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84-407: Tribune Tower sits on the southwest corner of property that includes four buildings and a surface parking lot. The other buildings are (clockwise) the four-story 1935 WGN Radio building, the eleven-story 1950 WGN-TV building, and the old Chicago Tribune printing plant, with the parking lot immediately east of all of these buildings. The Tower itself was declared an official Chicago landmark by

168-444: A Delaware bankruptcy court . Oaktree Capital Management , JPMorgan Chase and Angelo, Gordon & Co. , which were the company's senior debt holders, assumed control of Tribune's properties upon the company's exit from bankruptcy on December 31, 2012. Coincident with emergence from bankruptcy, company stock began trading as an over-the-counter security under the symbol TRBAA. In December 2014, over-the-counter trading ended and

252-497: A "broadcast management company" (later named The Other Company). On January 31, 2008, Tribune Company announced it would purchase real estate leased from TMCT, LLC, which included properties used by the Los Angeles Times , Newsday , Baltimore Sun and Hartford Courant . The company received an option to purchase the real estate for $ 175 million through the 2006 restructuring of TMCT, LLC. In addition, Tribune announced

336-644: A 12.5% stake in The WB Television Network in August 1995; the company had ten of its 16 stations affiliated with the network (including five that were signed as charter affiliates through The WB's initial 1993 affiliation deal with Tribune). Tribune invested $ 21 million in The WB in March 1997, which increased its equity interest in the network to 21.9%. In November 1994, Tribune Broadcasting formed

420-660: A 24-hour local cable news channel for the Chicago area. Online editions of Tribune's newspapers were developed starting in 1995, with the Chicago Tribune ' s digital edition launching in 1996. Also in 1996, Tribune (holding a 20% interest) created a joint venture with American Online (which held an 80% interest) called Digital City, Inc. to set up a series of Digital City websites to provide interactive local news and information services. By 1997, Tribune Publishing had only four daily newspapers remaining in its portfolio:

504-601: A 250-unit hotel, and 564-units, made up of 125 condos and 439 rentals, including 10% affordable units. Tribune Tower The Tribune Tower is a 463-foot-tall (141 m), 36-floor neo-Gothic skyscraper located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago , Illinois, United States. The early 1920s international design competition for the tower became a historic event in 20th-century architecture. Built for Chicago Tribune owner Robert R. McCormick , since 2018 it has been converted into luxury residences and in 2023 won

588-460: A Driehaus Prize for architectural preservation and adaptive reuse from Landmarks Illinois . The tower was the home of the Tribune , and the related Tribune Media , Tribune Broadcasting , and Tribune Publishing . WGN Radio (720 kHz) originated broadcasts from the building until June 18, 2018. CNN 's Chicago bureau was also located in the building. It is listed as a Chicago Landmark and

672-507: A hand press. The Tribune constructed its first building, a four-story structure at Dearborn and Madison Streets, in 1869. The building was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of October 1871, along with most of the city. The Tribune resumed printing two days later with an editorial declaring "Chicago Shall Rise Again." Joseph Medill , a native Ohioan who acquired an interest in the Tribune in 1855, gained full control of

756-399: A high debt load related to the company's privatization and a sharp downturn in newspaper advertising revenue, Tribune filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . Company plans originally called for it to emerge from bankruptcy by May 31, 2010, but the company would end up in protracted bankruptcy proceedings for another four years. With the company's overall debt totaling $ 13 billion, it was

840-633: A howling dog (Howells) near the main entrance to commemorate the architects. The top of the tower is designed after the Tour de beurre (″butter tower″) of the Rouen Cathedral in France, which is characteristic of the Late-Gothic style, that is to say, without a spire but with a crown-shaped top. Rene Paul Chambellan contributed his sculpture talents to the buildings ornamentation, gargoyles and

924-456: A joint venture with Knight-Ridder, CareerBuilder , that same year. After the 2001 September 11 attacks , the media sector suffered a greater decrease in advertising revenue. This forced a 10% reduction in staff companywide and a $ 151.9 million restructuring charge. In 2002 and 2003, Tribune Broadcasting bought four additional television stations, increasing its total television holdings to 26 stations, some of which were acquired via trades of

