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10 Apr 2007, 6:58 am
When a Bank Works Both Sides In Sunday's NY Times, Andy Sorkin writes in his column: Was the auction for Tribune rigged in Samuel Zell â [read post]
20 Jul 2009, 8:54 am
Knoll, Samuel Zell, the Chicago Tribune, and the Emergence of the S ESOP: Understanding the Tax Advantages and Disadvantages of S ESOPs, 70 Ohio St. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 3:39 am by By DEALBOOK
A group of Tribune Company bondholders have sued the banks that financed Samuel Zell's 2007 leveraged buyout, claiming that the banks loaded the media company with debt knowing it would eventually push the firm into bankruptcy, Bloomberg News reported. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 2:03 am by By DEALBOOK
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey had declined to endorse Samuel Zell's $8.2 billion leveraged buyout of Tribune Co., citing the deal would saddle the media conglomerate with too much debt, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 4:16 am
As a March 31 deadline nears for deciding the fate of Tribune, the proposal from Samuel Zell, the Chicago real estate billionaire, is falling from favor, according to The New York Times. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 5:06 am
The Tribune Company is selling the Cubs as part of its deal to be taken private by the Chicago real-estate mogul Samuel Zell. [read post]
7 Dec 2008, 11:02 pm
The newspaper, which was taken private last year by billionaire investor Samuel Zell, has hired the investment bank Lazard and the law firm Sidley Austin, these people said. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 8:18 am
Tribune’s shareholders approved an $8.2 billion buyout led by billionaire Samuel Zell at a meeting on Tuesday. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 2:00 am by By DEALBOOK
In his new book "The Deal From Hell: How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers," James O'Shea lifts the curtain on the banks behind Samuel Zell's buyout of the Tribune Company and finds "a breathtaking level of cynicism and self-dealing," David Carr writes in The New York Times. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 12:38 pm
When Samuel Zell bought the Tribune Company, he literally mortgaged the future of Tribune's employees, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his latest DealBook column. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 5:59 am
Tribune’s decision to use an employee stock ownership plan to help fund its sale to the real estate tycoon Samuel Zell has obvious benefits — most notably tax breaks — but also comes with some big risks, analysts said Monday. [read post]
10 Dec 2007, 4:21 am
’s overall decision approving investor Samuel Zell’s $8.2 billion buyout of the media conglomerate. [read post]
6 Jun 2008, 11:59 am
Tribune Company newspapers like The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune will quickly cut costs â€â [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 6:16 am
., currently owned by billionaire real estate mogul Samuel Zell, paid $20.5 million for the Cubs when they purchased the franchise from the Wrigley family in 1981, but the media conglomerate, which owns The Los Angeles Times and The Hartford Courant, among other newspapers and television stations, is gummed up by a debt load of more than $13 billion.A component of the sale involves the Cubs voluntarily entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a means of separating itself from the debts of… [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 7:38 am by Sheldon Toplitt
Financier and former Tribune Co. owner Samuel Zelle oversaw the $13 billion leveraged buyout of the company in 2007.Judge Carey has scheduled a status hearing for November 22. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 11:12 am by Sheldon Toplitt
Image via WikipediaAccording to reports in The Chicago Tribune and The Am Law Daily Web site, more than $138 million in legal fees have been racked up since The Tribune Co. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization proceedings 15 months ago, and an irate group of bondholders is asking a court to order banks that backed the leveraged buyout plan in 2007 that enabled former owner Samuel Zell to take the company private to repay $25 million used to cover the banks' legal fees.A… [read post]
2 Dec 2008, 11:09 pm
Real estate mogul Sam Zell purchased Tribune for $8.2 billion last year and has said he would prefer to sell the Cubs--and their legendary stadium, Wrigley Field--by the end of this year. [read post]
24 Dec 2009, 12:28 am
With Sam Zell Still on the Hook, Plaintiffs Lawyers in Tribune Case Are Happy The National Law Journal Lawyers for current and former Tribune Co. employees who sued over real estate mogul Samuel Zell's purchase of the media company called a federal judge's split decision last week "a great victory. [read post]