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The Tribune was founded by James Kelly, John E. Wheeler, and Joseph K.C. Forrest.
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The Tribune formally affiliated itself with the Nativist American or "Know Nothing" Party.
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The new editors published an abolionist agenda and supported Abraham Lincoln.
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The Chicago Tribune was Chicago's third best selling paper among its eight dailies with a circulation of 188,000.
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The Tribune's sports editor Arch Ward created the MLB All-Star Game as part of the city's Century of Progress expostion.
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The front page of the Tribune announced that Amerca had broken Japan's naval code. This was actually a closely guarded military secret, and President Roosevelt considered shutting the paper down after this revelation.
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The Tribune printed the famous "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline, because he was widely expected to win the election. However, he did not. -
The Chicago Tribune won 11 Pulitzer prizes in the 80's and 90's
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The Tribune hired Margaret Holt as the assistant managing editor for the sports section. Making her the first female to head a sports department in any of the nation's ten largest papers.
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The Tribune eliminated 28 editorial positions through a combination of buyouts and layoffs, including what were believed to be the first layoffs in the paper's history.
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The Tribune Company announced a buy-out plan led by Chicago real estate dude Sam Zell worth $8.2 billion, associated with a stock buyback at $34 per share, and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
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36 editorial employees took voluntary buyouts or resigned.
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Five editorial employees in the paper's Washington, D.C. bureau were laid off, including John Crewdson.
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The Chicago Tribune filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. -
The Chicago Tribune shrank their newspapers width by one inch, claiming it was industry standard.
