Tribune Publishing
American publishing company
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| February 2024 | Tribune Publishing announced plans to lay off approximately 200 employees and close the Freedom Center printing plant in Chicago, with printing operations to be moved to the Paddock Printing Center in Schaumburg. |
| January 15 2024 | Tribune Publishing sold The Baltimore Sun to David D. Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group. |
| 2021 | Tribune Publishing divests Baltimore Sun and New York Daily News. |
| May 25 2021 | The transaction with Alden Global Capital was officially closed, making them the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States. |
| May 21 2021 | Tribune Publishing confirmed its sale to hedge fund Alden Global Capital, a pivotal moment in the company's ownership history. |
| May 21 2021 | Tribune Publishing shareholders vote on final deal, with Patrick Soon-Shiong (owning 24% of company stock) abstaining from the vote. |
| April 2021 | Hansjörg Wyss withdrew from acquisition talks in the third week of April. |
| April 2021 | Tribune Publishing entered discussions with alternative suitors Stewart W. Bainum Jr. and Hansjörg Wyss for a potential higher-value acquisition. |
| March 12 2021 | The potential Baltimore Sun sale to Stewart W. Bainum Jr. fell apart due to disagreements over transitional-services agreement terms. |
| February 2021 | Tribune Publishing announced its agreement to be wholly acquired by Alden Global Capital. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tribune Publishing closed newsrooms for several newspapers, including the New York Daily News, The Morning Call, Orlando Sentinel, Carroll County Times, Capital Gazette, and Hartford Courant. |
| February 2020 | David Dreier and Timothy P. Knight stepped down from their roles as chairman and CEO, respectively. Terry Jimenez, the chief financial officer, replaced Knight as CEO. |
| December 2019 | Alden Global Capital acquired a 32% stake in Tribune Publishing Company. |
| 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, and David Dreier was elected as chairman of the board of directors. |
| 2018 | Tribune Publishing divests several California publications including Hoy, Los Angeles Times, and San Diego Union-Tribune. |
| 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 | The company officially confirmed its 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 16 2018 | FCC chairman Ajit Pai expressed serious concerns about the merger and proposed a hearing before an administrative law judge. |
| June 19 2018 | Tribune Publishing reported plans to revert its name back from tronc to Tribune Publishing. |
| June 18 2018 | The sale of California properties to Patrick Soon-Shiong was completed, and the company announced it would no longer be called tronc, reverting back to Tribune Publishing. |
| February 7 2018 | Tronc announced the sale of its California properties, including the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, to Patrick Soon-Shiong for $500 million. |
| 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 assumption of liabilities, a historic newspaper previously owned by the Tribune Company. |
| 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 it would license Arc, the content management system originally developed by The Washington Post. |
| January 2017 | Tribune Media announced Peter Liguori would step down as President and CEO in March. |
| December 2016 | Tribune Media sold Gracenote to Nielsen Holdings for $560 million, planning to use the sale to pay down $3.5 billion in debt. |
| August 7 2016 | Satirist John Oliver publicly mocked the new 'tronc' name and criticized the company's corporate restructuring and shift away from traditional news reporting. |
| June 20 2016 | The company officially completed its rebranding to tronc and began trading on NASDAQ under the symbol TRNC. |
| June 2 2016 | Tribune Publishing announced its rebranding to tronc (Tribune online content), signaling a strategic shift towards digital content and technology. |
| May 2016 | Tribune Publishing shareholders rejected Gannett's initial acquisition offer, prompting Gannett to increase its bid to approximately $800 million at $15 per share. |
| May 17 2016 | Tribune chairman Michael Ferro announced his intention to potentially acquire Gannett instead of being acquired. |
| April 2016 | Gannett Company made an unsolicited bid to acquire Tribune Publishing for $400 million at $12.25 per share. |
| February 29 2016 | Tribune Media announced plans to review strategic alternatives to increase shareholder value, including potential sale of company or assets. |
| May 7 2015 | Tribune Publishing announced a $85 million deal to acquire the San Diego Union-Tribune, ending the paper's 146 years of private ownership and creating the California News Group with the Los Angeles Times. |
| October 2014 | Tribune Publishing acquired six suburban daily and 32 weekly newspapers in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, expanding its market presence in its core markets. |
| August 4 2014 | The spin-off was finalized, creating Tribune Publishing Company as a separate entity and renaming the former parent company to Tribune Media. |
| June 17 2014 | Tribune revealed in a lenders' presentation that August 4 was set as the target date for spinning off Tribune Publishing. |
| November 20 2013 | Tribune announced a significant job cut of 700 positions from its newspaper properties due to declining advertising revenues. |
| December 31 2012 | Tribune Company exits bankruptcy, with Oaktree Capital Management, JPMorgan Chase, and Angelo, Gordon & Co. assuming control of the company's properties. |
| July 13 2012 | Tribune Company receives approval of a reorganization plan in a Delaware bankruptcy court to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. |
| 2011 | Jen Lancaster writes column, active in 2011 |
| 2010 | Nancy Grace launches 'Swift Justice' column, continuing until 2011 |
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