Tribune and Gannett Terminate Agreement to Sell Southern Connecticut Newspapers
25th May, 2007 | Posted in Corporate, Publishing
Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB) and Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) today announced the termination of the agreement under which Gannett was to purchase Southern Connecticut Newspapers, The Advocate (Stamford) and Greenwich Time.
The agreement was terminated following an arbitrator’s ruling last month that Tribune could not sell the company unless the buyer assumed the existing UAW contract as a condition of the sale, which Gannett declined to do. The contract covered certain editorial employees at The Advocate.
Tribune also announced that it would immediately begin the process of soliciting offers for the newspapers with the intention of completing a sale as soon as possible.
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