Comments on: Tribune Co. will continue to make money off Cubs — as always http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/10/16/tribune-co-will-continue-to-make-money-off-cubs-as-always/ Sports journilist, author, blogger Thu, 27 May 2010 00:57:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: George Castle http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/10/16/tribune-co-will-continue-to-make-money-off-cubs-as-always/comment-page-1/#comment-70 George Castle Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:25:31 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=172#comment-70 I just remember most of what I reported, researched or heard about, Jeff. No magic. A lot of sports journalists in Chicago simply don't care about the teams' history, figuring it has no bearing on the present. But past is prologue, especially in baseball. As far as Trib being greedy, they merely took advantage of Wrigley's lust to expose the Cubs for virtually no rights fee. I do take them to task for not nudging ol' PK to improve his baseball operations so Trib/WGN would have had an even more attractive product to broadcast. However, an arch-conservative company ain't gonna push another mossified type to change. Wrigley and TribCo. certainly were at the top of the Chicago business ruling elite. I just remember most of what I reported, researched or heard about, Jeff. No magic. A lot of sports journalists in Chicago simply don’t care about the teams’ history, figuring it has no bearing on the present. But past is prologue, especially in baseball. As far as Trib being greedy, they merely took advantage of Wrigley’s lust to expose the Cubs for virtually no rights fee. I do take them to task for not nudging ol’ PK to improve his baseball operations so Trib/WGN would have had an even more attractive product to broadcast. However, an arch-conservative company ain’t gonna push another mossified type to change. Wrigley and TribCo. certainly were at the top of the Chicago business ruling elite.

]]> By: Jeff McMahon http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/10/16/tribune-co-will-continue-to-make-money-off-cubs-as-always/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Jeff McMahon Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:43:51 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=172#comment-69 George, you are a font of knowledge. And with so many major media players compromised in this story, you're just the sort of font we need if Chicago is ever going to keep the straight story. Thanks for that. Tribune actually attains its old motto if we modify it just slightly: "World's Greediest Newspaper." George, you are a font of knowledge. And with so many major media players compromised in this story, you’re just the sort of font we need if Chicago is ever going to keep the straight story. Thanks for that.

Tribune actually attains its old motto if we modify it just slightly: “World’s Greediest Newspaper.”

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