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more about #tribune more comments → Princess Sparkle Pony: OMG, he's all, like, Have you heard? Dated educational films are hilarious!! Just wait 'til he hears about Red Asphalt. #television more » TableNein: When did Ron Jeremy stop dying his hair? #television more » Conchie Birdie: Ruth's twitter from about an hour ago says she's packing up. Apparently everyone was given 48hrs to clean out their desks. Nice, Nast. more » misslinda: I'm hearing the Conde layoffs are throughout the entire company/departments, not just the folded mags. Also, there will be drinks later, and by later,... more » m4ximusprim3: In other news, the server hosting "jobs@thebaltimoresun.com" has just exploded in a fiery ball that can be seen from space. more » DahlELama: Well, nothing quite tempers the sadness of learning that nearly 200 journalists were laid off quite like hearing that one was killed. Thanks? more » 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 » daveyjonesisdead: someone with the name "John H. Parrott III" is an electrician? WTH? I didn't know the poors did that number thing. more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Waitasec, is this all just some secret code that refers to a new Jacobite pretender? more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: It's obvious that Ms. Parrot the Poli-Sci major who spent 5 years in paris as a "photographer," is a secret agent. "Her mother is the database manage... more » SpyMagician: The links to the Real Estate section and Metropolitan Diary are the same, FYI. You also failed to mention that the marriage was officiated/led-by/or-... more » Pope John Peeps II: Once when I was with my parents in the bread line, I announced "mom, I like weenies best when they're surrounded by beans." See? Riches and poors? We... more » Swordfish: Sharon Waxman....um, who? more » -
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Crazy Spaceman Lee Abrams Coming to Your TV Airwaves
Lee Abrams, Tribune Co's futurist genius executive who has guided the company on its current path to wild success, has himself a TV special coming up! It's called "History of the Future, Hosted by Lee Abrams." What is it? Boogidyboogidy! More » -
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Close to 200 Layoffs at Conde
In your deathly Monday media column: More details on today's Conde Nast purge, point-counterpoint on Tribune Co's criminal management, an online news operation folds, and a journalist is killed. More » -
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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 » -
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The Skye Parrott Conspiracy
In your unnerving Monday Media column: The paper of record cannot stop talking about Skye Parrott (??), the Tribune Co. sells a losing team, JPMorgan takes over publishing by accident, and the great political talk show ad debate. No worries! More » -
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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 » -
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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 » -
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Optimistic, and Crazy? J-School!
In your darkening Wednesday media column: J-school mania explained, the Food Network thrives, media conglomerates put on a happy face, and Adam Rubin gets plenty of sympathy. More » -
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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] -
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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 » -
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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 » -
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Hellish Cuts at the Chicago Tribune
Just when you think it can't get any worse in Chicago media—that's right, it gets worse! Both major papers are already bankrupt. Now the Chicago Tribune is cutting another 20% of its newsroom. Ehhhhh. More » -
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A Major Paper Finally Dies, Forever
In your funereal Thursday media column: the Rocky Mountain News is dead, we'll all see more dead soldiers, the New York Times is dying slowly [UPDATED: ad layoffs], and Tribune is dying quickly: More » -
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Current Employees Could Be Future Employees
In your snowy Tuesday media column: media employees forced to re-apply for their own jobs, failed newspaper execs mumbling, and Ben Stein is unpopular: More » -
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Curing The Celebrity Disease With
Tribune Co. Chief InnLOLvation Officer Lee Abrams has a new memo! "CELEBRITY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY...We can't underestimate our importance these days. We can change this cultural disease." Both of those assertions are false. More »BongsMemos -
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Sara Nelson Out, Sharon Waxman In
In your sobering Monday media column: Publishers Weekly editor laid off, scrounging for dollars and cougars, former New York Times Hollywood reporter Sharon Waxman's web site cometh, and more! More » -
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Newspaper Companies Selling Everything Not Nailed Down
The New York Times Co. is selling its building! The Tribune Co. is selling its baseball team! Anything else you would like to buy from a newspaper company? Just make them an offer! More » -
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Outsourcing In, Insourcing Out
In your Thursday media column: Foreign correspondents are anachronized, jobs are vaporized, and the Obamanaguration will not be televised. (Yes it will): More » -
#losangelestimes
A Newspaper's Online Fairy Tale
The editors and writers of the Los Angeles Times could shut off the presses tomorrow and live off its website, media pundit Jeff Jarvis claims. But the numbers don't add up. More » -
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LA Times May Outsource Its National and Foreign Coverage
We all know that the LA Times is a dim shadow of a once-great paper owned by a bankrupt company. But now they may want to fire, basically, every non-local reporter. Problematic! More » -
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Baseball Teams Will Save Newspapers! Not Really.
Should the New York Times Co. sell its stake in the Boston Red Sox? Some people say yes. But this clever Monopoly metaphor says NO: More »
