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The Deal from Hell

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by James O'Shea

negative view of synergy of

  newsroom understanding of

  as Parks’ replacement

  Pulitzer Prize pursuit by

  resignation of

  Tribune hostility toward

  Carter, Jimmy

  Castro, Fidel

  Catledge, Turner

  Cauthorn, Robert

  CBS News

  Centralization of editorial decision making. See also Synergy

  Chandis Securities

  Chandler, Dorothy “Buff,”

  Chandler, Harry

  Chandler, Norman

  Chandler, Otis

  family history

  John Birch Society investigation of

  journalistic standards of

  Los Angeles Times bureaus and

  Los Angeles Times controlled by

  parents of

  retirement of

  staff reverence for

  on Staples scandal

  Wolinsky and

  Chandler, Philip

  Chandler family

  financial windfalls of

  FitzSimons’ tensions with

  Goldman Sachs stock buy from

  as local publishing monopoly

  on merger

  Nixon and

  special dividend scandal (1994)

  stock sales by

  super-voting status of Times Mirror stock of

  Times Mirror Company stock of

  Tribune Company and

  unwinding of trusts by

  Willes recruited by

  Willes’ tension with

  See also Chicago Tribune

  Charity scam investigation

  Charles Schwab & Co.

  Chase, Marc

  Chen, Yang

  Chicago Bulls basketball team

  Chicago City Council corruption investigation

  Chicago Cubs baseball team

  Chicago Daily News

  Chicago News Cooperative (CNC)

  Chicago Online

  Chicago Sun-Times

  Chicago Theater of the Air

  Chicago Tribune

  America Online investment by

  ethics policy of

  foreign and national news coverage of

  headquarters of

  history of

  Jones, Bill, at

  junk circulation of

  Madigan as publisher of

  McCormick and Medill legacy to

  newsroom of

  profit margins of

  Pulitzer Prizes of

  Republican Party and

  Washington, D.C., bureau of

  See also Merger, of Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times

  Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine

  Chicago White Sox baseball team

  Childreach

  Children International

  Children’s charities, investigation of

  Chinatown (film)

  Choi, Jieun

  Christian Brothers

  Christian Children’s Fund

  Christopher, Warren

  Ciccone, F. Richard

  Circulation, newspaper

  advertising declines due to

  of Des Moines Register

  maintaining

  monopoly control of

  Newsday and Hoy fraudulent inflation of

  Willes’ increases in

  Citigroup

  City News

  Classified Ad Federation, NAA

  Classified advertising

  on Internet

  Internet effect on newspaper

  monopoly control of

  Monster.com effect on

  real estate decline of

  reductions in

  Classified Ventures

  Clayton, Janet

  Clear Channel Communications

  Cleveland News

  Clinton, Bill

  CLTV cable news channel

  CNN

  “Code Blue” (Crewdson)

  Cody, Cardinal John

  Coen, Jeff

  Coffey, Shelby, III

  Cohn, Marty

  Cohen, Peter

  Collins, Gail

  Co-location

  Columbia University

  Columbia University School of Journalism

  Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado

  Column One feature, in Los Angeles Times

  Combs, Sean Diddy

  Comics, in Chicago Tribune

  Communism, false accusations of

  Community leaders, newspapers as

  Computerization

  Computershare Trust Co.

  Consolidation pressure, on newspapers

  Convergence of media

  Cook, Stan

  Brumback as successor to

  Kirkpatrick and

  Salomon Brothers and

  “Cops and Confessions” (Possley and Mills)

  Costa, Michael

  Cowles, Gardner

  Cowles family. See also Des Moines Register

  Cox Enterprises

  craigslist.com

  Crawford, Jan

  Credit default swaps

  Crewdson, John

  Cronkite, Walter

  Cruzen, Nancy

  Culver Military Academy

  Cuomo, Mario

  Curie, James

  Curtiss, Aaron

  Czack, Richie

  D

  Daley, Richard

  Dallas Morning News

  Davis, Jack

  “Deal fatigue,”

  Death penalty cases, series on, in Chicago Tribune

  de Lama, George

  Dellios, Hugh

  Denley, Susan

  Depreciation deductions

  Des Moines Register

  circulation of

  Cowles family as publishers of

  Des Moines Tribune and

  editing of

  independence of

  local stories in

  newsroom of

  O’Shea, James at

  Pulitzer Prizes of

  Raffensperger, Gene at

  Zeleny hired from

  Detroit Times

  Devereaux, Greg

  Dewey, Thomas E.

