The BBC sent out two breaking news alerts today: • Prince William has split up from his girlfriend Kate Middleton. Clarence House has not made an official comment on the event. • Silver Birch wins the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree racecourse. It was obviously a big news day. Actually, it was a big day [...]

Sam Zell has, indeed, bought Tribune Co. Shareholders still have to accept the deal, but: “If Tribune decides to accept another buyout offer before its shareholders approve the deal, the company will have to pay Zell a $25 million breakup fee.” (Why hasn’t anyone else thought of a break-up fee?) Part of the deal means [...]

The Mat Kearney concert was amazing! First of all, Mark’s connections at the Sun-Times not only got us tickets … they got us VIP tickets. I’d never been to the House of Blues, but it was incredible. And I wasn’t entirely sold on Kearney beforehand, but after seeing him live … definitely a fan. I [...]

An off-duty cop attacked a bartender in Chicago, which was caught on film. (Side note: It was evidently a big deal for the Sun-Times to post the video of the attack, which they got from NBC5, without a story. I argue that the video is the story — people don’t need a headline and traditional [...]