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Article: Readers Confront Tribune Execs. Over Newspaper Cutbacks; Tribune CEO Refuses to Meet with Readers or Accept Petitions Signed by 45,000
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- U.S. Newswire
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- December 7, 2005
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- MoveOn Media Action
confronted Dennis FitzSimmons, CEO of the Tribune Company, one of the
nation's largest newspapers chains, at a conference in New York City
attended by top executives of media outlets and media beat reporters.
Noah Winer, Media Action director for MoveOn.org Civic Action and
spokesman for the 3.4 million member organization, opened with a
statement calling on the Tribune Co. to reverse its decision to cut
650 jobs at papers including the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday,
and Orlando Sentinel, and then attempted to present petitions
carrying 45,000 reader signatures to Mr. FitzSimmons. The CEO refused
to accept the petitions and ...