"On the Media"
Newspaper managers have been in a sort of traumatic crisis of confidence for a long time now, says media critic
Tim Rutten. "They can't quite figure out -- they can't see the future, and it makes them nervous. So they're always looking for somebody to come in from outside with some different perspective that's going to, you know, bring the answer in. And there's some of that in the reaction to [
Sam] Zell's purchase of Tribune." || More "OTM"
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Peter Osnos writes: "Zell's managers and editors need the skills to persuade him that their interests in quality are compatible with his belief in the bottom line."
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