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  Tribune Company :: Certificate of Incorporation
The terms of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the corporation, as in effect since April 4, 1989, are set forth in Exhibit A. The Common Stock of the corporation may be issued from time to time by authority of the Board of Directors of the corporation in accordance with applicable law.
The corporation shall not be required to issue fractional shares of any class of stock or to maintain or record fractional shares upon the books and records of the corporation.
The corporation may enter into separate written agreements with directors, officers, employees and agents of the corporation and of other enterprises, which agreements expressly provide for indemnification and reimbursement of such persons to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by this Article or applicable law.
www.tribune.com /investors/governance/cert_inc.html   (987 words)

  
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Tribune has requested permanent waivers of the duopoly rule to allow common ownership of the stations, contending that an evaluation of its waiver requests under the various factors previously identified by the Commission supports their grant.
Tribune asserts that this number of broadcast television stations serving at least a portion of the overlap areas is comparable to other cases in which the Commission has approved permanent duopoly waivers.
Tribune argues that there is no longer scarcity in either the national or in the South Florida markets for video programming, due to the increases in the number of modes of delivery of video programming and in the amount of local programming that viewers typically receive.
www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1997/fcc97098.txt   (9528 words)

  
  Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune, self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", is the leading newspaper of the Midwest of the United States.
One of the great scoops in Tribune history was the revelation of U.S. war plans on the eve of the Pearl Harbor attack.
The Chicago Tribune is the centerpiece of The Tribune Corporation[?], which includes many smaller suburban newspapers, radio and television stations, including WGN, whose call letters stand for "World's Greatest Newspaper", as well as pulp and paper interests, and Great Lakes shipping.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/The_Chicago_Tribune.html   (259 words)

  
 The Oakland Tribune - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1983, the Tribune was purchased, for $17 million, in a loan, from Gannett to editor, Robert C. Maynard and his wife, Nancy Hicks Maynard, in the first management-led leveraged buyout in U.S. newspaper history.
The Tribune Tower was severely damaged in the Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989; it was closed and dark for many years.
The Oakland Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for a photograph of a small private plane narrowly missing a B-29 in 1950; and again for photographs of the aftermath of the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oakland_Tribune   (1553 words)

  
 TRIBUNE CORPORATION
TRIBUNE is one of the country’s top media companies, operating businesses in publishing and broadcasting.
In publishing, Tribune operates 11 leading daily newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Newsday, plus a wide range of targeted publications including Spanish-language Hoy.
Tribune’s 2006 first quarter operating revenues decreased 1 percent, or $17 million,
www.ernstrade.com /NYprofil/Tribune.html   (555 words)

  
 Business Biography and Profile
Today, the Tribune is the largest daily newspaper in northern Indiana and southwest Michigan and serves 10 counties in the area.
In June 1997, the Tribune switched from an afternoon daily newspaper to an all morning newspaper, and at the same time, made significant design and content improvements for its readers.
The Tribune’s success is due to the dedication, talent and commitment of thousands of employees over the generations.
southbendtribune.com /bizbio/sbtrib.html   (444 words)

  
 Tribune Tower
The Tribune Tower is a gothic building located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
It is the home of the Chicago Tribune and the Tribune Corporation[?].
Prior to the building of the Tribune Tower, correspondents for the Chicago Tribune brought back rocks and bricks from a variety of historically important sites throughout the world.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tr/Tribune_Tower.html   (200 words)

  
 Tribune Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois.
It owns the Chicago Tribune, Tribune Broadcasting (whose flagship station is WGN), the Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday in New York, the Hartford Courant, The Baltimore Sun, the Daily Press, Orlando Sentinel, and many other media outlets.
Tribune is considering a possible sale of these stations to get their licenses renewed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tribune_Company   (191 words)

  
 Utah History Encyclopedia
The Salt Lake Tribune began as the result of a movement to oppose the political and economic policies of the Mormon Church.
Mormon publications referred to the Kansans as "the border ruffians," while the Tribune called the Deseret News "Granny," and News editor Charles W. Penrose "Granny's Imp." Attacks on polygamy became a Tribune staple.
Tribune," began his involvement with the paper as Thomas Kearns's secretary, and became publisher in 1924.
www.media.utah.edu /UHE/s/SALTLAKETRIBUNE.html   (452 words)

  
 Tribune Company :: About Tribune
TRIBUNE is one of the country’s top media companies, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting.
Whether the story is across town or around the world, Tribune has the talent and the resources to cover it well.
Tribune and its employees are active contributors to the communities where we do business.
www.tribjobs.com /about/index.html   (231 words)

  
 National News
Of course, this was not the case and residents were able to listen to the simulcast on all the radio stations operated by the Corporation.
The Tribune article is all the more suspect when one considers an article of the same date written in the Nassau Guardian.
The Corporation's initial thought was to ignore the article knowing that viewers and listeners would see it for what it was.
www.thenassauguardian.com /national_local/281502053643250.php   (672 words)

