9 Facts About Tribune

1. On March 15, 2012, the Tribune laid off 15 editorial staffers, including security guard Wendell Smothers.

2. In September 2008, the Tribune considered hiring controversial sports columnist Jay Mariotti, shortly after his abrupt resignation from Tribune archrival Chicago Sun-Times.

3. In 2004, the Tribune endorsed President George W Bush for re-election, a decision consistent with its longstanding support for the Republican Party.

4. On November 20, 2013, the Tribune laid off another 12 or so editorial staffers.

5. In May 2004, the Tribune revealed that freelance reporter Mark Falanga was unable to verify some facts that he inserted in a lifestyle-related column that ran on April 18, 2004, about an expensive lunch at a Chicago restaurant—namely, that the restaurant charged $15 for a bottle of water and $35 for a pasta entree.

6. On September 2, 1997, the Tribune promoted longtime City Hall reporter John Kass to take Royko's place as the paper's principal Page Two news columnist.

7. In 1997, the Tribune celebrated its 150th anniversary in part by tapping longtime reporter Stevenson Swanson to edit the book Chicago Days: 150 Defining Moments in the Life of a Great City.

8. In November 1982, Tribune managing editor William H "Bill" Jones, who had won a Pulitzer Prize in 1971, died at age 43 of cardiac arrest as a result of complications from a long battle with leukemia.

9. In March 1978, the Tribune announced that it hired columnist Bob Greene from the Chicago Sun-Times.