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October 14, 2010

Tribune company chief innovations officer Lee Abrams resigned Friday, after being suspended indefinitely without pay for sending a memo that linked to a video some found offensive. Abrams joined Tribune in 2008, following a decade working for XM Radio. Catch up on the latest developments below, including a timeline of Lee Abrams coverage since 2008.

Previous Romenesko coverage of Lee Abrams at the Tribune:

10/14/2010   ‘Abrams gave Michaels an opening to actually sound indignant and high-minded’
10/13/2010 Tribune’s Abrams suspended indefinitely without pay
10/12/2010 Tribune’s Abrams apologizes for video link in memo
10/12/2010 Chicago Tribune editor complains to HR about Tribune exec’s memo
8/10/2010 Tribune Co. Tries to Create Web-Like Experience with Anchorless Newscast
7/30/2010 Tribune exec: I didn’t come up with anchor-free newscast to save money
6/29/2010 ‘We’re out to bust the TV cliches,’ says Tribune exec
2/10/2009 Tribune innovation chief complains about TV anchors’ “plastic-looking” wall photos
11/25/2008 Abrams wants Tribune’s anchors to ditch the suits
11/11/2008 Abrams proposes three-month “march to inauguration” subscriptions
10/28/2008 Abrams urges Tribune papers to “star everything”
10/16/2008 A jazz critic tells Abrams why arts sections don’t focus on popular musicians
10/15/2008 A government bailout of newspapers is “a terrible idea,” says Abrams
10/13/2008 Abrams: Chicago Tribune is textbook reinvention
10/9/2008 Proposed LAT redesign isn’t as dramatic as Chicago Tribune’s revamp
10/6/2008 Chicago Tribune business writer tells Abrams why ad sections need to be clearly labeled
9/30/2008 Tribune’s Abrams wants to nix “Special Advertising Section”
9/9/2008 CJR’s Love believes Tribune’s Abrams “is acting in good faith”
9/8/2008 Abrams: “There’s no reason we can’t create a newspaper renaissance”
8/18/2008 “We want to look different,” says Sun-Sentinel editor
8/8/2008 Is Tribune “tearing down the Temple” with its innovations?
7/28/2008 Abrams answers critics who say he’s destroying great papers
7/28/2008 Not the Los Angeles Times website has fun with Zell, Abrams
7/21/2008 Abrams: I know why Tribune is getting so much coverage
7/15/2008 It’s time for Abrams to stop writing memos, start innovating
7/15/2008 Getting with the Trib’s Program
7/14/2008 Are Tribune bosses moving to oust Hiller as LAT publisher?
7/11/2008 “Always Friggin’ Do It” replaces Tribune values on ID badges
7/8/2008 Abrams: Book sections need to be “dramatically rethought”
6/30/2008 “Orlando Sentinel relaunch went great,” says Tribune’s Abrams
6/25/2008 LATer: “I shouldn’t be talking about my bosses like that”
6/24/2008 Trib’s Abrams says productivity remarks were misinterpreted
6/23/2008 Abrams is confident Orlando Sentinel’s redesign will succeed
6/23/2008 Abrams: Not all Tribune papers will look like Orlando Sentinel
6/20/2008 “He’s telling all of his stories through interpretive dance”
6/19/2008 “Abrams’ writing style is a bit of Quayle meets Kaczynski”
6/18/2008 Nall swears off newspapering after reading Abrams’ memo
6/17/2008 Abrams: Here are 15 things I believe can grow newspapers
6/11/2008 Check out “Chicago Tribune’s Guide to Newspaper Reporting”
6/9/2008 Trib’s Abrams likes what they’re doing at the Baltimore Sun
5/27/2008 Newspapers need to “grab this thing by the hair and fight back”
5/19/2008 Abrams: Newspapers target 40+, but the content is 70+
5/6/2008 Tribune exec expected hostility, rage during LAT visit, but…
4/18/2008 Abrams says Tribune will become “an oasis of creativity”
4/15/2008 Tribune staffers in Florida have “the will to move forward”
3/26/2008 More Trouble in Zell-Land
3/25/2008 “Most Viewed” can be expanded for that stats-hungry public
3/18/2008 Tribune’s Abrams says reaction to his memo was interesting
3/13/2008 “News and information is the new rock ‘n roll,” says Abrams
3/11/2008 XM radio loses its “creative heart and soul” to Tribune Co.
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