Robert Channick

Robert Channick is a business reporter for the Tribune. A former broadcast consultant and radio station manager, he began freelancing for the Chicago Tribune in 2002, joining the Tribune staff as a business reporter in 2011. He has a bachelor's degree in English from Kenyon College and a master's in journalism from Northwestern University.

Chicago transformará el área de Grant Park en la primera carrera callejera de NASCAR en 2023

July 19, 2022 at 9:43 p.m.

Imagine autos corriendo por Lake Shore Drive a 130 mph, quemando neumáticos en South Michigan Avenue y compitiendo por una posición de parachoques a parachoques en Balbo Drive. Bienvenido a...

Ante la llegada de Halloween, advierten a los padres sobre golosinas que se parecen al cannabis

October 27, 2021 at 9:19 p.m.

La oficina del fiscal general de Illinois emitió una advertencia el martes para tener mucho cuidado con las golosinas que terminan en las manos de su hijo este Halloween; podrían...

Restaurantes de Chicago en apuros dicen que quizá no sobrevivan al invierno sin ayuda federal

October 6, 2021 at 3:58 p.m.

Después de 18 meses de disrrupciones, cenas al aire libre improvisadas y comida para llevar, Diana Dávila, la chef y propietaria de Mi Tocaya Antojería, se hartó de la pandemia....

Tribune Publishing ofrece plan de retiro voluntario a empleados de la redacción, dos días después de ser comprado por el fondo de cobertura Alden

May 26, 2021 at 9:06 p.m.

Dos días después de que el fondo de cobertura Alden Global Capital completara la adquisición de Tribune Publishing por $633 millones, los nuevos propietarios de la cadena de periódicos con...

Alden closes $633 million purchase of Tribune Publishing; puts newspaper chain in debt and hedge fund president in charge

May 26, 2021 at 4:29 p.m.

It didn't take long for Alden Global Capital to put its imprint — and significant debt — on Tribune Publishing, after closing its $633 million acquisition of the Chicago-based newspaper...

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Hedge fund Alden’s bid to buy Tribune Publishing, including The Baltimore Sun, approved by shareholders

May 21, 2021 at 10:57 p.m.

Tribune Publishing shareholders voted Friday to approve hedge fund Alden Global Capital's $633 million purchase of the Chicago-based newspaper chain that owns The Baltimore Sun. The deal, which is expected...

Accionistas de Tribune Publishing aprueban la venta del Chicago Tribune y otras publicaciones al grupo Alden

May 21, 2021 at 6:52 p.m.

Los accionistas de Tribune Publishing votaron el viernes para aprobar la compra del fondo de cobertura Alden Global Capital por $633 millones de la cadena de periódicos con sede en...

Tribune Publishing shareholders to vote Friday on hedge fund Alden’s $633 million offer for Chicago-based newspaper chain

May 20, 2021 at 6:27 p.m.

Friday is a pivotal day for the 174-year-old Chicago Tribune, Tribune Publishing and the struggling newspaper industry. Barring an eleventh hour, fully financed rival bid, Tribune Publishing shareholders are set...

Maryland hotel exec racing clock to find investors for $680 million bid for Tribune Publishing, but nobody is stepping up in Chicago: source

May 1, 2021 at 5:22 p.m.

A Maryland hotel executive has committed more of his own fortune to an eleventh-hour bid for Tribune Publishing but he has one major hole to fill: No one wants to...

Tribune Publishing sets May 21 shareholder vote on Alden merger

April 20, 2021 at 8:23 p.m.

Tribune Publishing set a May 21 date for shareholders to vote on its deal to sell the Chicago-based newspaper chain to hedge fund Alden Global Capital for $633 million. Alden,...

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