Tribune Co. Gets Serious About Football

<img alt="zell090208.jpg" src="/fishbowlny/files/original/zell090208.jpg" width="130" height="87" class="alignleft" vspace=3 hspace=7 /Sam Zell’s Tribune Co. has garnered some notoriety for sending out cheeky, possibly sexist, press releases announcing new appointments or news.

“Highlights” of past notes include an executive who previously served as president of buying crap at eBay and another who was a former waitress at Knockers — The Place for Hot Racks and Cold Brews.

Sadly, the latest installment — announcing that the Trib won local market over-the-air rights to six NFL games — contains no levity.

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