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1008-805: A partnership with several minority partners, including Quincy Jones , to form Qwest Broadcasting. Qwest operated as a separate company from Tribune (which owned stations in a few markets where Tribune had already owned stations, including WATL in Atlanta, which was operated alongside Tribune-owned WGNX ); Tribune entered into a new business sector when it formed Tribune Education in 1993. The sector grew and provided high profit margins. Through 1996, Tribune used $ 400 million to purchase several publishers of education material: Contemporary Books , Inc., The Wright Group, Everyday Learning Corporation, Jamestown Publishers, Inc., Educational Publishing Corporation, NTC Publishing Group and Janson Publications. In 1996, this group

1092-699: A skyscraper tower to the east of Tribune Tower, though no plans had yet been made public. In January 2018, plans emerged for a skyscraper on the northern portion of the parking lot at the east side of the Tribune Tower property. Plans called for 220 hotel rooms and 158 condominium units; the tower would be slightly shorter than the Trump International Hotel and Tower . The new skyscraper was designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture of Chicago. As an employee of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill , Adrian Smith had designed Trump Tower and

1176-420: A subsidiary, McCormick-Patterson. The company entered broadcasting in 1924 by leasing WDAP, one of Chicago's first radio stations. Tribune later changed the station's call letters to WGN , reflecting the Tribune ' s nickname, "World's Greatest Newspaper." WGN was purchased by the company in 1926 and went on to become prominent in the radio industry. In 1925, the company completed its new headquarters,

1260-544: Is a contributing property to the Michigan–Wacker Historic District . Its predecessor, the first "Tribune Tower", had been built in 1868. It was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. In 1922 the Chicago Tribune hosted an international interior and exterior design competition for its new headquarters to mark its 75th anniversary, and offered $ 100,000 in prize money with a $ 50,000 first prize for "the most beautiful and distinctive office building in

1344-410: Is a replica of one commissioned by Yale University in 1899; Pratt's widow gave permission for the copy. The statue was dedicated on June 4, 1940, with an event that included musical performances and an address by Professor William Warren Sweet, attended by high school Reserve Officers' Training Corps members. It depicts Hale with wrists and ankles bound. The pedestal states that it is "Dedicated to

1428-493: Is also thought to be inspired by Saarinen's design. Other Tribune tower entries by figures like Walter Gropius , Bertram Goodhue , Walter Burley Griffin , Bruno Taut , and Adolf Loos remain intriguing suggestions of what might have been, but perhaps not as intriguing as the one surmounted by a Mount Rushmore-like head of an American Indian. These entries were originally published by the Tribune Company in 1923 under

1512-863: Is planned but has not been installed as of 2018 . A piece of steel recovered from the World Trade Center has been added to the wall. Tiles from the Sydney Opera House were added in 2006. Several buildings around the world make reference to the design of the Tribune Tower, most notably in Australia: the spires of the Grace Building in Sydney and the Manchester Unity Building in Melbourne . Additionally,

1596-544: The Chicago Tribune had brought back rocks and bricks from a variety of historically important sites throughout the world at the request of Colonel McCormick . Many of these fragments have been incorporated into the lowest levels of the building and are labeled with their location of origin. Stones included in the wall are from such sites as the St. Stephen's Cathedral , Trondheim Cathedral , Taj Mahal , Clementine Hall ,

1680-620: The Aesops ' Screen over the main entrance doors. Rene Chambellan worked on other projects with Raymond Hood including the American Radiator Building and Rockefeller Center in New York City. Also, among the gargoyles on the Tribune Tower is one of a frog. That piece was created by Rene Chambellan to represent himself jokingly as he is of French ancestry. Prior to the building of the Tribune Tower, correspondents for

