Hell for Zell: The Bankruptcy of Tribune Company
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Case Code: BSTR317 Case Length: 19 Pages Period: 2000-2009 Pub Date: 2009 Teaching Note: Not Available |
Price: Rs.300 Organization: Tribune Company Industry: Newspapers Countries: USA Themes: Failure of Strategy, Bankruptcy |
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Abstract
The case describes the sequence of events which led to the Tribune Company filing for bankruptcy. It begins with details of the history of the 161-year-old company, and goes on to discuss the reasons for the company's gradual decline which prompted its shareholders to demand its sale.
The case then talks about the entry of Sam Zell with a complex financial plan to purchase the company. It then describes the measures he took to revive the company's fortunes, the failure of those measures, and finally, the filing for bankruptcy.
Issues
The case is structured to achieve the following teaching objectives
- Understand the challenges faced by a media company at a time when more and more people are turning to the Internet for news and entertainment
- Evaluate a media company's efforts to survive in turbulent times
Contents
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Introduction
Background
The Troubles Begin
The Zell Era
Filing for Bankruptcy
Why Did the Bankruptcy Happen?
Outlook
Exhibits
Keywords
Newspapers, Print advertising, Online advertising, Tribune company, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chicago Tribune, Restructuring debt, Redesigns, Leveraged, Television, Radio, ESOP, Chicago Cubs
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