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FT.com / UK - Tribune in bankruptcy filing

The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog found this 12/11/2008 on ft.com

The crisis in US newspapers yesterday claimed its biggest victim when Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy protection, a year after its $8.2bn leveraged buy-out by property tycoon Sam Zell. Mr Zell, a Chicago native whose history of reviving distressed assets earned him the nickname of ...