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"He is a genius business person. If the fundamental issues facing the Tribune are business issues, I'd rather have a business genius in charge than somebody else," says World Business Chicago executive director
Paul O'Connor Long-time
Sam Zell watcher and Chicago investment manager
Marshall Front adds: "He will try to give Tribune Co. the right focus. When he sits down with Tribune managers, he will ask some very deep, fundamental questions. And the answers had better be solid, or heads will roll, and it will not be pleasant." ||
David Carr: There's very little in Zell's past that reveals what kind of newspaper owner he might be.
