March 21, 2016
A California bankruptcy judge on Monday approved the sale of Freedom Communications Inc.'s assets to Digital First Media over objections by Tribune Publishing Co., which won the auction for the newspaper conglomerate's assets last week but saw the deal fall through in light of a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit.
March 18, 2016
The Tribune Publishing Co. and the U.S. Department of Justice traded briefs in California federal court Friday over the Tribune's proposed acquisition of a bankrupt newspaper owner as the publishing giant contended the feds misunderstand the modern newspaper market.
March 17, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued the Tribune Publishing Co., owner of the Los Angeles Times, seeking to block its proposed acquisition of the bankrupt owner of the Orange County Register and the Riverside County Press-Enterprise, saying the proposed deal would give Tribune Publishing a monopoly in Southern California.