1764-723: The Burj Khalifa , which became the tallest building in the world in 2010. Originally envisioned at 1,388 ft (423.1 m) and standing nearly three times as tall as the 36-story Tribune Tower, the Tribune East Tower faced opposition for obstructing views of the Tower, as well as "dwarfing" it from a historical perspective. Plans were officially announced for a 1,422 ft (433.4 m) tall 200-unit hotel, 439-apartment and 125-condominium building on April 16, 2018. The building will be 29 ft (8.8 m) shorter than

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1848-584: The Chicago Tribune ' s RedEye edition in 2003, followed by an investment in AM New York . That same year, Tribune pushed for the FCC to loosen its regulations barring cross-ownership of newspapers and broadcast outlets (television and/or radio) in a single market. Tribune would have to sell either a newspaper or television station in Los Angeles, New York City and Hartford while its combination of

1932-742: The Chicago Tribune , the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel , the Orlando Sentinel and the Daily Press . Tribune also set up its Tribune Ventures division to acquire stakes in newer media businesses. During the middle of that year, Tribune Ventures purchased interests in companies such as AOL (owning 4%), electronic payment specialist CheckFree Corporation (owning 5%), search engine company Excite , Inc. (owning 7%), Mercury Mail, Inc. (owning 13%), Open Market , Inc. (owning 6%), and Peapod LP (owning 13%). Also that year,

2016-695: The Meredith Corporation in exchange for KCPQ-TV in Seattle in March 1999. Later that year, the station purchased WEWB in Albany, New York and WBDC in Washington, D.C. Tribune Interactive, Inc. was incorporated to handle all the various websites for its publishing, television and radio, and newspaper properties. During the 1999 fiscal year, Tribune racked up $ 1.47 billion in profits on total revenues of $ 2.92 billion, in part from gains made on

2100-666: The New York Daily News saw multiple employee strikes. In 1980, the Daily News added an afternoon edition to go head-to-head with the New York Post ; this expansion failed, with the newspaper reverting to once-daily editions with the end of the afternoon edition in 1981. Also that year, the Independent Network News , an evening newscast intended for independent stations, was launched as

2184-720: The Orlando Sentinel and Time Warner Cable joined together to create the Orlando-based local cable news channel, Central Florida News 13 . Tribune also purchased a 31% stake in the Food Network . The company began the 1990s with six television stations, but changes to federal radio and television ownership regulations allowed Tribune to expand its television station holdings over the next decade. Tribune Broadcasting purchased ten additional stations by 1997, six of them acquired through that year's purchase of Renaissance Broadcasting for $ 1.1 billion in cash. Tribune purchased

2268-663: The Parthenon , Hagia Sophia , Süleymaniye Mosque , Corregidor Island , Palace of Westminster , petrified wood from the Redwood National and State Parks , the Great Pyramid , The Alamo , Notre-Dame de Paris , Abraham Lincoln's Tomb , the Great Wall of China , Independence Hall , Fort Santiago , Angkor Wat , Ta Prohm , Wawel Castle , Banteay Srei , and Rouen Cathedral 's Butter Tower, which inspired

2352-676: The Sun-Sentinel and WBZL-TV in Miami / Fort Lauderdale, Florida was given a temporary waiver. The FCC granted waivers for the other newspaper-television combinations in June 2003. In 2006, Tribune acquired the minority equity interest in AM New York , giving it full ownership of the newspaper. The company sold both Newsday and AM New York to Cablevision Systems Corporation in 2008. Tribune's partnership in The WB ended in 2006, when

2436-581: The Tribune Tower . That same year, the company decided to fund the future Joseph Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University . Liberty magazine eventually exceeded Collier's circulation, but lacked sufficient advertising and was sold in 1931. The Tribune's European edition was also cut. However, Tribune launched the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate content syndication service in 1933. With

2520-534: The Willis Tower , the city's tallest . The proposal outlined several details, including funding earmarked for affordable housing and neighborhood opportunity as well as plans for the rest of the Tribune Tower property. At the time it was proposed, the building had no official name, but it was referred to as Tribune East by the media. In mid-October 2018, the Chicago Plan Commission approved

