The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and six other dailies will be spun off into the new Tribune Publishing Co., so that it won't bog down the more profitable broadcasting division--and perhaps make it easier to sell to the Koch brothers?:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-tribune-co-newspapers-20130710,0,5248762,full.story Interestingly enough, the Tribune Media Services syndicate division stays with the Tribune Co., probably because its TV listings service to newspapers, TiVo and DirecTV's EPG (and the zap2it.com web site) are what drives that division now, not the comic strips that used to drive the division (of which their present lineup seems to consist of either dogs like Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! or strips that are past their prime like Dick Tracy, Gasoline Alley and several others). -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
