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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Trib agrees to vacate printing plant
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In article <v2gqed$8e0o$1@dont-email.me>,
 "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> BTR1701  <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >In article <v2gcvj$5r91$1@dont-email.me>,
> > "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >In the continuing humilitation of a once fine but now decrepit
> >> >newspaper, Trib has agreed to vacate Freedom Center on the near
> >> >northwest side of the city by a year from July. The modern printing
> >> >plant was built in 1981, moving all production out of Tribune Tower.
> >> >This allowed them to build studios for WGN radio and a tv studio that
> >> >was used for a short while.
> >> 
> >> >Tribune Tower is irrelevant to the newspaper; it's being turned into
> >> >housing.
> >> 
> >> >I don't see how that's enough time to site and build a new plant, so my
> >> >guess is they're going to the vacant printing plant in Milwaukee which
> >> >Alden Capital already owns.
> >> 
> >> >Bally's was supposed to build and equip a replacement printing plant but
> >> >they made a cash settlement instead.
> >> 
> >> >The newspaper was stripped of all its land and other assets years ago.
> >> 
> >> >https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tribune-ballys-freedom-cent
> >> >er-move-20230505-nf4sbgbsi5d3jccewdnx4wc4sa-story.html
> >> 
> >> The final editions have been printed at Freedom Center as of Sunday, May
> >> 19, 2024. These were Sunday editions of Trib itself, Chicago Sun-Times,
> >> and the midwest edition of the New York Times.
> >
> >Several years ago, the L.A. Times sold off its historic downtown 
> >building and moved out to El Segundo into a small office block. (Looks a 
> >lot like the Alaska strip mall Hilary Swank worked in on ALASKA DAILY.)
> 
> With that gorgeous view of mountains from all four sides of the interior
> storefront?

Well, the L.A. Times isn't a TARDIS, which the Alaska Daily clearly was.

> >The people who can't stand the relentless firehose of 'progressive' 
> >propaganda that's currently the Times' brand disdainfully refer to them 
> >now as the El Segundo Times, implying that they're no different than any 
> >of the other beach city coupon circulars.