Comments on: Chicago Tribune Company to buy off investors; to be privately held http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/04/02/chicago-tribune-company-to-buy-off-investors-to-be-privately-held/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jeff Stanson http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/04/02/chicago-tribune-company-to-buy-off-investors-to-be-privately-held/#comment-25474 Jeff Stanson Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:33:14 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/04/02/chicago-tribune-company-to-buy-off-investors-to-be-privately-held/#comment-25474 Also in the news is Zell's stated plan to sell the Cubs after this season. Longtime Cubs fans have high hopes that the new owner or owners will be a baseball fan or fans. Many fans feel Tribune has been content not to put money into the team as long as games have been seeling out and hope that owners who are baseball fans will put money into the team. At the same time, what of Tribune Media Services? It's widely specualted that more sell-offs could come. Is it too much to hope that if TMS is sold, or the rights to its comics are sold, that they would end up in the hands of a company that knows how to treat classic comic strips and do more with them? Also in the news is Zell’s stated plan to sell the Cubs after this season. Longtime Cubs fans have high hopes that the new owner or owners will be a baseball fan or fans. Many fans feel Tribune has been content not to put money into the team as long as games have been seeling out and hope that owners who are baseball fans will put money into the team.

At the same time, what of Tribune Media Services? It’s widely specualted that more sell-offs could come. Is it too much to hope that if TMS is sold, or the rights to its comics are sold, that they would end up in the hands of a company that knows how to treat classic comic strips and do more with them?

]]> By: Norm Feuti http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/04/02/chicago-tribune-company-to-buy-off-investors-to-be-privately-held/#comment-25448 Norm Feuti Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:26:02 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/04/02/chicago-tribune-company-to-buy-off-investors-to-be-privately-held/#comment-25448 From what I understand, the trouble with the corporatization of newspapers is that their stockholders usually demand unreasonable profit margins, forcing their editors to make tough choices on staff and content. Hopefully, this new private owner will be happy with <b>realistic</b> profits and the newspaper's readers and staff will benefit. From what I understand, the trouble with the corporatization of newspapers is that their stockholders usually demand unreasonable profit margins, forcing their editors to make tough choices on staff and content.

Hopefully, this new private owner will be happy with realistic profits and the newspaper’s readers and staff will benefit.

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