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    Sam Zell's LA Times Deal from Hell

    It's been a period of vast upheaval at the Los Angeles Times under Sam Zell's ownership. How exactly did he manage to use the employees' pension fund as collateral? How secure are the futures of Times employees?

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    KCRW placeholderBy Will Lewis • Aug 12, 2008 • 1 min read

    It's been a period of vast upheaval at the Los Angeles Times under Sam Zell's ownership. How exactly did he manage to use the employees' pension fund as collateral? How secure are the futures of Times employees? Will Lewis speaks with former Los Angeles Times Legal Reporter Henry Weinstein, media merchant banker Porter Bibb and Business Week's Emily Thornton.

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