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Pre-Market Stock News (December 20, 2007) (ACN, ATVI, ALTU, ARRY, ATHX, BSC, BX, CAKE, ECHO, INTU, FDX, MLHR, IDEV, LDK, LEG, LOCM, NKE, ORCL, PIR, RIMM, RAD, RUTH, SMOD, SCS, DEEP, TRB)

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 8:02 am

This is not every bit of news on individual stocks but this is the major news affecting many shares in pre-market activity this Thursday morning:Accenture (ACN) stock up 4% after ...
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Tribune (TRB) Deal In Trouble

Posted: December 19, 2007 at 10:47 am

The deal for a group, lead by investor Sam Zell, to buy The Tribune Company (TRB) may be in trouble. According to The Chicago Tribune "Tribune Co. executives were sweating ...
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Tribune (TRB) October Revenue Falls Over 9%, Where’s Zell?

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 8:16 am

In another sign that Sam Zell may not be able to fund his buy-out of The Tribune Company (TRB), October revenue at the company fell 9.3% to $383 million. Advertising ...
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Newspapers Will Try To Compete With Internet Portals

Posted: November 6, 2007 at 8:10 am

Big city newspapers want what they lost to portals like Yahoo! (YHOO) and MSN. They want their advertising back. According to The Chicago Tribune "sources close to the situation said ...
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Other In-Trouble Mergers After Affiliated Computer (ACS, TRB, CMLS, GCO, PPH, FINL, BX, COMS)

Posted: November 1, 2007 at 2:44 pm

Yesterday morning 24/7 Wall St. covered how the buyout for Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE:ACS) was for all practical purposes looking like toast, and we wanted to see which other pending ...
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Earnings May Help Tribune (TRB) LBO

Posted: October 24, 2007 at 9:47 am

The Tribune Company (TRB) reported earnings, and anyone who thought they would bolster the case for Sam Zell taking the company private might have had a positive surprise.Net income attributable ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Take on Scripps & Media Break-Ups (SSP, BLC, TRB, JRC)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 11:16 am

EW Scripps Co. (NYSE:SSP) is following the media trend of separating its operations into more pure play media sectors.  The good news here is that the valuable interactive unit will ...
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Will McClatchy (MNI) Miss Debt Payments?

Posted: September 27, 2007 at 9:58 am

Just a year ago, it would have been unthinkable that a major newspaper chain could miss its debt payments, But, that has now become a possibility at two of the ...
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Which Private Equity Deal Fails Next: Tribune, Acxiom, Penn Gaming?

Posted: September 23, 2007 at 2:26 pm

Now that Goldman Sachs (GS) and KKR have walked away from Harman (HAR), the question is which private equity deal will fail next.Here is a short list of the deals ...
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Tribune Monthlies Show Neverending Carnage (TRB)

Posted: August 24, 2007 at 7:56 am

Tribune's (NYSE:TRB) consolidated revenues for the July (7th) period were $467 million, Down 5.9% from last year's $496 million.  As youread through the numbers you'll see that there is really ...
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Shareholders Approved The Deal, But What Will Tribune Really Fetch? (TRB, GCI, NYT)

Posted: August 21, 2007 at 12:25 pm

Shares of Tribune Corp. (NYSE:TRB) are trading up higher by about 3% today after shareholders approved the transaction with Same Zell.  That was not really a question.  If you were ...
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Media Digest 8/21/2007

Posted: August 21, 2007 at 2:57 am

According to Reuters, Countrywide (CFC) sought to calm investors about it future as it laid of mortgage workers.Reuters reports that Nasdaq's (NDAQ) failure to buy the London Stock Exchange makes ...
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Merger Arb Spreads Remain (TXU, TRB,SLM, CEN)

Posted: August 20, 2007 at 1:16 pm

There are over 150 pending mergers out there that have not yet closed.  After last week's Fed actions, there are still some deals out there that are perceived to be ...
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Top Ten US Newspaper Websites

Posted: August 19, 2007 at 8:58 am

Below are the top 10 US newspaper websites based on Nielsen NetRatings figures for July. Several are owned by public companies including The New York Times (NYT), Gannett (GCI), Washington ...
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Is Tribune (TRB) LBO Dying?

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 11:01 am

Shares in The Tribune Company (TRB) are off almost 4% today to $24.57. The price promised for an LBO lead by Sam Zell is $34.The deal is now likely to ...
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