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Protesters oppose possible sale of The Baltimore Sun to Koch brothers

2013-05-21 15:31:00

Ten protesters gathered Tuesday morning in front of The Baltimore Sun's office on North Calvert Street, rallying against a possible sale of the newspaper to Koch Industries. Headed by brothers David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch, the private company has...

With online technology, buying and selling options abound

2013-03-28 00:00:00

The last time Yasmin and Adil Degani bought a home, they took the traditional route. They went with a commission-based real estate brokerage to show them homes and guide them through the homebuying process. This time around, in an effort to save money...

Triffon Alatzas named top editor of Baltimore Sun Media Group

2013-03-20 17:21:00

Triffon G. Alatzas, who has served The Baltimore Sun as head of digital media and also led the sports and business departments, was named top editor of the 176-year-old news organization Wednesday. As executive editor and a senior vice president of...

An editor for changing times

2013-03-02 03:00:00

Mary Corey believed in Baltimore, and she believed in The Sun. Faith in those two things, like a rooting interest in the Orioles, has not always been easy to maintain. Indeed, The Sun's editor, who died this week of breast cancer at the age of 49, lived...

Mary J. Corey, first woman to lead Sun newsroom, dies of cancer

2013-03-02 09:51:00

Mary J. Corey, whose personal warmth was matched by a drive that led her to become the first woman in The Baltimore Sun's 176-year history to head its newsroom, died Tuesday of breast cancer. The Sun's senior vice president and director of content, who...

Tribune Co. hires banks to manage offers for newspapers

2013-02-26 18:57:00

Tribune Co. has hired two investment banks to manage offers to buy its newspapers, executives said Tuesday, adding that no decisions have been made about whether to sell any properties. JPMorgan Chase and Evercore Partners will oversee a process to...

The story behind Tribune's broken deal

2013-01-16 03:50:00

At the end of 2007, real estate tycoon�Sam Zell�took control of�Tribune Co.�in a deal that promised to re-energize the media conglomerate. But the company, which owns The Baltimore Sun, struggled under the huge debt burden the deal created, and less...

Part four: Bankruptcy Inc.

2013-01-16 03:49:00

Somewhere in the third year of Tribune Co.'s marathon Chapter 11 proceeding, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey looked out at a Delaware courtroom packed with high-priced attorneys and conceded the case had broken down into what he called a...

Part three: Culture shock

2013-01-14 20:54:00

Tribune Tower was in crisis, and the illustrations of penguins installed in the building's ornate lobby were meant as a constant reminder. With Tribune Co. revenues sliding and managers struggling to adjust to an Internet revolution, executives in early...

Liguori named CEO of Tribune Co.

2013-01-17 19:46:00

Television executive Peter Liguori was named the new chief executive of Tribune Co. Thursday, taking the reins of the reorganized Chicago-based media company weeks after its emergence from bankruptcy. In a widely expected announcement, Liguori, 52, a...

Part one: Zell's big gamble

2013-01-12 08:55:00

Aside from the business suit he was wearing, which he joked was rented for the occasion,�Sam Zell�was never more himself than when he appeared at a New York lender conference in April 2007 to hawk his $8.2 billion buyout of�Tribune Co. Slinging one-...

Tribune Co. to emerge from bankruptcy Monday

2012-12-30 20:48:00

The last day of 2012 is the first of a new era for Tribune Co. After spending more than four years embroiled in a contentious Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, the reorganized Chicago-based media company will emerge Monday under new owners and a newly...

Shani Smith, spokesperson for Stand UP Chicago and the organizer of the protest against potential sale of the Tribune Company to the Koch Brothers, speaks to the public outside the Tribune Tower. Over 500,000 people national-wide have signed petitions protesting the sale.

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Lesli Lytle, 49, of Los Angeles was one of about 100 people who gathered at Will Rogers State Park to march to the home of Bruce Karsh, chairman of L.A. Times parent Tribune Co., to protest the possible sale of the newspaper to the conservative Koch brothers.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Yahoo and Google veteran Shashi Seth has been tapped to lead a new digital unit at Tribune Co., aimed at capitalizing on the media company's content.

2013-05-22 10:53:00