Big story: Tribune finally sold
It took a while, but Tribune Co. at last accepted the bid of Sam Zell, a real estate mogul who first submitted his bid of $33 per share on March 23. The final agreed-upon price was $34 per share....
View ArticleOdyne makes a big Mexican deal
Mexico just turned to Hauppauge. Odyne Corp., which plug in electric hybrid engines for truck and buses, said it will supply 2,000 of its engines to the country’s government for use in Mexico City’s...
View ArticleOdyne among alternative energy’s dynamos
Hauppauge-based Odyne Corp. is teaching the world that hybrid vehicles aren’t all dinky compacts or sub-compacts. Rather, they can be buses and dump trucks. The company today was named in a New York...
View ArticleSam Zell and his glorious F-bomb
Who knew Sam Zell was one wacky billionaire? The new Tribune Corp. owner is reportedly visiting each newspaper he owns to deliver profanity-packed speeches intended to fire up the newsroom staffers he...
View ArticleWhy Sam Zell is swearing
We already know that new Tribune Corp. owner Sam Zell is going paper to paper, overusing his favorite word (it rhymes with duck) to inspire his struggling newspapers to raise the bar. But maybe he has...
View ArticleCablevision doesn’t want Newsday after all
Cablevision owner James Dolan is not interested in buying Newsday, according to a Reuters report, squashing all hopes for local control of the one daily newspaper on Long Island. That leaves New York...
View ArticleCablevision is not out of this
It seems letting Rupert Murdoch into their backyard isn’t something Cablevision’s Dolan family is ready to do. According to a Newsday story, Cablevision is preparing to submit a bid for Newsday that’s...
View ArticleTribune calls off $3.9B buyout by Sinclair
Tribune withdrew from its $3.9 billion buyout by Sinclair, ending a bid to create a massive media juggernaut that could have rivaled the reach of Fox News.
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