Thursday, October 05, 2006

Thursday Morning Linkage

Breakup of Tribune Co. Likely in Effort to Boost Shareholder Value
"What we are likely seeing is the beginning of a spin-off company that would be operated by the Chandler family, which controlled the Times-Mirror Co. prior to its merger with Tribune," says Murray Schwartz, a partner with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (New York) who concentrates his practice in the media industry and previously spent 12 years as a newspaper publishing executive. "

Cars.com to Sponsor NBC's Hottest New Shows Online
CHICAGO, Oct 03, 2006 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Cars.com announced today that it plans to extend its advertising reach with an all-new online sponsorship of NBC's hottest new shows. As NBC takes its new fall line-up online, Cars.com will sponsor streaming broadcasts of "Friday Night Lights," "Heroes," "Kidnapped," "Studio 60," "30 Rock" and "Twenty Good Years." The shows will be offered for free and accessible online for seven days following their broadcast premieres through the "NBC 24/7" video player, part of NBC's Web site, http://www.NBC.com .

CareerBuilder.com Releases its Picks for Top Locations and Job Categories for Hiring
CHICAGO, Oct 05, 2006 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- CareerBuilder.com, the nation's largest online job site with more than 23 million unique visitors and over 1.5 million jobs, released the results of its latest survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(R), tracking projected hiring and job search activities for the upcoming quarter. The survey, titled "Q4 2006 Job Forecast," was conducted from August 31 through September 5, 2006 of 1,650 workers and 1,150 hiring managers.

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