  Dimon, Jamie

  Dinkins, David

  Discounted stock acquisition plans, of Tribune employees

  Distressed properties, Zell purchase of

  Distribution. See also Circulation, newspaper

  Distribution Systems of America (DSA)

  Dividends, Times Mirror Company

  Dole, Robert

  Donahue Paper Corp. of Canada

  “Do not call” list

  Dowdle, Jim

  Dow Jones & Company. See also Wall Street Journal

  Downing, Kathryn

  Drudge, Matt

  Drudge Report

  Dubois, Jules

  Duff & Phelps investment bankers

  Duplication of content

  E

  “Editing by referendum,”

  Editor-reporter tension

  Edward, Edwin

  Eisenhower, Dwight D.

  el Periodico

  El Vocero de Puerto Rico newspaper

  EPIC (End Poverty in California) platform

  Epton, Bernie

  Equity Group Investments (EGI)

  Equity Office Properties

  Erburu, Robert

  Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip

  ESOP (employee stock ownership plans), as funding instrument

  Estate taxes. See also Chandler family

  Ethics policy, at Chicago Tribune

  Evening newspapers, decline of

  F

  Facebook.com

  “Failure of the Death Penalty in Illinois” (Armstrong, Possley, and Mills)

  Family paper content

  Fax machine

  Feder, Robert

  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

  Federal banking regulations

  Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

  Fed
eral Reserve

  Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

  Feldman, Larry

  Field, Marshall

  Field family

  Fifteen Minutes public relations

  Financing schemes, for newspaper industry

  Finke, Nikki

  FitzSimons, Dennis J.

  cash needs in Zell deal and

  centralization of editorial decision making and

  Chandler family tensions with

  control by

  cost-cutting pressure on

  as Dowdle’s right-hand man

  golden parachute of

  Internal Revenue Service challenges to

  Kotter and

  at KTLA party

  market-driven journalism and

  on McCormick Foundation board

  Newsday circulation fraud case and

  on page one ads

  refusal to meet with Turkish prime minister

  Rumsfeld and

  as Tribune Company CEO

  in WGN-TV advertising sales

  as WGN-TV head

  on Zell proposal

  Zell relationship with

  zoned local sections, preference for

  Flansburg, James

  Foley, Harold

  Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  Ford, Gerald

  Ford, Henry

  Fordham University

  Fort Dodge Messenger

  Fox Broadcasting

  Fox News

  Frankel, Max

  Frantz, Douglas

  Fraudulent conveyance charge

  Freedom of Information Act

  Front Page, The (Hecht and MacArthur)

  FUDGE ABC software program

  Fuller, Jack

  background of

  Carroll hired by

  Newsday circulation fraud case and

  News Values by

  resignation of

  Zell acquisition and

  G

  “Gag Law,” McCormick challenge to

  Gannett, Frank

  Gannett Corporation

  Gannett Newspaper Group

  Garcia, Robert

  Gartner, Michael

  Geffen, David

  Gehry, Frank

  General Mills, Inc.

  Giaimo, Joseph O.

  Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm

  Giffords, Gabrielle

  Goldberg, Nick

  Goldman Sachs

  Chandler stock sale to

  consolidation interests of

  Times Mirror directors advised by

  Google.com

  Graham, Katharine

  Graham, Philip

  Graham family. See also Washington Post

  Grant, Johnny

  Grazer, Brian

  Greeley, Horace

  Greene, Bob

  Greenspun, Brian L.

  Greenthal, Jill

  Greising, David

  Gremillion, Bob

  Grenesko, Donald

  Grey Advertising

  Gridiron dinner

  Grumhaus, Hal

  Guggenheim, Harry

  H

  Haider, Don

  Halberstam, David

  Hamill, Pete

  Harris, Ira

  Harry N. Abrams publishing

  Hartford Courant

  Harvard Business School

  Harvard Crimson student newspaper

  Harvard University

  Hearst, William Randolph

  Hecht, Ben

  Hiller, David

  background of

  on Baquet speech at AP Managing Editors convention (2006)

  blog of

  as Chicago Tribune publisher

  editorial pages reporting to

  on FitzSimons as CEO

  hiring freeze of

  Hoy newspaper and

  Los Angeles Times issues and

  as McCormick Foundation CEO

  Newsday circulation fraud case and

  O’Shea’s firing and

  O’Shea’s relationship with

  staff cuts of

  on strategically located news bureaus

  Times Mirror purchase idea of

  transformative change and

  Zell deal cost cutting of

  Zell’s relationship with

  Hiltzik, Michael

  Hinckley, Gordon

  Hirt, Jane

  Hofmeister, Sallie

  Hoge, James

  Holden, Betsy

  Hollywood Walk of Fame event

  Holt, Margaret

  Homel, Benjamin

  Hood, Raymond

  Hoover, Herbert

  Hopper, Hedda

  Horrock, Nicholas

  Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin

  Houston Chronicle

  Howard, Roy

  Howell, John

  Hoy LLC, fraudulent inflation of circulation numbers

  Huber, Craig

  Huntley, Chet

  Hurricane Katrina

  Hussein, Saddam

  Hutchins Commission on the Freedom of the Press

  I

  Ingrassia, Paul

  Inland Empire

  Insolvency, federal banking regulations and

  Inter American Press Association

  Interest rates in late 1970s,

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

  International Creative Management

  Internet

  Chicago Tribune content on

  classified advertising affected by

  Classified Ventures and

  Harry Chandler’s interest in

  LATimes.com 24-hour coverage on

  news industry response to

  newspaper impact of

  print journalists vs.

