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Tribune Strikes Back In LA Times Staff Flap

The head of Tribune is defending his running of the Los Angeles Times, telling community leaders that the company has made improvements at the paper over the six years it has owned it, the newspaper reports. In a letter to former Secretary of State Warren Christopher and 19 other prominent Angelenos, Dennis FitzSimons said the Chicago-based company was spending a larger share of its revenue on the Times' editorial operations than Publisher Otis Chandler did during "what many refer to as the 'golden age' of the newspaper." He was responding to a letter from the group that backed executives who have so far refused to make staff cuts, as demanded by their Windy City masters. That showdown could intensify later this week. That's when the Tribune's board meets and could decide the fate of the company's 11 newspapers and 26 television stations, as it faces pressure from its largest shareholder to break up the company.

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