Just how bad was the decision by Los Angeles Times parent Tribune Publishing to rebrand itself Tronc — short for “Tribune online content”? (It uses a lower case “t,” but we capitalize proper nouns.) ...
Tronc is here. Can you feel the excitement? Or rather, Tronc will be here. Tronc (stylized: “tronc”) is the new name of Tribune Publishing, the media conglomerate that owns a number of regional ...
As Tronc announced today’s closing of its sale of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune for $590 million including the assumption of liabilities, multiple press reports said it plans to ...
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Earlier this month, the artist now formerly known as the Tribune Publishing Company rebranded itself as ...
The creativity of media executives and reporters alike reached fever pitch the moment Tribune Publishing changed its name to Tronc in 2016. Twitter exploded with jokes from the media industry; my ...
Tronc is getting smaller. Tronc is getting bigger. And some say Tronc may not be Tronc all that much longer. Welcome to the odd world of newspaper economics. The question of who owns daily newspapers, ...
A second firm is in talks to potentially acquire Chicago-based newspaper chain Tronc. California-based newspaper chain McClatchy is in “early stage” discussions to buy Tronc, owner of the Chicago ...
CHICAGO — Michael Ferro, the former chairman of newspaper publishing chain Tronc, has agreed to sell his 25% stake in the company for $208.6 million, according to a filing made by the company with the ...
The Los Angeles Times will soon have a new home and a new lease on life — far from the current Chicago-based corporate ownership that has engendered a series of crises there. The sale of the Times by ...
For shareholders in Tronc, a $15-a-share all-cash deal looks pretty good right about now. That was the amount Gannett offered back in May when it made its second attempt to get the company, formerly ...