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Tribune Company

2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 6, 2022 by Sam Zell · across every show →

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Jun 6, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Tribune buyout underwrote a 6% revenue drop; reality was 35%
“It was a deal where we assumed that the newspaper business was shrinking. We did an underwriting, whereas instead of underwriting revenue going up, we underwrote revenue going down. We assumed the level of suppression. And that number was six percent a year. W…”
Sam Zell Jun 6, 2022 ▶ 52:23 Sam Zell – Common Sense and Uncommon Profits (Capital Allocators, EP.253)
Jun 6, 2022 positive
Opinion
Zell says he would repeat the Tribune buyout today
“If the Tribune scenario were presented to me today, I can't believe that I wouldn't do it again, because my assumptions were realistic.”
Sam Zell Jun 6, 2022 ▶ 53:08 Sam Zell – Common Sense and Uncommon Profits (Capital Allocators, EP.253)
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