2604-567: The "most viewed" category on the South Florida Sun-Sentinel ' s website. Google News index's next pass found the link as new news. Income Security Advisors found the Google result to be new news, which was passed along to Bloomberg News where it became a headline (Tribune, which owns both papers, noted that one click on a story in non-peak hours could flag an article as "most viewed" ). On December 8, 2008, faced with

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2688-535: The FCC's 39% market share cap), which had been removed by Tom Wheeler during the final months of the Obama administration . The stocks of both companies rose in value in the wake of these rumors. As was expected, the FCC reinstated the UHF discount; under adjusted calculations, the two companies only had a combined market share of 42%, meaning that the combined company would be required to divest stations in order to stay below

2772-647: The Sentinel-Star Company, owners of the Orlando Sentinel , in 1965. Also in 1963, the company purchased part of the defunct New York Mirror . The company increased its broadcast holdings with the acquisition of radio station WQCD-FM in New York City in 1964 and independent television station KWGN-TV in Denver in 1965. In 1967, the company began printing a tabloid serving suburban areas of Chicago, The Suburban Trib . The corporation

2856-456: The Tribune Company and McClatchy. The company stopped publishing the tabloid Chicago Today in 1974; the Tribune also began publishing all-day editions. An approval of changes to the Tribune bylaws in 1974 triggered a lawsuit by shareholders who saw this as a move towards taking the company public. The lawsuit by Josephine Albright – Joseph Patterson's daughter – and her son, Joseph Albright,

2940-513: The Tribune Tower was completed in 1925 and reached a height of 462 feet (141 m) above ground. The ornate buttresses surrounding the peak of the tower are especially visible when the tower is lit at night. As was the case with most of Hood's projects, the sculptures and decorations were made by the American artist Rene Paul Chambellan . The tower features carved images of Robin Hood (Hood) and

3024-524: The United States and operating three additional stations through local marketing agreements . It owned national basic cable channel/ superstation WGN America , regional cable news channel Chicagoland Television (CLTV) and Chicago radio station WGN . Investment interests include the Food Network , in which the company had a 31% share. Prior to the August 2014 spin-off of the company's publishing division into Tribune Publishing , Tribune Media

3108-884: The architects of One Atlantic Center located in the Midtown section of Atlanta were influenced by the building which is most evident in the shaft of the building as well as the base. On April 11, 2006, the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum opened, occupying two stories of the building, including the previous location of high-end gift store Hammacher Schlemmer . The museum closed this location on March 1, 2009, and redirected its efforts to become an online museum. Tribune Tower has participated in Chicago Architecture Foundation 's event Open House Chicago every year, starting in 2011. This annual opportunity allows visitors to tour

3192-496: The building, but the developers stated that they had a contractual agreement to buy the sign for one dollar. Col. Robert R. McCormick's former iconic office on the 24th floor will be turned into offices. In the former parking lot for Tribune Tower, there are plans to build Tribune Tower East , a super-tall skyscraper that would become the city's second-tallest. The building's plaza has a bronze sculpture by Bela Pratt depicting Nathan Hale , commissioned by McCormick in 1940. It

3276-403: The cable network from a superstation in 2014. In 2016, Tribune Media sold off real estate properties to net $ 409 million while authorizing $ 400 million in share repurchasing. In December 2016, Tribune Media sold Gracenote to Nielsen Holdings for $ 560 million; Tribune planned to use the sale to pay down a debt of $ 3.5 billion. Cash on hand was expected to pay out $ 500 million in dividends in

3360-444: The cap. However, there was only an 11% market overlap between Tribune and Sinclair's stations. On April 30, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that there were competing bids for Tribune from a partnership between 21st Century Fox and private equity firm Blackstone Group (under which Fox would contribute its existing station group into a joint venture with Blackstone), and Nexstar Media Group . The Fox/Blackstone deal

3444-422: The city in 1989. In early September 2016, prospective buyers of the Tribune Tower property had redevelopment plans for the adjacent Pioneer Court that were at odds with local interests to protect views of Tribune Tower. Nonetheless, later that month, Tribune Media sold Tribune Tower and adjacent property totaling 3 acres (12,141 m), including the 36,000 sq ft (3,345 m) surface parking lot, to

