Sam Zell

Tribune Company CEO Sam Zell during an interview at the Los Angeles Times. Despite signs that Tribune Co.'s newspapers and television stations were under growing pressure from a slowdown in advertising revenue, the company's leadership and a group of sophisticated Wall Street bankers embraced Zell's vision, piling the company with a total of $13 billion in debt.
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( Brian VanderBrug, Los Angeles Times / April 6, 2007 )

Tribune Company CEO Sam Zell during an interview at the Los Angeles Times. Despite signs that Tribune Co.'s newspapers and television stations were under growing pressure from a slowdown in advertising revenue, the company's leadership and a group of sophisticated Wall Street bankers embraced Zell's vision, piling the company with a total of $13 billion in debt.

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