Tribune Guild Hopeful for New Buyer to Swoop In

Public News Service: A hedge fund’s purchase of the Chicago Tribune is in the works, but members of the Chicago Tribune Guild are hoping local, civic-minded owners will step in. “People are concerned that with Alden fully in command, that headcount of the newsroom will continue to decline, either through cuts or attrition, and Chicago won’t have one of its truly great news organizations for all that much longer.”