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3528-471: The company began sharing stories among 25 subscribers via the newly formed news service , the Knight News Wire. By 1990, this service was known as KRT (Knight-Ridder/Tribune) and provided graphics, photo and news content to its member newspapers. When The McClatchy Company purchased Knight-Ridder Inc. in 2006, KRT became MCT (McClatchy-Tribune Information Services), which was jointly owned by

3612-558: The company's radio stations; this left its one-time radio flagship WGN (AM) in Chicago as the company's sole remaining radio station. Tribune Publishing purchased the monthly lifestyle publication Chicago from Primedia , Inc. in August 2002. Hoy , a Spanish language newspaper owned by the company, expanded with the launch of local editions in Chicago (in September 2003) and Los Angeles (in March 2004). Tribune also launched daily newspapers targeting younger urban commuters, including

3696-543: The company's second newspaper, the New York News in 1919. Tribune's ownership of the New York City tabloid was considered "interlocking" due to an agreement between McCormick and Patterson. The paper launched a European edition during World War I . To compete with the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's in 1924, the Tribune Company launched a weekly national magazine, Liberty , run by

3780-599: The company's second syndicated television program, originating from WPIX . The New York Daily News was put up for sale in 1981, but a proposed deal fell through by 1982. In August of that year, Tribune purchased the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team from William Wrigley III . In 1981, all of Tribune's television stations, which were previously under the WGN Continental Broadcasting unit, were placed under

3864-510: The company's stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TRCO. On February 26, 2013, it was reported that Tribune hired investment firms Evercore Partners and J.P. Morgan to oversee the sale of its newspapers. On July 1, 2013, Tribune announced that it would purchase the 19 television stations owned by Local TV, LLC outright for $ 2.75 billion. The FCC approved the acquisition on December 20, and

3948-500: The company's subsidiary Tribune Broadcasting Company . The following year, Tribune formed the Tribune Entertainment Company as a production subsidiary to produce the company's existing syndicated programs including the U.S. Farm Report , as well as newer shows. In 1983, The Suburban Trib was replaced by zone editions of the Chicago Tribune . That October, the Tribune Company became a public firm, with

4032-502: The company's value to shareholders, which include a possible sale of the entire company and/or select assets, or the formation of programming alliances or strategic partnerships with other companies, due to the decrease in its stock price since the Tribune Publishing spin-off and a $ 385 million revenue write-down for the 2015 fiscal year, partly due to original scripted programming expenditures for WGN America since it converted

4116-400: The company, was removed and replaced by an executive council. The New York Times had reported earlier in the month about his "outlandish, often sexual behavior" that he also exercised in his previous job at Clear Channel Communications . On July 13, 2012, the Tribune Company received approval of a reorganization plan to allow the company to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in

4200-549: The competition and the building are held by the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago . By 1922 the neo-Gothic skyscraper had become an established design tactic, with the first important so-called "American Perpendicular Style" at Cass Gilbert 's Woolworth Building of 1913. This was a late example, perhaps the last important example, and criticized for its perceived historicism. Construction on

4284-629: The death of Joe Patterson's sister and owner of the Washington Times-Herald , Eleanor (Cissy) Patterson, in 1948, the Tribune Company purchased the paper and operated it until 1954, when the Times-Herald was absorbed by The Washington Post . Expecting a printer's strike in November 1948, the Tribune printed their paper early, mistakenly proclaiming " Dewey Defeats Truman " in the 1948 presidential election . Tribune entered

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4368-428: The first quarter of 2017. In January 2017, Tribune Media announced that Peter Liguori would step down as President and CEO in March. On April 20, 2017, Bloomberg reported that Sinclair Broadcast Group was considering acquiring Tribune Media, contingent on plans by the FCC's new chairman, Ajit Pai , to reinstate the " UHF discount " (a policy which makes UHF stations only count half of their total audience towards