  
 02-4126 -- Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Co. V. AT&T Corp. -- 02/24/2003
Tribune Publishing filed a notice of appeal on the same day that its motion was denied, and then sought an injunction pending appeal both from the district court and this court.
Tribune Publishing's argument that Deseret News was a necessary and indispensable party from the outset is based upon the existence of the stock transfer restriction in the JOA.
Tribune Publishing also had to show as a threshold issue that it was likely to prevail in its attempt to acquire ownership of the Tribune Assets because its legal theories in support of its claim to continued management depended upon the fact that it had a valid option to purchase the newspaper assets.
www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2003/02/02-4126.htm   (12147 words)

  
 Antenna Tower - Tribune-Channel 2-KWGN Update 2003
The Tribune antenna farm is within 500 feet of the grave, next to a Clear Channel Communications antenna tower site and adjacent to the historic Lariat Trail and Jefferson County Open Space.
Tribune’s intent for continuing the litigation could be to wear down JeffCo staff and drain the donation funding of CARE.
Tribune is one of the leading media giants campaigning for removal of FCC limitations on cross media ownership of newspapers and broadcast within each metro market.
www.citymtnviews.com /AT-Tribune_KWGN.php4   (1198 words)

  
 The Corporation - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, former chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, and his wife are surprised by protesters chanting and spreading a banner that reads "Murderers" on their front lawn, but instead of angrily ordering them off the property, the two serve tea and engage the group in a civil discussion of human rights.
According to the law, a corporation is a "person" that exists separately from its shareholders, officers and employees, and it is required to put its well-being above all other concerns.
The main problem with "The Corporation," with a running time of nearly two and a half hours, is its desire to explore every aspect of what it considers the dark side of corporations.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_206893.html   (460 words)

  
 CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment today announced their intent to form a new 5th network, The CW, to be launched in the fall of 2006.
In an important strategic move that secures major market distribution for The CW, it was announced that Tribune Broadcasting and the CBS Corporation's UPN affiliates have agreed separately to sign 10-year affiliation agreements with the new network.
TRIBUNE (NYSE:TRB) is one of the country's top media companies, operating businesses in publishing and broadcasting.
www.cbscorporation.com /news/prdetails.php?id=173   (1029 words)

  
 AP Wire | 11/22/2006 | Ex-D'backs Colangelo owner may buy Cubs
Tribune, under pressure from large shareholders disappointed with its sagging stock price, has said it hopes to decide by year's end on a strategic overhaul that could include selling the entire company or certain assets.
"The Tribune corporation would like to sell itself, and whoever buys it might sell some of the pieces," said Levin, owner of the Chicago Wolves minor league hockey team.
Tribune bought the team in 1981 for $20.5 million.
www.thestate.com /mld/thestate/16077305.htm   (476 words)

  
 Colangelo Voices Interest in Buying Cubs - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Tribune, under pressure from large shareholders disappointed with its sagging stock, has said it hopes to decide by year's end on a strategic overhaul that could include selling the entire company or certain assets.
Tribune has reportedly told buyers it would focus first on a possible sale of the entire company before the sale of individual pieces.
Speculation that Tribune plans to sell the Cubs has intensified with the club's offseason spending spree, including agreeing with outfielder Alfonso Soriano this week on an eight-year contract for $136 million - fifth-richest contract in the history of Major League Baseball.
www.forbes.com /feeds/ap/2006/11/22/ap3198801.html   (623 words)

  
 What is an S corporation? | Chicago Tribune
This means that S corporations don't pay income tax but report the results of their operations to the shareholders who report their share of corporate income or loss on their personal 1040s.
A C corporation can carry tax losses to different years to get a refund, but if the corporation is just starting out, it doesn't have any other years to work into the equation.
In an S corporation, however, the loss is passed on to the shareholder (to a limited extent).
chicagotribune.com /business/chi-adviser-s,0,347159.story?...   (384 words)

  
 Chicago Cubune Watch: Is Tribune Hyping Its Own Sale?
We've seen a flurry of Tribune stories this week covering rumors that the Cubs or the Tribune Corporation itself may be sold.
The Tribune covers the sale, its coverage influences the terms of the sale, and it is a party to the sale.
Tribune reporters seem just as clueless about what happens inside their Tower as they are about what happens outside their Tower.
www.cubune.com /2006/11/is-tribune-hyping-its-own-sale.html   (1173 words)

  
 Morgan Stanley to Advise Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The special committee of Tribune Co. directors overseeing the company's efforts to boost its stock value announced Wednesday that it had hired Morgan Stanley as its financial advisor.
Chicago-based Tribune is expected to consider such alternatives as selling the entire company, spinning off its 25 television stations into a stand-alone publicly traded entity or selling off individual newspapers.
Tribune has said its management expects to present the special committee with alternatives by the end of the year.
www.topix.net /content/trb/3228660066368046974738529328041035730378   (507 words)

