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Just when you thought the Gannett vs. Tribune Publishing story couldn’t get any weirder, it does exactly that. Tribune, which has been fighting off an unwanted takeover bid from Gannett for weeks now, announced late on Thursday that it has changed its name to tronc (all lower case) and is moving its stock listing from…
Rebranding with Content Curation and Visualization Focus to Benefit 60 Million Digital Users tronc to Begin Trading on Nasdaq on June 20 CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Tribune Publishing Co. (NYSE:TPUB) today announced that the Company will change its name to tronc, Inc., a content curation and monetization company focused on creating and distributing premium, verified content across…
The Perks Are Great. Just Don’t Ask Us What We Do. 50onRed is a fixture in Philly’s tech scene. But there’s something the leadership didn’t talk about, even with some of its own staff. The company seemed like the perfect place for Tyler. After working in the agency world, Tyler (not his real name) wanted…
“People come by and immediately want to see it, touch it and hold it,” Mr. Tollin said with pride. Today, as Mr. Trump tries to make peace with hostile figures in his party, the candidate renowned for his rhetorical flame throwing is deploying a conciliatory style of letter writing as his chief weapon. His handwritten…
It may seem silly, but this is actually a major problem with the comics industry and comics media. Source: Valnet Inc. Presents: Comic Book Resources Comics journalism is a strange field. Despite all sorts of serious shit going down in the industry, comics news sites seem most excited when they get the opportunity to publish…
The suit from Capital Structures Realty Advisors may be the first of many By Alex Weprin 06/02/16 11:00 AM EDT As it prepares to vote on its board of directors in a few hours, Tribune Publishing now faces its first lawsuit from a shareholder over its decision to engage in sale talks with Gannett. Capital…
Activists with the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere attempted to derail a Bernie Sanders speech last night in Oakland, wasting precious minutes of everyone’s time before being hauled away. CNN reports that Secret Service agents surrounded Sanders when members of Direct Action Everywhere attempted to climb onstage mid-speech and were promptly pulled out of…
It’s apparently become a little easier to access Forbes content if you have an adblocker on. Previously — as recently as last week — Forbes was requiring users to turn off their adblockers or log into Forbes with a Google or Facebook account, which meant turning over personal data like email addresses and contacts. In…
I am on the record as liking Uber. I like its service, which has revolutionized urban mobility by improving convenience, taking cars off the road, and (most likely) reducing incidents of impaired driving. I’m partial to its swashbuckling style, particularly when confronting taxi interests and municipal regulators who are more concerned with self-preservation than the…
The world’s biggest oil traders take price slumps, trade sanctions and natural disasters in stride. The decline of a vintage Internet company has them quaking. Yahoo! Inc.’s Messenger has for almost 18 years been the default communication tool for the men and women who each day move billions of dollars’ worth of crude oil and…