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Tribune Media Goes Bankrupt

By ray | Published: December 8, 2008
The Tribune Media Company filed for bankruptcy protection today. Most of the headlines position this as a newspaper company filing for bankruptcy. They do own the Chicago Tribune, LA Times along with others, including my local paper. They also have the Chicago Cubs and television stations among their properties. I’m sure a lot of the [...]
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Why Newspapers Are Vanishing

By ray | Published: October 3, 2008
My local paper is part of a the Tribune chain that has recently made massive cutbacks in their newsrooms. Reports are they cut 57 jobs at the paper. And they wonder why readership is down? Why would I want a local paper? Local news or a local slant on news seems like an obvious answer. Their [...]
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