Reporters at the Chicago Tribune say they believe the marketing department in recent weeks solicited subscribers’ opinions on stories before they were published, a practice they said raises ethical questions, as well as legal and competitive issues.

A judge presiding over the Tribune Co.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has agreed to preliminary schedules in two disputes involving the media conglomerate.

Attorneys are headed to court to discuss Tribune Co.’s assertion that it owns the television and movie rights to comic book character Dick Tracy.

Tribune Co. will pay the legal bills of Chairman and Chief Executive Sam Zell related to a federal corruption investigation into former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

A tentative three-year contract agreement has been reached between the Star Tribune and the union representing nearly 300 newsroom workers.

The Chicago Tribune cut 53 jobs on Wednesday as part of a newsroom reorganization designed to help it weather an economic downturn that has forced its parent company to seek Chapter 11 protection from creditors.

The Chicago Tribune is cutting 53 jobs as part of a newsroom reorganization designed to help the newspaper weather the economic downturn.

The Cubs are likely to remain under the ownership of Tribune Co. through the early part of the season.

The Star Tribune of Minneapolis and leaders of its printer’s union reached a new deal Friday just hours before a judge was to rule on whether the nation’s 15th-largest newspaper could void a labor contract to achieve $3.5 million in annual savings.

Union representatives and the Star Tribune of Minneapolis plan to resume negotiations late Thursday over cost cuts the newspaper says it needs to survive.