Tribune Company Ousts Randy Michaels as Chief – NYTimes.com

Tribune Chief Accepts Advice and Backs Out

Sam Zell personally urged the controversial chief executive to step down after he became a dark sideshow.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/business/media/23tribune.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

“Though it appears to the rank and file in the newsroom that Randy, Lee and the boys attempted to destroy and desecrate the place, there are a lot of great journalists here still doing great work,” he said.