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   Judge Approves Tribune Co.'s Plan to Exit Bankruptcy

   7:58 am 6/8/2012

   • by Eriq Gardner

   Several large banks will now own the company after a bankruptcy process that took 3 1/2 years.Read more

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   DirecTV Files FCC Complaint Over Tribune Broadcasting Blackout

   12:12 pm 4/2/2012

   • by Michael O'Connell

   The satellite provider, which lost the entertainment company's 23 local stations over the weekend, is seeking federal intervention. Read more

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   Tribune Broadcasting Pulls Content From DirecTV

   11:19 pm 3/31/2012

   • by Aaron Couch

   The Chicago-based broadcasting company says DirecTV refused to give it fair compensation; the satellite TV giant counters that Tribune reneged on a “handshake” deal.Read more

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   FCC Moves to Ease Media Cross-Ownership Rule in Big Markets

   5:22 am 12/23/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Tribune Co. are seen as beneficiaries of a rule change proposed by the agency led by Julius Genachowski.Read more

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5. Analysts: Scripps Networks to Use New Financing for Further Stock Buybacks

   8:48 am 11/29/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The cable networks company could also buy Tribune's 31 percent stake in Food Network following a $500 million debt deal, Wunderlich Securities' Matthew Harrigan predicts.

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   Tribune Co. to Pay Ex-CEO Randy Michaels $675,000 in Settlement

   6:10 am 11/23/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The executive had left the bankrupt media company in the fall following reports that he encouraged a frat house culture. Read more

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   Former Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels Arrested For DUI

   11:52 am 10/14/2011

   • by THR staff

   The controversial one-time radio executive who was asked to leave the troubled media company last year was picked up in Ohio Friday when his car got stuck in mud.Read more

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8. Former Tribune CEO Randy Michaels Launches All-News Radio Station in New York

   11:24 am 8/15/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   His company Merlin Media said that FM News 101.9 will focus on the "real-life information needs of on-the-go adults and working parents."Read more

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9. Tribune Names Nils Larsen CEO of its Broadcasting Division

   5:30 pm 5/31/2011

   • by Paul Bond

   Jerry Kersting's role as president is eliminated.Read more

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