Tribune Co.

Tribune Employees Lose What Little Stake They Had Left In Company

MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

No big shocker here: Sam Zell 's bankruptcy of the Tribune Company is going to end up costing its employees more than just their jobs or perks, it's also going to retroactively remove their stock ownership in the company. To be fair, employees will still receive their first share allocations of ESOP, a program that gives employees options in their company. But as The Los Angeles Times noted,...

Tribune Tests Zapping the AP

Beyond Search (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

My recollection is that the AP (Associated Press) had its roots in the newspaper industry. The idea was that newspapers could pool some resources and get better coverage without putting their own feet on the street in certain news hot spots. Well, the times are changing. Phil Rosenthal’s “Tribune Co. Papers Rewiring for Experimental Week [...]

Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week

Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

CHICAGO — Tribune Co., owner of The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and several other n...

Tribune Co. Lets Employees Know Exactly How Much Worthless Stock They Own

MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Chief Administrative Officer Gerry Spector indicated yesterday in a memo about retirement plan changes that the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) was going to be killed. Ed Padgett has posted the memo on his Los Angeles Times pressmen blog , and we found the following excerpt especially interesting: When we emerge from bankruptcy, we expect that the shares of Tribune stock held by the ESOP...

Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week

Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

CHICAGO — Tribune Co., owner of The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and several other n...

Tribune Co. to end ESOP

Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Company stock valued at zero Tribune Co.'s ill-fated employee stock ownership plan is toast.

Tribune Co. newspapers to skip AP stories

MSNBC.com: U.S. Business (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Tribune Co. will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling company can do without it, according to a Chicago Tribune story.

• Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week - Miami Herald
• Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week - Sify
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Tribune Co. newspapers to skip AP stories

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Tribune Co. will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling company can do without it, according to a Chicago Tribune story.

Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week

Sify (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Tribune Co., owner of The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and several other news outlets, will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling

Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Tribune Co. will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling company can do without it.

Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

CHICAGO -- Tribune Co. will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling company can do without it.

Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Tribune Co. will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling company can do without it. A story on The Chicago Tribune's Web site late Monday said Tribune will use some AP material such as sports statistics and... Newspaper - Chicago Tribune - Sport - Associated Press - Publishers

Tribune Co. newspapers trial reporting AP-free

E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

The Tribune's newspaper chain will go AP-free as of next week in an experiment to see if it can manage without the news feed and eventually cut back on the cost of subscribing to it altogether. The trial period is...

Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Tribune Co. will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling company can do without it.

• Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week - Seattle Times
• Lockheed's local simulation unit lays off dozens - Orlando Sentinel
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Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next week

Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

CHICAGO (AP) — Tribune Co., owner of The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and several other news outlets, will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the financially struggling company can do without it, according to a story on the Chicago Tribune's Web site.