The Sun-Times, Tronc and The Eisendrath Group: What’s The Number?

What’s the number? What’s the real number? That’s what the competition for the Chicago Sun-Times comes down to this week, and probably into next. On Monday, the Edwin Eisendrath group upped its ante to $15 million, drawing together would-be funding from a Chicago-only ...

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The Newsonomics of The Tribune’s Metro Agony

The Tribune Company owns eight newspapers, six of them metros. Two — the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune — are in top 10 of U.S. dailies; five — adding in the Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and Baltimore Sun — are in the top 40, while the Hartford Courant ranks 60th. Their ...

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Google in Hot European Water

One thing due for review: digital ad dominance, given Google's recent acquisition of mobile ad leader AdMob. AdWords + DoubleClick + AdMob provides Google unprecedented clout in the fastest growth source of advertising in the country, and Western World.

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