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Los Angeles Times Declares Bankruptcy
It's been less than a year since Sam Zell bought the Tribune Company , which owns the Los Angeles Times , in a deal that cost $300 million of his money and $13 billion in debt. Even then, it looked like a shaky proposition and since then there's been round after round of layoffs and cuts in service. Today, Zell's Tribune Company filed…
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIt's been less than a year since Sam Zell bought the Tribune Company, which owns the Los Angeles Times, in a deal that cost $300 million of his money and $13 billion in debt.Even then, it looked like a shaky proposition and since then there's been round after round of layoffs and cuts in service.Today, Zell's Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy.Alan Mutter, ajournalism professor at UC Berkeley, blogs at Newsosaur.com.
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3 of 4Brewer's Leaving LAUSD; Tribune Files for Bankruptcy- 0:00Federal Bailouts and Double Standards
- 31:00Brewer Wants LAUSD Board to Buy Out His Contract
- 35:00Los Angeles Times Declares BankruptcyYou’re reading this
- 50:00Treasurer Says No Public Works Money until Budget Is Passed