-weekly "Best of the Web" column highlights some cool new features newspapers are offering on their websites. Here are some of the highlights.*Chicago Tribune compiled a photo gallery detailing the pursuit of a serial killer in Illinois...

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US: L.A. Times launches Kindle edition (E - Editors Weblog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:59:27 GMT

The Los Angeles Times announced that it is the first Tribune Company paper to be available for Amazon's Kindle Reader. This is a further step in the reinvention process that newspapers worldwide are adhering to.The Kindle Reader offers newspapers a...

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Going Out of Business (Second City Cop)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:01:00 GMT

No, not the blog - not yet anyway. The media : Tribune Co.'s largest newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, plans to cut about 250 jobs, including 17% of its news staff, as part of the newly private media company's mandate to slash costs. As part of the cuts, the LA Times, the fourth-largest daily paper by weekday circulation in the U.S., will reduce the number of pages it publishes...

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L.A. Times newsroom to shrink by 150 jobs (International Herald Tribune)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:43:14 GMT

The decision to eliminate more than one-sixth of the newsroom staff and publish 15 percent fewer pages is the deepest of a series of cuts at the Tribune Company as it tries to stay afloat.

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L.A. Times Newsroom to Shrink by 150 Jobs (New York Times)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:03:24 GMT

The decision to eliminate more than one-sixth of the newsroom staff and publish 15 percent fewer pages is the deepest of a series of cuts at the Tribune Company as it tries to stay afloat.

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America's Fattest Newspaper Goes On A Scary Diet [The Chart] (Gawker)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:37:56 GMT

Tribune Company's Los Angeles Times is one of the most hard-pressed big-city newspapers: the parent company is over-leveraged; the local market reeling from a real estate crash; and like all papers...

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GM of WGN America to depart (Chicago Tribune)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:44:00 GMT

Bill Shaw, vice president and general manager of Tribune Co.'s WGN America since 2002, told staff of the national cable channel today that he plans to leave the company, effective Aug. 1.

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Tales of the Tribune Co.: No More Pencils, No More Books (MediaBistro.com)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:49:38 GMT

Things are not looking up for Chicago Tribune employees. In an effort to pay down its $13 million dollar debt Gerald Spector , the company's chief administration office issued a memo to staff saying that the company needed to trim its $3.5 million annual shopping bill at OfficeMax and requesting that employees "reduce their supply purchases and to economize on travel." To add...

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How Lisa Anderson and the Tribune Company turn the good into fear (Shankbone)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:15:00 GMT

I wonder if Lisa Anderson is mortified by her latest piece in the Chicago Tribune . She wrote an ethically-challenged news stunt designed to have anxious parents buy their paper. File this under, "A flood is news; sunshine is weather." 60 years after "Dewey Defeats Truman" the Tribune still gets it wrong. Anderson's headline read " Teen pregnancies at 30-year low ." Great news! Not for...

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Sen. Salazar Discusses NISP With Weld Residents, Officials (Red Orbit )

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:00:30 GMT

By Andrew Villegas, Greeley Tribune, Colo. Jul. 1--U.S. Sen.

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KTLA pinkslips staffers (Variety.com)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:39:38 GMT

TV News: News, on-air talent affected by layoffs -- Tribune Co.'s KTLA Los Angeles station has laid off at least half a dozen news division staffers and a handful of on-air talent, including station vet Walter Richards.

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