tribune

Zell Gets Tribune, Unless They Do Take-Backs

2 APR 2007 — So it is written, so it shall be done: Tribune has accepted the Sam Zell bid. (Eight million things could happen that would continue ... »
Media

Media Bubble: Race For The, Uh, Prize?

30 MAR 2007 — Ron Burkle and Eli Broad top Sam Zell's bid for Tribune by a buck a share. Why do we feel like our grandchildren will still be awaiting resolution of this fucking story? [LAT]Joe Dolce is a free man come May. ... »
Media

Media Bubble: Stalkers, Belchers, Etc.

29 MAR 2007 — Are Ron Burkle & Eli Broad back in the Tribune game? How will Sam Zell's bid work? When will this fucking story ever end? [LAT]Conrad Black takes time off from being tried for fraud to attend a book party in Toronto. ... »
Media

Media Bubble: Play It As It Lays

26 MAR 2007 — There's a lot of backbiting and infighting at the Los Angeles Times, which is completely unusual behavior at a major newspaper. ... »
Jared Paul Stern

The Story According To Jared Paul Stern And Larry Klayman

22 MAR 2007 — We've finally had a chance to read former New York Post reporter Jared Paul Stern's lawsuit against shopping-market magnate Ron Burkle, filed today. ... »
Jared Paul Stern

Jared Paul Stern Suit: Best Defendants Ever

22 MAR 2007 —  ... »
Jared Paul Stern

Jared Paul Stern Files Suit Against Ron Burkle, NYDN, Everyone Else

22 MAR 2007 — As promised, former gossip Jared Paul Stern has filed a complaint in State Supreme Court. From the AP: While Stern's primary beef deals with Burkle and the Daily News, he spares no one in his lawsuit. ... »
Remainders

Remainders: Matt (Dirty!) Sanchez

20 MAR 2007 — Ann Coulter buddy, former gay porn actor, Marine Corps reservist, and Columbia student Matt Sanchez dissects his university's relationship with the military. ... »
Media

Media Bubble: Yeah, Bill Clinton LOVED The 'Times'

16 MAR 2007 — The Post has never heard of Whitewater. [NYP]Rodale, Hachette get into the video game. [AdAge]What's going to happen if Tribune rejects Sam Zell's offer? A lengthy continuation of this fucking story, no doubt. ... »
Media

Media Bubble: Wal-Mart Will Not Tap Your Phone Again. Guaranteed.

6 MAR 2007 — Wal-Mart is really, really sorry that they taped a Times reporter's calls. They don't want you to think they're Hewlett-Packard or anything. [NYT]Do not even suggest that Brian Williams' trip to Iraq had anything to do with ratings. ... »
Media

Media Bubble: Y'All Hear About This 'Radar' Mag?

26 FEB 2007 — Maer Roshan, the "battle-scarred veteran" of the "buzz-intensive media hothouses" that are New York and L.A. is back, and this time "the buzz seems to be moving back in his favor." That picture can't hurt. ... »
Bill Clinton

Clinton and Geffen: What Soured The Greatest Friendship Since Damon and Pythias?

23 FEB 2007 — There's been a big falling out between gay gajillionaire David Geffen and lady-loving former president Bill Clinton (and his partner-by-marriage Hillary). ... »
tribune

Tribune Company A Bunch Of Drama Queens

12 FEB 2007 — For months now, the Tribune Company, owners of what's left of Newsday, as well as the LA Times, Baltimore Sun, AM New York and ten other papers—as well as South Park and the Chicago Cubs—have been begging for bids for all or part of the company. ... »
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More on Why Everyone Thinks Ron Burkle Is Behind 'Radar'

7 FEB 2007 — Yesterday we laid out the case for Ron Burkle's financial involvement in Radar; today an insider gives us some clarifications: Your source is right about Ron Burkle, Yusef Jackson, and Radar. ... »
Radar

Is Ron Burkle In 'Radar' for $8 Mil?

6 FEB 2007 — With the launch of Radar 3.0 right around the corner—like, Tuesday! OMG!—we thought it was time to revisit the murky question of what the real story was behind its rise from the ashes of Mort Zuckerman and Jeffrey Epstein's $5-million each. ... »
Radar

The 'Radar' Toxic Bachelors List: The Lost Entry

1 FEB 2007 — When you perused Radar's list of Toxic Bachelors earlier today, did you get the nagging feeling that someone was missing? Someone who, despite his renowned toxic bachelor tendencies, was inexplicably left off the list for reasons unknown. ... »
Jared Paul Stern

BREAKING: Jared Paul Stern Not Charged

23 JAN 2007 — From the Daily Transom: Jared Paul Stern has been notified that he will not be charged with a crime by the U.S. ... »
Media

Media Bubble: The Usual Suspects

22 JAN 2007 — Broad and Burkle talk to Tribune directors, who may not sell the company after all. Great, that's six months of our lives wasted. [LAT]Bids are due for the Time 4 magazines today. ... »