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Zell: Top-down management creates Web sites that 'suck'
My new hero in the world is becoming billionaire Sam Zell, who is using a speaking tour of the Tribune Co. to explain the virtues of letting employees take the wheel instead of corporate know-it-all's. This line earned cheers from...
Attack of the clones; Tribune Co. redesigns are bad
Based on the redesigns of Tribune Co. Web sites, it’s a good thing they’re going private because I’d have to rate the company as a big sell, sell, sell. I don’t know any way to say it more clearly: These...
A talk with Sam Zell
For those of you who missed it, here's a good discussion about Sam Zell's plan to take the Tribune Co. private and whether other media companies should follow suit. I've been saying, for a long while, that going private is...
Pay attention; Google News makes money
Google has never let a challenge come to court over its claim of “fair use” when copying every story’s headline, photo and first few paragraphs to repackage on Google News. And it’s done this because Google suspects it might lose....
Sam Zell considers picking fight with Google
The new owner of Tribune Co. says Google is stealing his content. And it has to stop. Here’s Sam Zell's quote, reported most completely by The Stanford Daily but most prominently by the Washington Post: If all of the newspapers...
Expect the newspaper fire sale to begin
For months now, I’ve said more newspaper companies will consider going private as a means to escape pressures from Wall Street and the rollercoaster of financial instability brought on by ignoring their expectations. As we all know, Tribune Co. accepted...
Tribune could become employee-owned
Billionaire Sam Zell said he and another big investor want to buy the Tribune. The other investor? Tribune employees. Here's how Marketwatch reports it: Without providing details, Zell confirmed that his plan involves creating an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)...
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Tribune Co. has sued Fox News, accusing the network of ripping off the name of its youth-targeted tabloid “Red Eye” and using it for a late-night talk show. Fox’s explanation boils down to “Oops.” TVNewser, where I found this story,...
Let's welcome Tribune to modern classifieds industry
The very same Tribune Co. that has put itself up for sale is about to give away classifieds for free. Well, some classifieds, at least. Merchandise only. For a long time now, sites such as Craigslist have given away classifieds...
If it can't sell its problems, Tribune to consider ‘self help’
With a parade of oddball offers to buy the company, The Tribune is reportedly investigating “self-help” as an alternative. (That’s right; that’s what they’re calling it.) But details are still sketchy as we await a formal comment from Dr. Phil....
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