Will the Chicago Tribune be the next newspaper picked to the bone?

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The New York Times / David Jackson and Gary Marx / Jan 21, 2020

Two Tribune reporters write an op-ed in the Times. “Unless Alden reverses course — perhaps in repentance for the avaricious destruction it has wrought in Denver and elsewhere — we need a civic-minded local owner or group of owners. So do our Tribune Publishing colleagues. The alternative is a ghost version of The Chicago Tribune — a newspaper that can no longer carry out its essential watchdog mission.” —