Alan Mutter has a couple of great posts on the Tribune sale.
First, on the ESOP, and second on the debt burden about to befall the company. It’s not a pretty picture.
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Howard Owens is a digital media pioneer. He started publishing local news online in 1995 when very few local news outlets had web sites. The header image on the site depicts the film camera he used early in his career and the press pass from his year on the staff of the Carlsbad Journal. For more on Howard's professional background, read his LinkedIn profile.
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Howard is currently publisher of The Batavian and lives in Batavia, N.Y.
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