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The Grave Dancer
April 1, 2008 09:00 AMWhen the Tribune Company went private in December, Sam Zell completed a deal that many had said he couldn’t get done. Now comes the hard part—staying solvent. In an unusual two-phase deal, an Employee Stock Ownership Plan set up... Continue reading
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Ryan Chittum and Hannah Fairfield
Ryan Chittum and Hannah Fairfield are reporters based in New York City. Chittum, who wrote the text of this piece, writes the Opening Bell column for The Audit on CJR.org; Fairfield, who designed its graphics, is a graphics editor for The New York Times.
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