Chicago Tribune: Gannett’s unsolicited bid to acquire Tribune Publishing got more personal Friday, with each company calling out the other’s leaders by name and questioning management’s decision-making. In a letter to Tribune Publishing shareholders, Gannett said Tribune Publishing Chairman Michael Ferro said during a May 12 meeting in Chicago that while a merger could make sense, he wanted a “significant role” in the company post-closing and he was unwilling to engage in the process unless he got “a piece of the action.”