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Tronc : valuing the future of newspapers / Jean Rosenthal, Heather E. Tookes, Jaan Elias.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : Yale School of Management, 2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526444486 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.16 23
Online resources: May 2016, the Tribune Publishing board rejected a second all-cash buyout offer from Gannett Publishing, {dollar}15/share, up from an initial unsolicited bid of {dollar}12.25. The debate became public and heated, as Gannett made an appeal directly to the Tribune's non-management shareholders. The negotiations ultimately failed, but the underlying questions remained. Should the Board have accepted Tribune's offer? What was the right price? What is the best way to value a company like tronc? What might other players do next?
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Originally published in Rosenthal, J., Tookes, H. E., & Elias, J. (2017). Tronc: Valuing the future of newspapers. 17-015. New Haven, CT: Yale School of Management, Yale University. Retrieved from: http://vol11.cases.som.yale.edu/tronc.

May 2016, the Tribune Publishing board rejected a second all-cash buyout offer from Gannett Publishing, {dollar}15/share, up from an initial unsolicited bid of {dollar}12.25. The debate became public and heated, as Gannett made an appeal directly to the Tribune's non-management shareholders. The negotiations ultimately failed, but the underlying questions remained. Should the Board have accepted Tribune's offer? What was the right price? What is the best way to value a company like tronc? What might other players do next?

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