1 Tribune Company
Supercapitalist Sam Zell scooped up the troubled entity earlier this year in a multibillion-dollar deal. But his optimism can't change its harsh financial outlook nor the new financial burden placed on its unhappy employees.
2 CBS News
The year was marred by embarrassing missteps like a "blog post" by news anchor Katie Couric that her staff actually wrote. It was hoped her arrival would revive the network after the debacle that ended Dan Rather's career. Instead, ...