Tribune Company News

For the third year in a row, the Office of the Provost is sponsoring the Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowship Program for 20 full-time Northwestern University faculty members during the upcoming academic year.

The Tribune Company Board of Directors approved the final distribution ratio and declared a pro-rata distribution of 98.5% of the outstanding shares of common stock, which will effectuate the spin-off and result in the legal and structural separation of the two companies.

In response to R. Kelly headlining the Fashion Meets Music Festival in Columbus on Labor Day weekend, Ohio's musical community is having the spirited public debate about separating the art from the artist that Chicago never had when the controversial R&B superstar topped the bill at the Pitchfork festival in 2013.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) July 22--While Google Glass' potential as a consumer device remains to be seen, Lauren Rubinson-Morris is excited about its possibilities in her workplace.

What appears to be a citizen trying to do a good deed might deny a disabled veteran the day in court he wants.

The Los Angeles Times is among eight newspapers that will be part of Tribune Publishing.

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Rupert Murdoch said antiquated media ownership laws are preventing him from getting his hands on Tribune Co., the owner of the Los Angeles Times.

Minneapolis, MN July 18, 2014 PowerObjects, a professional services firm 100% focused on providing service, support, education, and add-ons for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, is pleased and honored to have been nominated for multiple awards throughout the past few months.

LHB Sports Entertainment & Media CEO Lee Berke and Bloomberg's Eben Novy-Williams examine the value of sports rights in cable deals and the impact of Tiger Woods back at the British Open for television ratings.

Tribune Digital Ventures, the technology and innovation arm of Tribune Company, today launched Newsbeat, a mobile news app that provides audio streaming of roughly 7,000 stories each day from hundreds of leading newspapers and websites.

Scores from Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests taken in 2013 have been added to The Times-Tribune's Grading Our Schools database.

Bryan Schock exits the MD/afternoon post at Triple A KPRI /San Diego. Schock is going Austin to be with his wife, Triple A KGSR PD Haley Jones .

While Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox is trying to take over Time Warner, there's talk that Murdoch's other company, News Corp., is interested in purchasing eight newspapers that are part of Tribune Publishing, writes Rick Edmonds of Poynter .

It first announced plans to separate its television and print businesses a year ago.

Tribune Publishing will spin off from Tribune Co. on Aug. 4, the new publishing company confirmed Tuesday.

Illinois Lottery Director Michael Jones said technology has created a number of ways to more quickly and widely disseminate Lottery information.

Tribune Digital Ventures, the technology and innovation arm of Tribune Company , today announced it has acquired What's-ON, a leading television search and Electronic Program Guide data provider for India and the Middle East.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) July 14--Barbara Turf, a recently retired CEO of Northbrook-based Crate and Barrel, has died, her family and the company said Sunday.

Frank Sinatra's song about Chicago, "My Kind of Town," "a the town that won't let you down," seems dated in light of last weekend's shooting spree that left 16 dead and dozens wounded in 53 separate incidents.