Tribune Braces for Competing Bankruptcy Plans

By Andrew Gauthier 

Chicago Tribune

Still recovering from a management scandal that claimed its chief executive a week ago, Tribune Co. is bracing for its next disruption: How to cope with legal challenges from Aurelius Capital Management and other unhappy creditors seeking to upend its bankruptcy case.

Creditors face a midnight Friday deadline for submitting restructuring plans that would contest a settlement filed Oct. 22 by Tribune Co., its biggest senior creditors and the committee charged with representing the company’s junior creditors.

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Aurelius intends to file a competing plan, said Mark Brodsky, chairman of the litigious New York hedge fund. More…

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