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The mother of a 9-year-old boy who died in an accident 13 months ago has filed a lawsuit against nine Topix.com users on the website for slander and libel in the wake of the crash. Kelly Goff, who also is serving as administratrix of her son William...

Mayor Kevin Johnson still has hopes of major league sports in Sacramento, Monday morning he and his Think BIG group announced they will try to catch the eye of the Oakland A’s. Mayor Johnson said the effort will be “100% focused on jobs and...

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: I didn't know what to expect when I met Frank Blethen. He has been the publisher of the Seattle Times newspaper since 1985. Interviews are rare. In fact, I was warned I may not get a lot of time to talk to him. The interview ended...

It's hardly a model for other activist shareholders to follow. Dissatisfied with the gradually sinking price of Tribune Co. shares, the Chandler family of California put the company in play, hoping an auction might boost the value of their major stake in...

The Sept. 11 memorial bells chimed with beautiful clarity Thursday, from Shanksville, Pa., to ground zero and beyond, a reminder of tragedy and our nation's real enemies. What a welcome respite, that serene sound, after days of presidential politics that...

Sam Zell likes to say a true entrepreneur has unending self-confidence—that he doesn't see risk, he sees only solutions. That might explain why the flamboyant Chicago real estate magnate believes he can transform Tribune Co. at a time when newspapers and...

Tribune Co.'s board of directors negotiated late into Sunday night on a deal aimed at handing control of the 159-year-old Chicago Tribune and other major media properties to maverick Chicago billionaire Sam Zell for $13 billion. If Tribune's board can...

     The Olympian is moving to Tacoma.      The McClatchy Company says The Olympian newspaper will be printed at The News Tribune in Tacoma starting next month.      In an email to employees, the company says the move will allow their paper to be...

Although Tribune Co. has the distinction of being the first major newspaper publisher to seek bankruptcy protection in this sour economy, it is hardly alone in facing the deadly combination of high debt and declining advertising revenue. For a sense of...

Tribune Co.'s second-quarter earnings report on Thursday didn't provide much respite from what is turning out to be a long, hot summer for Dennis FitzSimons, the media company's embattled chairman and chief executive. Tribune profit and revenue fell,...