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1. L.A. Times Suitor Charles Koch Confirms Interest in Acquiring Newspapers

   10:57 am 6/5/2013

   • by Erik Hayden

   The billionaire also describes editorial pages as "a marketplace of ideas where all sorts of approaches to public policy issues are vetted."Read more

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   Protesters Target Koch Brothers' Potential L.A. Times Bid

   6:36 pm 5/23/2013

   • by Paul Bond

   A group marched toward Tribune Co. chairman Bruce Karsh's Beverly Hills home, chanting "don't be a dope, don't sell the paper to the Kochs."Read more

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   Koch Brothers' L.A. Times Bid Heating up (Report)

   5:47 pm 4/20/2013

   • by Aaron Couch

   A representative for the conservative billionaires is said to have spoken about potential offer with the paper's publisher.Read more

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   Thousands Sign Petition Opposing Potential Koch Brothers L.A. Times Bid

   1:17 pm 3/23/2013

   • by Erik Hayden

   The petition was created by the liberal website Daily Kos and the L.A.-based progressive non-profit, the Courage Campaign. Read more

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   Billionaire Eli Broad Teams With Financier to Make L.A. Times Bid

   4:29 pm 3/14/2013

   • by Paul Bond

   The philanthropic Los Angeles businessman has joined with former Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner to make the Tribune Co.'s largest newspaper a nonprofit.Read more

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   Koch Brothers Mulling L.A. Times Bid

   11:15 am 3/12/2013

   • by THR staff

   The controversial industrialists, who have a long history of funding Republican political causes, may team with the conservative owner of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Read more

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   Tribune Hires Investment Banks to Sell L.A. Times, Newspaper Unit

   12:10 pm 2/26/2013

   • by Paul Bond

   UPDATED: Evercore, JP Morgan retained six weeks after former Discovery and News Corp. exec Peter Ligouri takes over as CEO.Read more

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   Tribune Cleared to Exit Bankruptcy

   4:16 pm 11/16/2012

   • by Chris Krewson

   F.C.C. approves waivers to new owners; sale of L.A. Times, other newspapers expected.Read more

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   Ex-L.A. Times Editors Join BuzzFeed in Push to Cover Hollywood (Exclusive)

   9:00 pm 10/21/2012

   • by Matthew Belloni

   Richard Rushfield will head a new Los Angeles bureau for the social news site as Kate Aurthur joins to cover television, film and celebrities.Read more

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    Jon Stewart Called 'Coward,' Under Threat of Boycott for 'Vagina Manger' (Video)

    11:48 am 4/18/2012

    • by Paul Bond

    While mocking the Fox News Channel for its disinterest in covering an alleged "war on women," the comedian shows a photo of a naked woman with a Jesus ornament blocking her genitalia.Read more

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