  
 Colangelo interested in Cubs
Tribune, under pressure from large shareholders disappointed with its sagging stock, has said it hopes to decide by year's end on a strategic overhaul that could include selling the entire company or certain assets.
Speculation that Tribune plans to sell the Cubs has intensified with the club's offseason spending spree, including agreeing with outfielder Alfonso Soriano this week on an eight-year contract for $136 million - fifth-richest contract in the history of Major League Baseball.
Shares in Tribune fell 13 cents to $32.34 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
www.azcentral.com /sports/diamondbacks/articles/1122az-tribune-cubs22-ON.html   (585 words)

  
 Chicagoan Puts Up $315 Million to Win $8.2 Billion Tribune Co. - New York Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Tribune Company, which owns The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and other papers, announced yesterday that it had joined forces with Samuel Zell to take the company private and pay shareholders $34 a share.
Zell, who becomes the Tribune chairman, will be the largest individual shareholder, leaving him with a major interest for his relatively small investment.
Tribune set a relatively low breakup fee of $25 million so that if it wanted to take a higher bid — and avoid a possible lawsuit — it could dismiss its deal with Mr.
www.nytimes.com /2007/04/03/business/media/03tribune.html?ex=1333252800&en=8d8fbd8849fc53f7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (1082 words)

  
 NIGERIAN TRIBUNE - Energy, Oil and Gas
As usual, the government of the country and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] were reactive instead of being proactive when everybody gathered as usual to bemoan the unnecessary loss of human lives at Awori area of Abule Egba due to a pipeline fire.
Indications to this emerged at the weekend as a presidency source confided in the Nigerian Tribune that negotiations were already on between the federal government and management of Digital Security Network, a division of IPC “USA”, one of the world’s leading supplier of outdoor perimeter intrusion detection products to safeguard these facilities.
The company, according to the source who craved anonymity in a chat with the Nigerian Tribune further disclosed, is specialised in providing early warning of intrusion into secure areas, thereby reducing the risks of theft, vandalisation, harm, sabotage, kidnapping and escape.
www.tribune.com.ng /04012007/eog.html   (949 words)

  
 Media Management Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Scott C. Smith is chief operating officer of the Tribune publishing group as of Nov. 1, 2004, and president of the Tribune's publishing group as of January 1, 2005.
Prior to this, he was president and publisher of Chicago Tribune Company, serving as CEO of the Midwest's leading newspaper, plus its related developing businesses since May of 1997.
He served from 1991 to 1993 as Tribune Company senior vice president/development, from 1985 to 1991 served as Tribune's chief financial officer and held a series of corporate finance positions from 1977 to 1985.
www.mediamanagementcenter.org /about/profile.asp?pid=817   (310 words)

  
 All in the family -- again
The newspaper was entirely owned by members of the Alford family until 1981, when they sold 67 percent to the Kearns-Tribune Corporation, a privately held corporation which publishes the Salt Lake City Tribune and has other business interests.
Listening to Alford tell stories about the roots of the Lewiston Tribune, it is not hard to see why newspapers are in his blood.
Given the choice between Astoria and Lewiston, the Alford brothers chose the latter for two important reasons: the railroad was coming through the town, and some land near Lewiston was to be opened up for homesteading.
flash.uoregon.edu /S98/alford.html   (607 words)

  
 Colangelo voices interest in buying Cubs - Boston.com
Tribune has reportedly told buyers it would focus first on a possible sale of the entire company before the sale of individual pieces.
Speculation that Tribune plans to sell the Cubs has intensified with the club's offseason spending spree, including agreeing with outfielder Alfonso Soriano this week on an eight-year contract for $136 million -- fifth-richest contract in the history of Major League Baseball.
Shares in Tribune fell 22 cents to close at $32.25 on the New York Stock Exchange.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/11/22/colangelo_voices_interest_in_buying_cubs   (557 words)

  
 prdomain | features
Tribune Corporation had received three bid offers, of which two offers were believed to be for the entire print and broadcasting business of the company and one, including one from the Carlyle Group and two investors, just for Tribune's 25 TV stations.
The interest shown in the Tribune has been surprising in view of the US newspaper industry suffering from falling sales and advertising revenues in recent years.
Following the deal, Tribune said the stake sale would enable it to invest in its long-term future with more certainty.
www.prdomain.com /feature/feature_details.asp?id=315&area=J&typ=A   (315 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories
The corporation was the authority to decide the place for stacking the construction material which could be in the front, back or in the adjoining area near the house.
The corporation had decided that a one-time payment of Rs 1000 would be paid per head in future and a budget of Rs 10 lakh had been planned on this account by the corporation which has been cleared by the Finance and Contract Committee.
As a part of the follow-up action, the corporation had then made a deal with the gaushala in Delhi and which also included a pact to accept the first lot of 500 heads of cattle totally free of cost.
www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040117/cth1.htm   (3829 words)

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