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Tribune Co. said Tuesday that it plans to pay back $170 million of the $225 million in "debtor-in-possession" financing it took out to help pay for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding it entered last December. The company will close out a $150 million...
Tags: Ambac Financial Group Inc., Tribune Co., bankruptcy protection, The Chicago Tribune
Tribune Co. papers rewiring for experimental week without AP The Chicago Tribune and other Tribune Co. newspapers plan to utilize as little content from the Associated Press as practical during the week of Nov. 8. The goal, as the papers review costs...
Tags: The Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Tribune Co., AP news, Tribune Company, Tribune newspapers, More Business Tribune
Now that the media business seems to have economically short-circuited, the former Los Angeles Times editor and Chicago Tribune managing editor has come up with what he believes is a new way to provide the juice needed to power public-service journalism....
Tags: The Chicago Tribune, Former Chicago Tribune, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago Sun-Times for news, NY Times for Chicago, The New York Times, chicago edition, Los Angeles Times, Jim O'Shea, service journalism
City Hall Reporter In a historic vote that could transform Chicago or saddle future generations with Olympic debt, the City Council on Wednesday authorized Mayor Daley to sign a host city contract that amounts to an unlimited guarantee from Chicago taxpayers.
Tags: Chicago City Council, Chicago Council OK, The Chicago Tribune, Richard Daley, Mayor Daley, mayor richard, city contract, host city, unanimously approved, summer olympic
A year after its extreme makeover of "At the Movies" went over like "Land of the Lost," Disney's ABC Media Productions said Wednesday it is overhauling the Chicago-based syndicated TV program yet again in hopes of reconnecting with its respected past.
Tags: ABC Media Productions, Ben Lyons, Michael Phillips (critic), film critical, Ben Mankiewicz, Roger Ebert, The New York Times, A.O. Scott, The Chicago Tribune, Disney
Actress Felicia Fields, a long-time friend of the 'Dreamgirls' star, said: "It was a baby shower, a quiet gathering of friends and mostly family...Although Felicia has refused to say when the baby is due, the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper reports Jennifer...
Tags: The Chicago Tribune, Jennifer Hudson, Chicago Sun-Times, baby shower, Actress Felicia Fields
Some Glenwood residents awoke Friday to the sound of gunfire, as a South Holland police officer shot and killed a school bus hijacker who had led police on a 40-minute chase...Wallace St., Chicago, a driver for First Student Transportation Co., who had...
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The University of Illinois scrambled today to explain how politically connected applicants with less-than-stellar resumes gained entry into the school over more qualified students. University President Joseph White said he plans to make clear to employees...
Tags: The Chicago Tribune, University of Illinois, Joseph White, clout list, Rod Blagojevich, secret clout
01 AM The Daily Herald won seven honors for exemplary journalism in the annual Peter Lisagor Awards contest. The Daily Herald's honors came after receiving 20 total nominations for top awards. The awards, sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club, were...
Tags: Chicago Headline Club, lisagors awards, Daily Herald, The Chicago Tribune
Staff Reporter The Chicago Tribune began a new round of newsroom layoffs Wednesday that could be the deepest cuts owner Sam Zell has made at the paper. could be the deepest cuts owner Sam Zell has made at the paper. In a statement to employees, Tribune...
Tags: The Chicago Tribune, tribune cut, Gerould Kern, editor gerould, Tribune Co., core mission, economic downturn