4452-561: The history of the American media industry. In December 2012 the Tribune Co. emerged from bankruptcy. Tribune announced its sale to Hunt Valley, Maryland -based Sinclair Broadcast Group on May 8, 2017, but on August 9, 2018, Tribune cancelled the sale and sued Sinclair for breach of contract. On December 3, 2018, Nexstar Media Group announced that it would merge with Tribune Media for $ 4.1 billion. Within Nexstar, Tribune Media remains

4536-407: The intent to take the company private. The deal was approved by 97% of the company's shareholders on August 21, 2007. Privatization of the Tribune Company occurred on December 20, 2007 with termination of trading in Tribune stock at the close of the trading day. On December 21, 2007, Tribune and Oak Hill Capital Partners -controlled Local TV, LLC announced plans to collaborate in the formation of

4620-430: The interior of the building for free. The Chicago Tribune , the building's main tenant since it opened, moved out in June 2018, in order for the building to be converted to condos. The conversion of the building is set to cost more than $ 500 million. The conversion has run into some legal troubles regarding the sign: the Chicago Tribune contends that the sign is their intellectual property, so it can not remain on

4704-547: The largest bankruptcy in the history of the American media industry. On October 27, 2009, Thomas S. Ricketts purchased a majority ownership (95%) of the Chicago Cubs. The sale also included Wrigley Field and a 25% ownership stake in Comcast SportsNet Chicago , as part of a deal designed to help Tribune restructure. In October 2010, Randy Michaels , who was appointed CEO after Zell's purchase of

4788-451: The license holder for all of the former Tribune stations retained directly by Nexstar after the Nexstar acquisition. The largest broadcast merger in U.S. history was approved in 2019. The Tribune Company was founded on June 10, 1847 when the eponymous Chicago Daily Tribune published its first edition in a one-room plant located at LaSalle and Lake Streets in downtown Chicago. The original press run consisted of 400 copies printed on

4872-505: The national advertising sales organization of Tribune Publishing , was established in 2000 to take advantage of the company's expanded scale and scope. By 2001, revenues had grown to $ 5.25 billion. However, Tribune needed to pay down some of the debt that it accrued through the Times Mirror purchase; as a result, Tribune moved to sell various non-newspaper holdings operated by Times Mirror. Flight information provider Jeppesen Sanderson

4956-433: The network was shut down – along with CBS Corporation -owned UPN – to create The CW Television Network , which was a joint venture between CBS and Warner Bros . and affiliated with several Tribune-owned stations; Tribune did not maintain an ownership interest in the network. On April 2, 2007, Chicago-based investor Sam Zell announced plans to buy out the Tribune Company for $ 34.00 a share, totalling $ 8.2 billion, with

5040-562: The newspaper in 1874 and ran it until his death in 1899. Medill's two grandsons, cousins Robert R. McCormick and Joseph Medill Patterson , assumed leadership in 1911. That same year, the Chicago Tribune ' s first newsprint mill opened in Thorold , Ontario , Canada . The mill marked the beginnings of the Canadian newsprint producer later known as QUNO, in which Tribune held an investment interest until 1995. Patterson established

5124-612: The newspaper industry, effectively doubling the size of Tribune's newspaper holdings. The Times Mirror merger added seven daily newspapers to Tribune's existing publishing properties, including the Los Angeles Times , the Long Island -based Newsday , The Baltimore Sun and the Hartford Courant . Through the deal, Tribune became the only media company that owned both newspapers and television stations in

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5208-408: The newspapers that were part of its publishing division into a separate company. Its broadcasting, digital media and other assets (including Tribune Media Services , which among others, provides news and features content for Tribune's newspapers) would remain with the Tribune Company. The split came in the footsteps of similar spin-outs by News Corporation and Time Warner , which sought to improve

5292-416: The partnership. At the time of the purchase, the partnership of Los Angeles-based CIM Group and Chicago's Golub & Co. sought input on how to redevelop the properties, although 42nd District Alderman Brendan Reilly said that he would protect views of the Tower from the Michigan Avenue Bridge to the south and the Ogden Slip to the east. By 2017, there were expectations that the partnership would plan

