Tribune Corporate staff didn't cross pollinate-- Zell

By Lou Grant | Feb 05, 10:32 PM

Sam Zell in South Florida, talking to the Sun Sentinel staff, discussed the peculiar nature of the old Tribune Co. regime. In Washington, he said, when the corporate office forced all the newspapers to use the same office, walls were built between the offices and even the entrances to the office were separate.

"How much cross fertilization exists?" he asked after discussing the failure of the Corporate staff to utilize the TeenLink idea of the Sun Sentinel in other properties. Reflecting on the failure of the Tribune Co. corporate office to spread good ideas around the company, Zell told the crowd that if they had friends in the corporate offices of the Tribune Co., they had better see them there within the next 30 days.