Employees at the paper consider these alternate future scenarios.
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RIP David Carr, New York Times media columnist and former City Paper editor
David Carr dies.
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A step fast-forward for radio news?
Rivet News Radio aims to spare listeners the clutter of the news.
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On the Tribune covering the Tribune
The Chicago Tribune‘s terrific series on itself deserves book, HBO treatments.
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James O’Shea narrates the Tribune Company’s epic collapse
Days before my review copy of James O’Shea’s The Deal From Hell came in the mail, a friend who’d read an excerpt of O’Shea’s account of the Tribune Company-Times Mirror merger and its calamitous aftermath e-mailed me to rip the author. At issue: O’Shea’s failure to be up-front about the friendship between his ex-boss Ann […]
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Roger Ebert vs. Bam Margera
In the wake of “Jackass” player Ryan Dunn’s death, professional prankster Bam Margera is now virtually feuding with Roger Ebert, after Ebert made comments on Twitter. (TMZ) Former top cop Jody Weis cashed in more than $76,000 of vacation days he never took while leading the Chicago Police Department. That’s 64 vacation days — but […]
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Not your grandson’s Tribune any longer?
Chicago Tribune planning superior daily newspaper
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We Are Told That Certain Tribune Malcontents Find This Funny
Amusing comment on recent troubles at the Chicago Tribune? You be the judge
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Out of Elba, Conrad Black Knows What Ails the Media
If you’re an ailing newspaper, Conrad Black might be your man
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It Didn’t Start With Sam
The story of the Tribune Company’s decline is more nuanced than what you read in the New York Times.
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John Kass’s Humor Finally Reaches the 21st Century
Trib columnist John Kass makes snarky comments about bloggers, so we make snarky comments about him.