Institutional Investor: Print media is dying — or so goes the refrain — but Tribune Publishing boss Michael Ferro believes he can save it. When Gannett offered to buy Tribune in April, Tribune’s board, including nonexecutive chairman Ferro, decided to pitch shareholders a sweeping digital overhaul instead. The plan is reminiscent of what many old-media companies have tried to do in recent years, but some shareholders and analysts aren’t sure Ferro and his team are up to the task. “The institutional investors are seeing this offer for what it is: their best chance to get double digits for that share price that they are probably ever going to see.”