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Zell-backed Tribune files for bankruptcy
The Chicago-based media company failed owing to the $13bn of debt loaded onto its balance sheet when it was acquired by billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell last year. The company said in its bankruptcy filing it had just $7.6bn of assets. Zell invested $315m in the deal.
