At one time Tribune Syndicate emptied out their storeroom. They put tables full of original cartoons down in the lobby and said take one if you want one. The comics were simply a burden to them.
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There's significant doubt it was what I would call a good deal for Tribune shareholders, but I don't have the numbers to back that up.
I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe.
Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things.
That great, overgrown lummox of a Colonel McCormick, mediocre in ability, less than average in brains and a damn physical coward in spite of his size, sitting in the tower of the Tribune building with his guards protecting him while he squirts sewage at men whom he happens to dislike.
Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune.
The museum is an idea that grew out of the Tribune Co.'s past with former editor and publisher Col. Robert McCormick, who was a great, powerful advocate for the 1st Amendment and civic involvement. His interests melded perfectly with the Freedom Museum.
The bottom line, this is a venture that benefits many constituencies from local stations to local communities, minority audiences to children, from Madison Avenue to Wall Street, and to the shareholders of the new CBS Corporation, Time Warner and the Tribune Co.. This is a great business and creative move for all three companies.
I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.
For half a century, the defenders of the Holocaust have used every tribune to defend their position, and now have to listen to others.
Over the course of that morning, I started hearing from a lot of Tribune readers, both on the phone and via e-mail, telling me that they were getting this commencement speech in their e-mail but they remembered reading it in my column,
This agreement with Tribune Broadcasting greatly expands our reach. Tribune Broadcasting is well established in the industry with stations in nine of the country's top 10 markets, and 18 of the top 30.
When Tribune acquired Times Mirror they acquired papers with much lower operating profits than Tribune papers have traditionally thrown off. The L.A. Times has a larger staff than is typical for that size of paper. They've been trying to address that without appearing to be a slash-and-burn company.
Tribune is a logical candidate to tie in. It has affiliates with New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, so it already has a major presence in the biggest markets.
A lot of people are dissatisfied with the so-called mainstream media, and they'll sample us When you're abroad, you buy and read The International Herald Tribune. Here, you read The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times. You're a regular reader of The New Republic. Probably the same itch that makes you exercise your brain on dense, serious news organs will make you watch us.
The president of Tribune Broadcasting once said they are reaching the same amount of people as they did years ago, but doing it with three times the products. People these days expect choice. Those who provide content have to give people choice, or they're going to lose consumers.