Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Sam Zell's diversification plan outside of real estate comes up short

Sam Zell's Tribune Co., which owns the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, other daily newspapers and media properties — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week.

As we now know, Sam Zell's diversification plan outside of real estate didn't work out, nor did his frantic search for more revenue for his newspapers.