
Tribune Company Also, in case you missed it yesterday... the Cubs sale was approved by MLB... http://bit.ly/mimUb
Source: bit.ly
Major League Baseball unanimously approved the transfer of the Cubs to the Ricketts family after a conference-call vote with the 29 other clubs on Tuesday.

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Fresh ink in Variety for the big changes brewing at our cable channel. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009 625.html?categoryId=14&cs=1
Source: www.variety.com
Reruns of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' from top left, 'The New Adventures of Old Christine,' 'How I Met Your Mother,' and 'Entourage' will be part of WGN's new primetime block.

Tribune Company Respect to WGN Radio for taking home News/Talk Station of the Year at last night's NAB Marconi Awards.
Source: www.nab.org
PHILADELPHIA -- Winners of the 2009 National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Radio Awards were announced Thursday night at the annual NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show held at the NAB Radio Show in Philadelphia.

Tribune Company Our Seattle FOX affiliate says goodbye to analog tv and hello to digital with a story of love, loss, betrayal and renewal.

Tribune Company Before Colbert and Stewart, there were Orr and MacNelly, Conrad and Russell. With pen and ink, these prize-winning cartoonists served up single-panel servings of biting political satire, day in and day out. Continuing that tradition via iPhone (and iTouch), Toonsware, a new app from Tribune Media Services and VentureDNA, featuring daily editorial cartoons.
Source: www.toonsware.com
The ToonsWare app for the Apple iPhone delivers the best in Editorial and Political cartoons for wireless mobile devices such as the iPhone, RIM and Google. Developed in partnership with Tribune Media Services featuring well known cartoonists.

Tribune Company Cubs deal is finally a done deal.
Source: www.tribune.com
CHICAGO, August 21, 2009 -- The Ricketts family has signed a definitive agreement with Tribune Company to acquire a 95 percent interest in the Chicago Cubs National League Baseball Club, Wrigley Field ...

Tribune Company 3rd Annual Digital Marketing Summit hosted by the LA Times saw a social media roundtable with guests from Facebook, Passenger and Ning. Video of the whole (45 minute) thing is on their site.
Source: creativegroup.latimes.com

Tribune Company ChicagoNow spent an incredibly nice Summer day on the Mag Mile, inviting passers by to blog, luddite-style, using chalk and the sidewalk.

Tribune Company Our Allentown paper has exclusive amatuer video (captured with an iPhone) of an extremely rare Pennsylvania tornado.
Source: bit.ly
Allentown news, Bethlehem news, Easton news, Poconos news, Lehighton, Quakertown, Lehigh Valley news

Tribune Company WGN Morning News guy Pat Tomasulo made his national debut as the Local to LIVE host on Live! with Regis and Kelly yesterday. The video's on their site today.
Source: bit.ly

Tribune Company Our Seattle FOX affiliate came up with a clever, cute and entertaining way to say hello to digital and goodbye to analog TV.
Source: www.q13fox.com
Join Q13 FOX News as we say goodbye to Analog TV in this comical tribute to the Digital Television Transition.If you still have DTV switch questions visit the Q13 FOX DTV Answers page.

Tribune Company Geek out... Batman, Dark Knight and soon to be X-Men scribe, David Goyer, is guest blogging from the San Diego Comic-Con for the LA Times.
Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com
For your inner fanboy; news on genre films, graphic novels and science fiction

Tribune Company Celebrating the 4oth anniversary of Apollo 11's historic moon landing, Karl Ferron, a staff photographer/videographer at the Baltimore Sun, produced an amazing video that interspersed footage from the NASA archives with brilliant time-lapse animations of the moon passing through the Baltimore sky.
Source: www.baltimoresun.com
Baltimore Sun breaking news, sports, weather and traffic in Baltimore

Tribune Company WGN America welcomes Julio Marenghi, new executive vice president/sales and distribution.
Source: www.tribune.com
CHICAGO, June 9, 2009 -- Tribune Company today announced the appointment of Julio Marenghi as executive vice president/sales and distribution for WGN America. Marenghi, an industry veteran with more than ...

Tribune Company Congrats to Bettina Boxall and Julie Cart at the LA Times on earning the Pulitzer for Explanatory Reporting.
Source: www.latimes.com
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