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more about #samzell more comments → Jezebabe: I don't really do the Gawker late night thing so much...I'm actually up waiting for something too stupid to mention...but what happened to that Cajun ... more » Smitros: Something this evil can never really die. more » snugbug: This is truly the most grammatically and factually challenged piece on Sam Zell I have ever read in my life. Speaking as a former LAT-er, who experien... more » Swordfish: Sharon Waxman....um, who? more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: (Btw, Sharon, do you know Vivi Nevo?) more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Niall who? — F Huber [krugman.blogs.nytimes.com] more » Awesome X: Gabriel Snyder is great in "Miller's Crossing." more » Mymoustache: Bilbo grew up to be an angry old Hobbit... more » shostakobitch: Willie Nelson had a shitload of debt a while ago and he figured it out, so why not look exactly like him? more » FormerEnglishMajor: You missed one aspect that makes the story worse - he only put in $300 mil of his own money, and loaded up Tribune with $13 billion of debt, which mea... more » DennyCrane: Blibo! (Bilbo!) Blibo! (Bilbo!) The greatest little Hobbit of them all! more » Awesome X: I'd like to think no bored billionaires would make the same mistake again, but surely some filthy rich guy will snatch up a newspaper company in the n... more » naugahydeinplainsight: Best TRB news I've heard in a while (there is a little justice, after all): Zell also holds a $250 million note representing a loan he made to the com... more » Mount_Prion: I've said it before, and I'll say it again, this man is actually Darkseid. I've linked the damn picture too much, but look at his face! Darkseid! more » MangoKitten: Does Ben maintain this body year round? Oucha-Magoucha! more » -
#tribune
Sam Zell's Resiliency Boggles The Mind
There have been many rumors floating around that Sam Zell, the gnomish CEO of the bankrupt Chicago Tribune Co., would soon be sent out to pasture. Unfortunately for everyone involved, especially the employees, that may not be the case. More » -
#mediacrack
Readers Not Flocking to Michael Wolff
In your sweat-drenched Friday media column: Newser's traffic plunches, Rupert Murdoch's paycheck plunges, the likelihood of Sam Zell staying at the Tribune Co. plunges, and The Progressive's bank account plunges. More » -
#mediacrack
The End of Sam Zell, Tribune Gnome of Ruin?
In your dehydrated Tuesday media column: Sam Zell may be looking for a new business, a discrimination suit against the WSJ, Sharon Waxman has no idea who anyone is, and more! More » -
#tribune
Unlovable Loser Sells Lovable Losers
The bankrupt Tribune Co. has finally reached a deal to sell the Chicago Cubs, reportedly for close to $900 million. Only, ah, $11 billion more until Sam Zell has that debt knocked out! [Pic: AP] -
#moguls
Sam Zell: Failure
Gnomish billionaire CEO of the bankrupt Tribune Co. Sam Zell may give up control of his company to creditors. Is it too early to declare Zell the biggest failure of the "Death of Newspapers" era? No, let's just declare it! More » -
#mediacrack
Ben Affleck's Proprietary Media Revenue Models Were Mistaken, And He Is Shocked
In your overflowing Wednesday media column: Sam Zell wakes up, alt-weekly censorship, Dan Abrams commiserates, Ben Affleck says words for some reason, Ann Moore doesn't expect to live long, and PRWeek goes monthly: More » -
#journalismism
LA Times Already Planning to Sell Out Again
The fake front page story in Thursday's Los Angeles Times was a PR disaster; staffers are signing a petition calling it "embarrassing and demoralizing." Naturally, then, management is planning a sequel. More » -
#mediacrack
Weep For The Times City Section
In your blustery Monday media column: The NYT's folding its City section, Sam Zell's a white devil, Fulcrum and Brandweek are teetering, and Dylan Ratigan's a populist: More » -
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#newspapers
Brian Tierney: Sam Zell With Hair
Brian Tierney was a bulldog Philadelphia PR man much hated by Philadelphia journalists before he led a group that bought the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News in 2006. Let's review how that's worked out: More » -
#theriches
Millionaire Media Moguls Slightly Less Rich
Did you know that when the stock market goes down, media bosses get poorer like magic? It's true — and the fact that it's a totally obvious point doesn't make it any less fun! -
#rants
Idiot Businessmen, Stop Blaming Goddamned 'Perfect Storms' for Your Incompetence
Oh God SHUT UP: Your company/industry/economy did not fail because of a "perfect storm," a chance, disastrous combination of outside events. It failed because you sucked! More » -
#crime
Blagojevich Touched Us All
Usually the arrest of a corrupt Chicago politician would afford, at best, a paragraph of coverage here at Gawker. It's Dog-bites-man news. But Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is a magical figure, who is connected, directly and indirectly, with so many beloved Gawker characters. Steve Dressler put together this little illustration of Blago's Web of Deceit, and all those who've been caught in it. Join us for explanations, below. More »
