Tribune to buy 19 local TV stations for $2.73 billion

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digressor wrote:

Wow, a bunch of organizations that don’t report news and answer only to large corporations. Virtually useless information. Worthless companies. Sooner or later people will realize that these companies which tout a lack of bias, and a fair and balanced news actually are shills for these corporations and they’ll simply tune them out.

Jul 01, 2013 10:09am EDT  --  Report as abuse
jimBarnett wrote:

Only in America!!!! Out of bankruptcy for six months, and spending almost 3 billion in cash for a new venture.

Jul 01, 2013 10:15am EDT  --  Report as abuse
cheapster512 wrote:

hmm 2.73billion CASH ? just went thru bankruptcy pay your f ing bills
can’t pay pensions boo woo now we can buy more thing we can’t pay for
F ing businesses poor mouthing while CASH rich 2.7 BIllion CASH think about that while in Bankruptcy putting cash away instead of paying bills NOT what was for and not for the little guys

Jul 01, 2013 10:15am EDT  --  Report as abuse
jrj906202 wrote:

Hope they sell the L.A. Times to a buyer,who turns the paper from a big govt,Democratic party organization to a balanced newspaper.The OC Register is a superior paper today.No one would have thought that would happen,ten years ago.

Jul 01, 2013 10:35am EDT  --  Report as abuse
Concernedcitz wrote:

I hope they counter the right wing propagand coming from Fox News.

Jul 01, 2013 2:17pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
wilhelm wrote:

the Chicago Tribune is hardly a ‘newspaper’ — take a look at its website. the thing is laughable in every sense, and not simply because it is right-wing dribble. there is no substance to it.

as a vehicle for grocery advertising, perhaps it is attractive, but even so, to whom, exactly?

Jul 01, 2013 2:45pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Umedia wrote:

How do you emerge from Bankruptcy in December and spend 2.7 Billion Dollars in July?

Jul 02, 2013 3:48am EDT  --  Report as abuse
 
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