{"id":19745,"date":"2018-11-02T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=19745"},"modified":"2018-11-02T07:28:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T12:28:06","slug":"robservations-tribune-publishing-draws-multiple-bidders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/11\/02\/robservations-tribune-publishing-draws-multiple-bidders\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Tribune Publishing draws multiple bidders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Chicago Tribune<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

The race is on for Tribune Publishing.<\/a> Just under the deadline Thursday, multiple bidders submitted offers to buy the parent company of the Chicago Tribune.<\/a> A company spokeswoman would not specify how many bids had been received or identify any of the bidders, but confirmed that more than one had come in. Bloomberg News<\/a> reported there were three \u2014 McClatchy Co., William Wyatt\u2019s<\/strong> Donerail Group and Jeremy Halbreich\u2019s<\/strong> AIM Media. Also in the background is Michael Sacks,<\/strong> CEO of Grosvenor Capital Management, who was expected to make an offer for the shares of former chairman Michael Ferro.<\/strong> The next key date is Monday when the board of Tribune Publishing is scheduled to meet to review the bids and decide whether to move forward with any of them.<\/p>\n

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Eric Ferguson<\/p><\/div>\n

How has Eric Ferguson<\/strong> adjusted to life after his radio breakup<\/a> with Kathy Hart?<\/strong> Just fine, according to the longtime morning star of Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary WTMX 101.9-FM. <\/a>\u201cI feel like we\u2019re doing the show the way we\u2019ve always done it, with the people who are here,\u201d Ferguson tells Rick Kaempfer<\/strong> in the latest edition of Illinois Entertainer.<\/a> \u201cThere has been a renewed sense of energy. Every time there is change and the dynamic shifts, people get up on their toes a little bit, and ready to go. It creates a new [and] exciting energy and allows us to explore new things. In the long run, while that was a difficult and surprising transition, it\u2019s worked out for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tony Sarabia<\/p><\/div>\n

An expanded two-hour edition of \u201cThe Morning Shift\u201d<\/a> will air at 9 a.m. Wednesday from Robert Morris University Illinois, 401 South State Street, on Chicago Public Media WBEZ 91.5-FM. <\/a>Host Tony Sarabia<\/strong> will lead a recap of Tuesday\u2019s midterm election results with a lineup of elected officials, journalists, political consultants and analysts. As previously reported, Sarabia is stepping down after 28 years at WBEZ. His last day will be December 21.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Schroedter<\/p><\/div>\n

Andrew Schroedter,<\/strong> an investigative producer at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2,<\/a> has joined Taylor Johnson Public Relations<\/a> as a senior strategist. The Chicago-based firm specializes in real estate marketing, communications and public relations. Before joining CBS 2 in 2016, Schroedter was\u00a0a senior investigator at the Better Government Association and a contributing writer for Crain\u2019s Chicago Business. He also worked as a public relations consultant for residential brokerage firm Conlon Real Estate.. \u201cI look forward to using the skills I have acquired at newsrooms throughout the city to help the firm\u2019s clients position their companies and projects across a myriad of media platforms,\u201d Schroedter said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Carol Marin:<\/strong> When all is said and done, Edwin Eisendrath deserves our thanks for trying to save the Sun-Times. This city needs two newspapers and it still has two. Thank you, Edwin.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: The race is on for Tribune Publishing. Just under the deadline Thursday, multiple bidders submitted offers to buy the parent company of the Chicago Tribune. A company spokeswoman would not specify how many bids had been received or identify any of the bidders, but confirmed that more than one had... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19745"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19753,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19745\/revisions\/19753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}