Three and a half years later, the Trib story is worth a careful reading.

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When the Trib closed, New York was out on its own with hot graphics, trendy articles and a brash mix of topics.

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But instead of gliding to the sidelines, polishing his Harley Davidson motorcycles and waiting for the market froth to subside, Zell concocted his debt-to-the-ceilings purchase of Trib.

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The Trib certainly collected the talented names to deliver: Jimmy Breslin, Tom Wolfe, Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, Art Buchwald, Gail Sheehy and Judith Crist, to name but a few.

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