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Feder: Sun-Times in talks to sell to Tribune owner tronc, perhaps by end of month

The Chicago Sun-Times is in negotiations to be acquired by the parent company of the Chicago Tribune, perhaps as soon as the end of the month, Sun-Times Editor and Publisher Jim Kirk says.

In an announcement Monday by Sun-Times owner Wrapports. Tronc, the former Tribune Publishing Co. headed by tech entrepreneur Michael Ferro, could run the Sun-Times separately, "keeping in place the independent newsroom." Ferro previously headed Wrapports. Terms of the offer were not disclosed. More at robertfeder.com.

Michael W. Ferro Jr. John H. White/Chicago Sun-Times via AP