Chicago - Tribune, the publisher of eight major daily newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, on Monday became the first major newspaper publisher to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, the Associated Press reported. Tribune, which signaled the move in recent days by hiring Lazard as its financial advisor and law firm Sidley Austin as its special legal counsel, listed $13 billion in debt, and just $7.6 billion in assets.

Chicago - Metromix, the online entertainment listings and reviews sites network joint venture between publishers Gannett (NYSE: GCI) and Tribune (NYSE: TXA), reported on Tuesday that it has doubled its revenue and Web traffic since its launch in October 2007. The Metromix sites in 35 markets attracted nearly 4 million unique visitors in October, according to Omniture internal tracking software analysis.

Chicago - Tribune (NYSE: TXA), the Chicago-based newspaper publisher that owns The Baltimore Sun, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, has become the first major newspaper chain to give notice that it will drop the Associated Press wire service, Editor & Publisher reported.

Chicago - Media conglomerate Tribune (NYSE: TXA) is pondering a sale of its Tribune Media Services businesses, which provide online TV listings and also produce and aggregate news and entertainment content, the Chicago Tribune reported. At least two suitors have expressed interest in the TV listings businesses, sources with knowledge of discussions told the Tribune.

Bethpage, N.Y. - Cablevision (NYSE: CVC), a provider of cable TV and broadband services in the New York area, announced on Monday that it will acquire a 97% stake in Newsday Media Group from media company Tribune (NYSE: TXA) for $650 million. Tribune will retain a 3% stake in the company. Cablevision's winning bid beat out other suitors that included News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), which withdrew its $580 million bid on Saturday, and New York Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman.

McLean, Va. - Attempting to boost their sagging ad revenue, four of the nation's largest newspaper publishers -- including Gannett (NYSE: GCI), Tribune (NYSE: TXA), Hearst and The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) -- said on Friday that they will team to launch their own online ad sales network. The network, called quadrantONE, will work in a similar fashion to a networks launched last year by Yahoo and a group of newspapers, allowing national advertisers to buy space on more than 120 newspaper websites.

New York - The New York Times has announced to editorial employees that it will cut 100 jobs from the company's newsroom this year, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.

New York - Newspaper publishers Gannett (NYSE: CGI) and Tribune (NYSE: TRB) are in talks with three other publishers -- who are currently in a similar deal with Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) -- on creating a national online advertising network, Reuters reported, citing sources involved in the discussions.

Many newspaper executives, most infamously Tribune acquirer Sam Zell, have made an enemy out of Google and other online aggregators who disintermediate newspapers and all other traditional media. This is of course a wrongheaded way to think about content on the Web, since these aggregators drive a significant amount of traffic to newspapers. But the real fear inherent in the distrust of aggregators is that they are destroying the direct brand relationships that newspapers and other branded media have traditionally had with their audience.

Las Vegas - Nine major broadcast TV station groups have formed a coalition aimed at speeding the development of mobile digital TV.

Chicago - Media firm Tribune on Monday ended months of speculation about its future by accepting an $8.2 billion takeover offer from real estate mogul Sam Zell, the chairman of Equity Group Investments.

Baltimore - Tribune, the Chicago-based media company that owns a variety of newspapers and TV stations, could be sold by the end of the week, Bloomberg News reported.

McLean, Va. - Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and 89 other daily newspapers, said on Tuesday that it will pay $73 million to acquire certain assets of Southern Connecticut Newspapers Inc. (SCNI) from rival publisher Tribune.

San Diego - User-generated video community and technology provider VMix announced on Monday that it has partnered with Tribune Interactive, to provide the company's newspaper websites with technology to manage user-generated videos, photos, blogs, ratings and polls. San Diego-based VMix will power user-generated content on websites for Tribune properties including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun.

McLean, Va. - Hoping to fight declining circulation and revenue, three major newspaper publishers, Gannett, McClatchy and Tribune, plan to jointly begin selling display ads for their Internet sites, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.