5376-463: The plans for the city's second tallest building. Chicago City Council approved the plans in an October 31 meeting. Minor revisions were unveiled on November 20, 2019, and on May 8, 2020, the project received final approval. Construction has not yet started. In 2023, the developer posted official plans on construction dates, with February 2024 beginning construction, with a conclusion in September 2027. The final plans, as of 2023, include 426 parking spaces,

5460-505: The profitability of their properties by separating them from the struggling print industry. On November 20, 2013, Tribune announced it would cut 700 jobs in its newspaper operations, citing falling advertising revenue. The split was finalized on August 4, 2014, with the publishing arm being spun out as Tribune Publishing , and the remainder of the company renamed Tribune Media . On February 29, 2016, Tribune Media announced that it would review various "strategic alternatives" to increase

5544-426: The purchase of KTLA, Tribune became the fourth largest television station owner in the United States, behind the three major broadcast networks . The company acquired Newport News, Virginia newspaper, the Daily Press in 1986, but sold off the newspaper's co-owned cable television operations. To counteract a possible hostile corporate takeover in 1987, the Tribune Company developed a plan that allowed shareholders

5628-455: The reserve officers of America" and the statue's base has Hale's famous quote "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Tribune Media Tribune Media Company , also known as Tribune Company , was an American multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Chicago , Illinois . Through Tribune Broadcasting , Tribune Media was one of the largest television broadcasting companies, owning 39 television stations across

5712-444: The right to purchase additional preferred shares from a new series of stock in the event that a buyer acquired 10% of the company's common stock or a tender offer for the company. Shareholders also ratified a two-for-one stock split. Tribune Entertainment experienced success in 1987 with the launch of the syndicated daytime talk show Geraldo . In 1988, Tribune purchased five weekly papers based in Santa Clara County, California . In

5796-673: The sale of Tribune Studios and related real estate in Los Angeles to private equity firm Hudson Capital, LLC, for $ 125 million. The parties also agreed to a five-year lease allowing its television station in the city, KTLA, to continue operating at the location through 2012. On April 28, 2008, Tribune completed an acquisition of real estate from TMCT Partnership. On July 29, 2008, Cablevision Systems Corporation completed its purchase of Newsday from Tribune. On September 8, 2008, United Airlines lost (and almost regained) $ 1 billion in market value when an archived Chicago Tribune article from 2002 about United filing for bankruptcy appeared in

5880-422: The sale of 7.7 million shares at $ 26.75 a share. In 1985, Tribune Broadcasting acquired Los Angeles independent station KTLA from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for a record $ 510 million. Because of the Federal Communications Commission 's media cross-ownership regulations, which prohibit the ownership of a television station and newspaper in the same market, Tribune was forced to sell the Los Angeles Daily News . With

5964-401: The sale of some of its internet investments. In February 2000, Tribune acquired the remaining 67% interest in Qwest Broadcasting for $ 107 million, effectively adding two more stations to its roster, increasing its reach 27% of the country. In June 2000, Tribune acquired the Los Angeles–based Times Mirror Company in a US$ 8.3 billion merger transaction, the largest acquisition in the history of

6048-410: The sale was completed one week later on December 27. Tribune later announced its return to television production on March 19, 2013, with the relaunch of the production and distribution division as Tribune Studios (not to be confused with the former name of Los Angeles studio facility Sunset Bronson Studios ). On July 10, 2013, Tribune announced that it would split into two companies, spinning off

6132-663: The shape of the building. In 1999, during a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, Buzz Aldrin presented a rock brought from the Moon , which was displayed in a window in the Tribune gift store (it could not be added to the wall, as NASA owns a large majority of the Apollo Moon rocks, and this one was merely on loan to the Tribune). The rock was removed in 2011 due to an outdated display. A new rock display

6216-704: The television industry then in its infancy, in 1948, with the establishment of WGN-TV in Chicago in April and WPIX in New York City in June of that year. In 1956, the Tribune Company purchased the Chicago American from William Randolph Hearst . In the 1960s, the company entered the booming Florida market, acquiring the Fort Lauderdale -based Gore Newspapers Company, owner of the Pompano -based Sun-Sentinel and Fort Lauderdale News in 1963 and

