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(AP) — Warren Buffett has been buying newspapers recently but says he's not interested in the big papers owned by Tribune Co.
The Chicago Tribune has agreed to pay $660,000 to settle a class-action suit by 46 reporters who worked for its TribLocal suburban editions in the past four years and claimed they weren't paid for overtime hours.
What else can happen in this Big Ten basketball season? We've already seen Indiana lose twice as the No. 1 team to unranked Illinois and then Minnesota, plus a bevy of thrilling games and upsets.
Abbott Labs' new pharmaceutical spinoff chose the Publicis Groupe unit to support online and offline media buying and planning.
The Blackhawks will be trying to set the record for the most games to start a season without a regulation loss at 17. And if that's not enough reason to watch, here's more.
The Chicago-based trade publisher alleges that Crain violated a non-compete and non-solicitation agreement in connection with the sale of a human-resources publication, Workforce Management, in January.
Burnett will oversee advertising as the blockbuster drug goes over-the-counter next year, and the account will be managed out of Chicago.
According to Comcast SportsNet Chicago, nine of the top 10 highest-rated Blackhawks regular season games in Chicago regional sports network history have come this season.
Mr. Wert's appointment follows Tribune Co.'s emergence from bankruptcy and the naming of new CEO Peter Liguori.
The Blackhawks will be more than happy to visit the Nashville Predators on Sunday night. Why? It's the final game of a season-opening stretch that saw them play 10 of 12 on the road.
Advertising Age has video of all of them at one link.
The Fighting Irish and Blue Demons have been Big East rivals since DePaul joined in 2005, but conference games like this one should be savored because they will soon be a thing of the past.
Kraft Foods Group has named its first chief marketing officer as a standalone company, promoting longtime employee Deanie Elsner, who recently led the marketer's beverages business.
The media group warns that job cuts are possible in the wake of plans to consolidate suburban offices. Meanwhile, details of a new business-oriented publication emerge.
Not only are the Hawks off to a better start this season, they outplayed Detroit in six games last season, winning four and outscoring the Wings 20-13.
Chicago Sun-Times owner Wrapports LLC is exploring opportunities for expansion, including considering a purchase of Tribune Co. assets, according to sources familiar with Wrapports' plans.
For the first time in a decade, Chicago-based pharmacy chain Walgreens is launching a formal review for its $240 million media account.
The NHL is back, and the Blackhawks play in what is perhaps the weekend's marquee game.
Crain's editor-in-chief lists the reasons: He had great clients that we liked to write about, and he always came up with good story angles. And Dan always believed PR was a higher calling than advertising.
He didn't invent the publicity stunt, but he did cultivate all sorts of new possibilities for it at the dawn of the TV age.
The geographic disparity in Chicago's wealth can be seen by tracking household income in the ZIP codes of Metra train stations.
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