The Deal from Hell (60 page)

Tax cuts, in Reagan presidency

Teamsters Union

Technology, newsroom

Television

newscasts

newspapers affected by

“vast wasteland” comment on

“watchdog” reports on

“Ten for Ten” programs

Thomas, Bill

Thorpe, Caroline

Time Inc.

Times Mirror Company.
See also
Chandler family; Merger, of
Chicago Tribune
and
Los Angeles Times

Times-Picayune
(New Orleans)

Time Warner Corporation

Toolen, Sean

Transformative change

Traugott, Michael

“Trial and Error” series on death penalty cases, in
Chicago Tribune

Tribune Broadcasting.
See
FitzSimons, Dennis J.

Tribune Company.
See also
Merger, of
Chicago Tribune
and
Los Angeles Times

Tribune Interactive

Twarowski, Chris

Two percent list, of ABC

Tyner, Howard

Unions

United Media Distributions, Inc.

United Nations

University of Chicago

University of Illinois

University of Iowa

University of Michigan

University of Missouri School of Journalism

University of Southern California (USC)

Unterman, Tom

U.S. Postal Service

Valuation Research Corp. (VRC)

Van, Jon

“Vast wasteland,” television as

Viacom International

Volcker, Paul

Vonnegut, Kurt

Vreeburg, Elisabeth

Wagner, Robert F.

Wall Street impact on newspaper industry

on
Chicago Tribune
children's charities investigation

Gartner hired from

Murdoch's acquisition of

O'Shea's firing in

page one ads in

Pearlstine at

as publicly held corporation

Wall $treet Week
(Rukeyser)

Walsh, John

Walt Disney Company

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Walter, John

Ward, Arch

Warner, Jack

Warner Bros. TV

Warner-Lambert, Inc.

Warren, Earl

Warren, Jim

Washington, Harold

Bennett at

Graham family's purchase of

layoffs at

as publicly held corporation

Pulitzer Prize for Watergate story

Schwartz at

stature of

“Watchdog” reports, television

Watchell & Lipton law firm

Watergate scandal

Weinstein, Henry

Weinstein, Jack

Weinstein, Moses “Mo,”

Welch, Robert

WGN

Whayne, Thomas

Whistle blowers

Willes, Mark Hinckley

assets sold by

as
BusinessWeek
“Manager to Watch in 1996,”

Chandler family recruitment of

Chandler family tension with

circulation increases by

consolidation pressure and

consultant use by

job reductions by

on journalistic and business separation

Madigan's meeting with

political activities of

price reductions by

Wolinsky's meeting with

See also
Merger, of
Chicago Tribune
and
Los Angeles Times

Williams, Griff

Williamson, Fred

Willman, David

Winchell, Walter

Wire, The
(Simon)

Witt, Howard

Wolinsky, Leo

background of

on Baquet

budget cuts after Zell deal by

City County desk and

as city editor

firing of

Geffen's meeting with

Hiller's discussion with

Hiller's query about

journalistic standards of

Los Angeles knowledge of

Los Angeles Times
career of

merger view of

production knowledge of

on synergy issues

on Willes

workplace changes and

Wood, Frank

Wood, Henry

Woodward, Bob

World Vision U.S.

Wright, Jim

WTTW public television

“Yellow journalism,”

Zamora, José

Zeleny, Jeff

Zell, Sam

acquisition debt sale issues

background of

Chandler stock sale and

Chicago Tribune
bid of

as
Chicago Tribune
investor

cost cuts required by

cutbacks of

ESOP use by

FCC approval and

FitzSimons' relationship with

Hiller's relationship with

investment banker interest in

Lipinski's meeting with

Orlando Sentinel
visit of

plans of

profane language of

solvency opinion and

staff decisions of

“Talk to Sam” initiatives

as Tribune Company chairman

Tribune Company consideration by

Tribune Company revenues and

Zimbalist, Efrem (Skip)

Zocalo cultural forum (Los Angeles)

Zoned local sections

Zoning strategy for local news

Zuckerman, Mort

Zyman, Sergio

Award-winning journalist James O'Shea is former managing editor of the
Chicago Tribune
and past editor-in-chief of the
Los Angeles Times
, the nation's largest metropolitan daily. He is the founder and editor of the Chicago Newspaper Cooperative.

O'Shea has twice won both the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for Washington Correspondence and the Peter Lisagor Award from the organization's Chicago chapter. His honors also include the Associated Press Managing Editors' Public Service Award and the National Education Writers Award. Under his leadership, the
Tribune
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