  speed vs. accuracy on

  traditional media business model and

  Unterman view of

  Investment bankers. See Zell, Sam

  Iraq

  Alford in

  budget to cover

  Hussein victims in

  local news vs. coverage of

  war in

  J

  Jackson, Michael

  Jacobson, Darryl

  Jacor Radio

  Jain, Sanjay

  Jansen, Ray

  Jenner & Block law firm

  Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School

  John Birch Society, LA Times investigation of

  Johnson, Jeffrey

  Johnson, Kim

  Johnson, Tom

  Jones, Bill

  Jones, Tim

  Jordan, Michael

  Journalism

  “anti-business,”

  biased, unfair (McCormick)

  in Chicago. See also Chicago Tribune

  circulation declines and; See also Newspaper industry, decline of

  Columbia University School of Journalism

  corporate

  fundamental premise of

  future of

  “gods of,”

  greed and business of

  high standards in (Otis)

  Internet and

  investigative

  Madigan distance from

  Pew Research Center Project for Excellence in Journalism

  market-driven

  meaningful

  politics and

  print vs. broadcast

  public service

  Pulitzer Prize and. See Pulitzer Prize

  Shorenstein Center at Harvard

  sloppy

  tabloid

  University of Missouri School of Journalism

  Washington

  “yellow,”

  See also Chicago Tribune; Des Moines Register; Los Angeles Times; New York Times; Orlando Sentinel; and other named newspapers

  Journalistic and business separation

  Brumback on

  Erburu on

  Staples scandal and

  Willes on

  JPMorgan
Chase

  “Junk” circulation

  K

  Kamin, Blair

  Kapadia, Rajesh

  Kaplan, Todd

  Kaul, Donald

  Kellner, Jamie

  Kenney, Crane

  Kern, Gerould W.

  centralized news desk idea of

  as Chicago Tribune editor

  as Chicago Tribune metro editor

  at Los Angeles Times

  on natural disaster coverage

  staff reductions by

  synergy and

  in Tribune Company

  Kessler, Robert E.

  Kickbacks

  King, Pete

  King, Rodney

  King, Roger

  King, Tom

  King & Ballow law firm

  King World Productions

  Kirk, Jim

  Kirkpatrick, Clayton

  Klee, Kenneth N.

  Kleiner Perkins, Inc.

  Klunder, Jack

  “junk” circulation reductions by

  as Los Angeles Times circulation manager

  on Newsday circulation fraud

  Zell deal and

  Kneeland, Douglas

  Knight, Frank

  Knight, Jack

  Knight, Timothy

  Knight Ridder Corp.

  Knight Ridder Newspapers

  Koldyke, Martin (Mike)

  Kone, Korotoumou

  Kotter, John

  Kotz, Nick

  Kraft Foods

  Kristof, Kathy

  Kruidenier, David

  KTLA-TV

  L

  Labor, organized

  Lance, Bert

  Landers, Ann

  LA Observed blog

  La Opinión newspaper

  Lardner, Ring

  Larsen, Nils

  Larson, Jimmy

  Las Vegas Sun

  LATimes.com

  Laventhol, David

  Lawson, Victor

  Lee, Jimmy

  Lee, Steven

  Legal publishing

  Lehman Brothers

  Leonard, Joe

  Leveraged buyout

  Leveraged recapitalization (stock buyback)

  Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky)

  LexisNexis database

  Liebling, A.J.

  Life magazine

  Lincoln, Abraham

  Lipinski, Ann Marie

  Chicago News Cooperative (CNC) and

  as Chicago Tribune deputy managing editor

  as Chicago Tribune editor

  ethics concerns of

  FitzSimons and

  front-page ad opposition of

  merger and

  O’Shea’s alliance with

  Pate and

  Pulitzer Prize of

  resignation of

  Zell’s meeting with

  Lipton, Marty

  Loan-packaging deals

  Local news

  Lombardo, Joey “The Clown,”

  Long Beach Telegram

  Long Island Press

  Look magazine

  Lopez, Steve

  Los Angeles Daily Business Journal

  Los Angeles Times

  advertising campaign of

  bilingual sections of

  correspondents of

  history of. See also Chandler family

 

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