6300-401: The three largest media markets of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago , as a result of cross-ownership waivers that were approved by the FCC. Among other advantages from the merger, including various economies of scale, Tribune's newspapers could now effectively compete for national advertising, as it has grown to become the third largest newspaper group in the country. Tribune Media Net,

6384-615: The title Tribune Tower Competition and later in The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition: Skyscraper Design and Cultural Change in the 1920s by Katherine Solomonson, 2001. In the 1980 book entitled The Tribune Tower Competition published by Rizzoli, authors Robert A. M. Stern , Stanley Tigerman as well as Bruce Abbey and other architects jokingly submitted "late entries" in Volume II of the work. Archival materials regarding

6468-542: The wake of a dispute with some of its labor unions, Tribune sold the Daily News to British businessman Robert Maxwell in 1991. With changes in the media industry due to greater public access to the internet in the 1990s, Tribune Publishing began to sell off some of its newspaper properties. Tribune Broadcasting steadily acquired additional stations during the decade, while Tribune itself launched two new divisions, Tribune Ventures and Tribune Education. In 1993, Tribune Broadcasting launched Chicagoland Television (CLTV),

6552-549: The world". The competition worked brilliantly for months as a publicity stunt, and the resulting entries still reveal a unique turning point in American architectural history. More than 260 entries were received. The winner was a neo-Gothic design by New York architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood , with buttresses near the top. The entry that many perceived as the best, by the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen , took second place and received $ 20,000. Saarinen's tower

6636-579: Was dismissed in 1979. The Tribune Company entered first-run television syndication in 1975 with the debut of the U.S. Farm Report . The Times-Advocate in Escondido, California was purchased by the company in 1977. In October 1978, United Video Satellite Group uplinked WGN-TV's signal to satellite , becoming a national " superstation ", joining the ranks of WTCG (later WTBS, now WPCH-TV ) in Atlanta and WWOR-TV in New York City. During 1978,

6720-656: Was preferred by architects like Louis Sullivan , and was a strong influence on the next generation of skyscrapers, including Raymond Hood's own subsequent work on the McGraw-Hill Building and the Rockefeller Center . The 1929 Gulf Building in Houston, Texas , designed by architects Alfred C. Finn , Kenneth Franzheim, and J. E. R. Carpenter , is a close realization of that Saarinen design. César Pelli 's 181 West Madison Street Building in Chicago

6804-474: Was reorganized in 1968 by reincorporating under Delaware 's General Corporation Law , ending its Illinois incorporation, splitting its stock by four for one and forming a separate subsidiary of the Chicago Tribune . The 1970s brought another decade of acquisitions for the company including the purchase of a Los Angeles shopper in 1973, which became the Los Angeles Daily News . In 1973,

6888-592: Was sold to Boeing for $ 1.5 billion in October 2000. Also in October, the Institute for International Research purchased AchieveGlobal, a consulting and training firm for $ 100 million. Times Mirror Magazines was sold to Time, Inc. in November of that year for $ 475 million. Tribune divested its Tribune Education division to The McGraw-Hill Companies for $ 686 million in September 2000. After all these sales, Tribune still had $ 4 billion in long-term debt. Tribune started

6972-480: Was the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher behind the Gannett Company , with ten daily newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune , Los Angeles Times , Orlando Sentinel , Sun-Sentinel and The Baltimore Sun , and several commuter tabloids . In 2007, investors bought the company, taking on substantial debt. The subsequent 2008 bankruptcy of Tribune Company was the largest bankruptcy in

7056-565: Was the number one publisher of supplemental education materials. Tribune Education acquired an 80.5% stake in mass market children's book publisher Landoll in 1997. In June 1998, Tribune entered into a trade with Emmis Communications to swap WQCD-FM to the latter company, in exchange for acquiring two Emmis-owned television stations ( WXMI in Grand Rapids, Michigan and KTZZ in Seattle , Washington ). It later traded WGNX in Atlanta to

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