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Sad Soon-Shiong(Says So Much)- Fight For Control Of Tronc(TRNC) Intensifies

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In discussing what became Tronc’s(TRNC) failed bid for Us Weekly, we mentioned that LA billionaire  and Tronc Vice Chairman Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong was not being renominated to Tronc’s Board.  At the time we speculated as to why this was and whether it signified a rift between former allies Soon-Shiong and Tronc Chairman Michael Ferro, Jr. Subsequent event have… Read More »

Tronc(TRNC) Intent On Gobbling Up Us Weekly For Over $100 Million

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  Somehow, we never got around to talking about one of the worst names for a spinoff that we can recall. Of course, we are talking about tronc(TRNC). Tribune Media(TRCO) spun it off as Tribune Publishing, but, after Michael Ferro took over, it changed its name to tronc, which sounds like the name of a reptilian villain that… Read More »