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| August 2 2024 | Bayless left Undisputed and Fox Sports 1 after eight years on the network. |
| February 2024 | Tribune Publishing announces plans to layoff about 200 employees from the Freedom Center printing plant in Chicago, which will be closed and demolished to make way for a casino site. |
| January 15 2024 | Tribune Publishing sells The Baltimore Sun to David D. Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group. |
| 2023 | After a personal attack made by Bayless against Shannon Sharpe, Sharpe left Undisputed following the conclusion of the NBA Finals. |
| August 2023 | Bayless relaunched Undisputed with new co-hosts Richard Sherman, Keyshawn Johnson, and Michael Irvin. |
| January 2 2023 | Bayless tweeted about the NFL's potential postponement of a game during Damar Hamlin's hospitalization, which was widely criticized as insensitive. He later issued an apology. |
| 2022 | Cecilia Reyes (Chicago Tribune) and Madison Hopkins (Better Government Association) won a Pulitzer Prize in local reporting for investigating building and fire-safety code enforcement failures in Chicago. |
| 2021 | Published 'The Case for Heaven', investigating evidence for life after death. |
| 2021 | Tribune Publishing divested the Baltimore Sun and New York Daily News. |
| August 20 2021 | Mitch Pugh was named the Tribune's executive editor, after previously serving in the same role at The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina for eight years. |
| May 25 2021 | The sale to Alden Global Capital was officially closed, making Alden the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States. |
| May 21 2021 | Tribune Publishing confirmed its sale to hedge fund Alden Global Capital, a major ownership transition for the company. |
| April 2021 | Tribune Publishing enters discussions with alternative suitors Stewart W. Bainum Jr. and Hansjörg Wyss for a potential higher-value acquisition. |
| April 2021 | Hansjörg Wyss withdrew from acquisition talks in the third week of April. |
| March 2021 | Bayless signed a four-year, $32 million contract with Fox Sports. |
| March 12 2021 | Stewart W. Bainum Jr.'s deal to purchase the Baltimore Sun from Alden fell apart due to disagreements over transitional services agreement terms. |
| February 2021 | Tribune Publishing announced it had agreed to be wholly acquired by Alden Global Capital. |
| January 2021 | The Chicago Tribune relocated their offices and newsroom from One Prudential Plaza to Freedom Center. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tribune Publishing closed newsrooms for several newspapers including the New York Daily News, The Morning Call, the Orlando Sentinel, the Carroll County Times, the Capital Gazette, and the Hartford Courant. |
| 2020 | The Chicago Tribune endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president. |
| September 10 2020 | Bayless criticized Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott for speaking about his depression, suggesting it was a sign of 'weakness'. |
| February 2020 | David Dreier and Timothy Knight stepped down from their roles as chairman and CEO. Terry Jimenez, the chief financial officer, replaced Knight as CEO. |
| February 28 2020 | Managing editor Peter Kendall left the Tribune. |
| February 27 2020 | The Tribune announced that publisher and editor Bruce Dold will leave the newspaper on April 30, 2020, and step down immediately as editor in chief. Colin McMahon was named as his replacement. |
| December 2019 | Alden Global Capital acquired a 32% stake in Tribune Publishing Company, purchasing most of its shares from Michael Ferro at $13 per share. |
| September 19 2019 | Nexstar Media Group completed its acquisition of Tribune Media. |
| September 16 2019 | FCC approved the Nexstar-Tribune Media merger. |
| August 1 2019 | United States Department of Justice approved the Nexstar-Tribune Media merger. |
| January 2019 | Timothy P. Knight succeeded Justin Dearborn as CEO. David Dreier was elected as the new chairman, replacing Dearborn. |
| 2018 | Published 'The Case for Miracles', investigating evidence for the supernatural. |
| 2018 | Tribune Publishing divested Hoy, Los Angeles Times, and San Diego Union-Tribune. |
| 2018 | Tribune Publishing divested Hoy, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and AM New York publications. |
| December 3 2018 | Nexstar Media Group announced a merger with Tribune Media for $4.1 billion. |
| November 2018 | Sale rumors intensified with potential bidders including Byron Allen, Ion Media, and Nexstar Media Group showing interest in acquiring Tribune Media. |
| October 2018 | Company officially confirmed the name change back to Tribune Publishing. |
| August 9 2018 | Tribune cancelled its sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group and sued the company for breach of contract. |
| July 2018 | Tribune Publishing moved its headquarters from Tribune Tower to One Prudential Plaza in Chicago. |
| July 23 2018 | Tronc announced massive layoffs at the New York Daily News and ousted its editor in chief. |
| July 16 2018 | FCC chairman Ajit Pai expressed serious concerns about the merger and proposed a hearing before an administrative law judge. |
| June 19 2018 | Reported that tronc would revert its name back to Tribune Publishing, a significant corporate rebranding decision. |
| June 18 2018 | Sale of California properties to Patrick Soon-Shiong was completed, and Tribune Publishing announced it would no longer be called tronc. |
| February 7 2018 | Tronc announced the sale of California properties (Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune) to Patrick Soon-Shiong for $500 million, with $90 million in pension liabilities assumed by the buyer. |
| October 19 2017 | Tribune Media shareholders approved the proposed sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group. |
| September 4 2017 | Tronc acquired the New York Daily News for $1 plus the assumption of its liabilities. |
| July 13 2017 | Tribune Media shareholders began filing class-action lawsuits seeking to halt the sale to Sinclair, with shareholders Sean McEntire and Robert Berg initiating legal actions. |
| May 8 2017 | Tribune announced its planned sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group. |
| March 13 2017 | Tronc announced licensing of Arc, the content management system from The Washington Post. |
| January 2017 | Tribune Media announced Peter Liguori would step down as President and CEO in March. |
| 2016 | Published 'In Defense of Jesus', investigating attacks on the identity of Christ. |
| 2016 | Breaking from traditional party lines, the Tribune endorsed Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson for president, over Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. |
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