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• David Kaplan, Don Dziedzina join Chicago Tribune as sports contributors; Sun-Times hires new Bears writer

  
  Tower Ticker — Authority: 625
  David Kaplan -- the host of Comcast SportsNets "Chicago Tribune Live" program, a sportscaster for Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co.s WGN-AM 720 and a blogger with Chicago Tribunes ChicagoNow.com -- is coming to the print edition. Kaplan (pictured right) is joining the sports section as a regular ...
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• Sam Zell Must Face Tribune Employees’ Lawsuit Over Pension Plan

  
  JOUR M02 Writing and Reporting for the Media — Authority: 415
  Sam Zell, the real estate investor who took the Chicago-based Tribune Co. private in an $8.3 billion stock buyback two years ago, must face an employee lawsuit claiming he knowingly violated federal pension laws. [Click for MORE]
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• Looking to monetize assets, Sun-Times Media asks: Why dont you take a picture?

  
  Tower Ticker — Authority: 625
  A photograph is a single moment, framed and frozen, yet individuals looking at it sometimes each see something different. More than simply conveying a time, a place, a mood, an event, an association, those actually in a shot can peer into the picture and beyond its margins. The photographer spots features and flaws ...
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• Employee lawsuit against Sam Zell moves ahead

  
  gary scott — Authority: 432
  A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by current and former Los Angeles Times employees against Tribune Co. chairman Sam Zell can move ahead. The suit alleges Zell "diminished the value of the employee-owned company to benefit himself and his fellow board members."
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• Google, Tribune Co. partner on Fast Flip project

  
  Tower Ticker — Authority: 625
  Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co. said Wednesday it is partnering with Google on a service the digital behemoth is developing in hopes of making reading news online more similar to paging through a printed copy. With Google Fast Flip ( fastflip.googlelabs.com ), rather than get a headline and brief bit of text ...
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• Musil, Wycliff named to McCormick Foundation board

  
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  Ruthellyn Musil and Don Wycliff have been elected to the board of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, effective next month. Musil retired in 2007 as senior vice president of corporate relations for Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co. after 36 years with the company. Musil serves on the board of trustees of ...
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• Johnny B. records music video about radio situation, still making treble

  
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  Jonathon Brandmeier, whose most recent exit from Emmis Communications WLUP-FM 97.9 was announced a little more than two weeks ago, posted a darkly comic music video online Tuesday taking stock of his career, making light of his current situation and taking pointed aim at the corporate mentality pervasive in radio ...
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• Jerry Kersting named Tribune Broadcasting COO

  
  Tower Ticker — Authority: 625
  Jerry Kersting, an executive vice president of Tribune Co. since April 2008, has been appointed Tribune Broadcastings chief operating officer. The company said the promotion, effective immediately, will enable Tribune Broadcasting President Ed Wilson "to focus even more time and attention on his responsibilities ...
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• What do these two Chicago media moves this week have in common?

  
  Tower Ticker — Authority: 625
  Quiz time: Oprah Winfrey announced this week that Sheri Salata had been bumped up to share the presidency of  Chicago-based Harpo Productions . Two days later,  Chicago Tribune Media Group promoted Bill Adee to vice president of digital development and operation. What do these two rising local media ...
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• Good Neighbor Food Drive radio fundraiser Friday

  
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  WBBM-AM 780s 14th Annual Good Neighbor Radiothon is set for Friday beginning at 5 a.m. at the Chicago Anti Hunger Federation’s warehouse on the citys West Side. The Good Neighbor Food Drive was launched by the late Chicago overnight radio host Eddie Schwartz when he was at Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co.s ...
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• Bill Adee named Chicago Tribune Media Group VP of digital development and operations

  
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  Bill Adee, the Chicago Tribunes digital editor, has been promoted to vice president of digital development and operations for the entire Chicago Tribune Media Group, effective immediately. Adee, 45, will be responsible for digital product development, operations and strategy for a portfolio that includes the ...
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• Shakeup at Halas Hall: Chicago Tribune hires Sun-Times Bears reporter Brad Biggs

  
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  In what may be the only big change at Halas Hall no one predicted, Brad Biggs, the Chicago Sun-Times lead reporter on the Chicago Bears beat, abruptly quit Tuesday to join the rival Chicago Tribune with four games left in the pro football regular season. Biggs will team with Tribune football correspondents Vaughn ...
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• Tribune Co. launches cross-platform sales effort targeting growing U.S. Hispanic population

  
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  Courting a growing segment of the U.S. population  thats estimated to soon represent $1 trillion in purchasing power, Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co. is introducing Tribune Hispanic, a cross-platform advertising initiative. The idea is to deliver Hispanic consumers to marketers via print, online, television, ...
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• Rick Morrissey leaves Chicago Tribune for Sun-Times

  
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  Sports columnist Rick Morrissey is leaving the Chicago Tribune for the rival Chicago Sun-Times, the Tribunes staff was told Friday night. Word of Morrisseys exit came in a note from Mike Kellams, the papers associate managing editor for sports. "Rick has been a great colleague at the Tribune, and we wish him well ...
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• Chicago Tribune Silver Football, the Big Tens MVP award, is headed to TV

  
  Tower Ticker — Authority: 625
  For the first time in the 85-year history of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, the Big Tens most valuable player award selected by the conference football coaches, is coming to television. This years trophy winner -- the latest in a line of college standouts dating back to 1924, when Illinois Red Grange was the ...
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• The Scores Dan McNeil moves column to Chicago Tribune from Sun-Times

  
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  Dan McNeil, the popular midday host for CBS Radio’s WSCR-AM 670, is moving his weekly sports column from the Chicago Sun-Times to the Chicago Tribune, where his first piece will appear in Friday’s edition. "It is something very seriously that has been an aspiration of mine going back to the eighth or ninth ...
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• Govt will need to help shape U.S. media: Waxman

  
  The Uncooperative Bloggers — Authority: 119
  This is not good; From Reuters ; WASHINGTON- A top Democratic lawmaker predicted on Wednesday that the government will be involved in shaping the future for struggling U.S. media organizations. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, saying quality journalism was essential to U.S. democracy, ...
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• Tribune Chief Gives Up One Title

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Sam Zell ceded the title of chief executive to Randy Michaels, but remained chairman of the Tribune Company.
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• Zell Out as Tribune CEO

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 742
  After two tumultuous years in the media business, Tribune Co.’s controversial CEO, Chicago-based real estate mogul Sam Zell, is stepping down from his post, but he’s not bowing out of the game altogether—Zell will continue as the media company’s chairman. His vacated seat will be filled by Randy Michaels, ...
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• The RedEye is increasing its circulation from 200,000 to 250,000, making it the largest daily newspaper in Chicago and one of the largest in the nation.

  
  BRITTICISMS — Authority: 575
  The RedEye is increasing its circulation from 200,000 to 250,000, making it the largest daily newspaper in Chicago and one of the largest in the nation. : File under: Things That Make Me Uncomfortable (Oh wow! A newspaper is expanding! Oh no! It’s just the RedEye !)
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