Tribune Co. Awards $25k For Employee's Good Idea

Well see, this is why the company can’t get out of bankruptcy (just kidding!): Tribune Co.’s paper The Sun Sentinel just handed $25,000 and a free Caribbean cruise to Bob Simons, a production manager who suggested a cheap supplier for some office equipment. No, that’s not a joke. Tribune CEO Randy Michaels and COO Gerry Spector said that Simons’ idea saved $1 million for the newspaper alone. Reminds us of that moral-boosting plan at Condé Nast’s to pay out $10k

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