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Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008

  • Los Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times first appeared on the 4th of December 1881. Nathan Cole Jr. and Thomas Gardiner published the paper under that name.
  • The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore Sun began its life on the 17th of May 1837. Arunah Shepherdson Abell established the paper alongside William Moseley Swain and Azariah H.
  • Chicago TribuneThe first edition of the Chicago Tribune hit newsstands on the 10th of June 1847. James Kelly, John E. Wheeler, and Joseph K. C.
  • Ziff DavisIn 1920, William Bernard Ziff Sr. established a Chicago advertising agency that secured national contracts for African American weekly newspapers.
  • Gen ConIn August 1967, twelve people gathered in the home of Gary Gygax in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. This informal meeting became known as Gen Con 0.