Bureaucratic Shuffle is a statue of a grossly porcine businessman in pinstripes and a boozy smile, six fleshy legs coiling below an engorged waist. Until early this week the statue was set prominently in the Nathan Hale Lobby of the Tribune Towers in Chicago, the building that houses Sam Zell’s media conglomerate. It was intended as Read More
In the second high-level ousting of a Tribune Co. executive in a matter of days, CEO Randy Michaels will be advised by the board of directors of the company to issue his resignation, the New York Times reports.
The news comes soon after chief innovation officer Lee Abrams stepped down from his position Read More
Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels sent a memo to staffers announcing the suspension of chief innovation officer Lee Abrams, who brought the company some unwanted publicity this week after an email with a link to an Onion video with racy content was leaked. Jeff Bercovici has the memo.
Lee recognizes that the video was in Read More
The New York Observer‘s Man in Beijing, Tom Scocca, has a few thoughts on yesterday’s announcement that Sam Zell’s Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy protection.
Here he is, channeling the Tribune Company’s Chief Innovation Officer, Lee Abrams:
CRUSHING POVERTY is not only a GREAT MOTIVATOR, but it is also the FASTEST- Read More
