Thursday, September 1, 2011

CEOs Make More Than Their Companies Pay in Taxes

This is the kind of story that makes people crazy. The Tribune has a list of those CEOs that make more money than their entire corporations pay in taxes.

Now where did I put those torches and pitchforks?

Tribune Drops Tabloid Edition

One of the big "innovations" of the Tribune during the Randy Michaels era was changing the design and shape of the newspaper. Michaels convinced them to print it in tabloid form.

The last tabloid issue will be sold at newsstands on Friday.

I say Bravo! I never liked the tabloid version because it reminded me too much of crappy tabloid papers like the New York Post. The content never went there, but subconsciously (at least for me), it didn't seem to have the same gravitas as it once had. Judging by the sales figures released in that article linked above, I'm not the only one that felt that way.

No-No

Today's Tale from a Bad Century at JOBC is about the last time the Cubs were no-hit. It happened all the way back in 1965, and remains one of the best pitched games in baseball history.

Read all about it here.