http://www.tribunewatch.org News of the Tribune Co. and the newspaper industery Copyright 2011 The Newspaper Guild en-us Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:30:37 -0400 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:30:37 -0400 http://www.sjguild.org/rss/jpg/TribWatch.jpg http://www.tribunewatch.org 140 45 http://www.suntimes.com/business/6598126-417/sun-times-media-chicago-tribune-enter-into-print-production-contract.html The Chicago Tribune will begin printing the Chicago Sun-Times and seven of its suburban sister newspapers under an agreement announced Tuesday. http://www.suntimes.com/business/6598126-417/sun-times-media-chicago-tribune-enter-into-print-production-contract.html http://www.slate.com/id/2297750/ Eyewitnesses can’t be expected to produce the best dispatches from a calamity. They’re usually too bound in bandages and cross-stitched with sutures to understand anybody’s pain but their own. http://www.slate.com/id/2297750/ http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2011/05/25/extra-extra-tribune-fees-top-150-million/ You won’t find Tribune Co.’s bankruptcy lawyers looking in the want ads any time soon. Professional fees topped $150 million last month in the newspaper publisher and television station operator’s Chapter 11 case. http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2011/05/25/extra-extra-tribune-fees-top-150-million/ http://newsonomics.com/the-newsonomics-of-a-single-investigative-story/ It’s a week to celebrate great investigative work. ProPublica made some history with its Pulitzer for online-only work about the financial meltdown, and the Los Angeles Times crowned its success with the larger-than-life Bell corruption tale, winning its own top prize. http://newsonomics.com/the-newsonomics-of-a-single-investigative-story/ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-14/tribune-co-president-begins-testifying-on-bankruptcy-exit-plans.html If Tribune Co.’s noteholders win permission to reorganize the bankrupt publisher, they will "scare away" potential business partners, company co-President Eddy Hartenstein said in court. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-14/tribune-co-president-begins-testifying-on-bankruptcy-exit-plans.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0307-tribune-questions-20110306,0,3552773.story After 27 months of legal wrangling, Tribune Co. and its creditors are finally headed into what could be the deciding chapter of the company’s tangled bankruptcy saga. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0307-tribune-questions-20110306,0,3552773.story http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/03/08/tribune_creditors_face_off_in_court/ Tribune Co. creditors began a court fight yesterday over a plan to reorganize the bankrupt newspaper publisher by shifting $1.57 billion in losses onto lenders led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/03/08/tribune_creditors_face_off_in_court/ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-onthemedia-20110205,0,7190710.column Not so many years ago, it wasn’t very hard to understand ownership of Southern California’s newspapers. The Chandlers had the Los Angeles Times, the Hoiles family controlled the Orange County Register, the Copleys reigned at the San Diego Union-Tribune and MediaNews Group, a chain run by William Dean Singleton, owned a passel of suburban dailies. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-onthemedia-20110205,0,7190710.column http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/industry-us-tribune-idUKTRE7108PT20110201 A group of lenders has withdrawn its plan for reorganizing newspaper owner Tribune Co, leaving two proposals for ending the company’s two-year stay in bankruptcy, according to court documents. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/industry-us-tribune-idUKTRE7108PT20110201 http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/01/the-shakeup-at-medianews-why-it-could-be-the-leadup-to-a-massive-newspaper-consolidation/ On the surface, this looks like a way for Dean Singleton to pursue his vision of consolidation, something he alluded to at the time MediaNews emerged from bankruptcy. But in reality, the shakeup robs him of nearly all his clout. So the question becomes, what will happen next? http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/01/the-shakeup-at-medianews-why-it-could-be-the-leadup-to-a-massive-newspaper-consolidation/