Media | newspaper industry Tribune Co. Explores Sale of LA Times, Chicago Tribune Rupert Murdoch rumored to be interested By Kevin Spak Posted Dec 11, 2012 4:35 PM CST Copied In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, an unidentified woman leaves the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File) What happens when you take the Tribune out of the Tribune Co.? We might be about to find out. The company is actively seeking bankers to help sell off its newspapers—potentially including the Chicago Tribune and LA Times—when it emerges from bankruptcy at the end of the month, sources tell Bloomberg. Rupert Murdoch has already signaled interest, and intends to take a close look at the papers once they're available, one source said. One analyst, however, says the company may try to hang on to the Times and Tribune, selling off some of the six other daily papers it owns instead. "They'll look at their assets and start to monetize some of them," he predicted. Read These Next Kate McKinnon shares her weird medical condition. She walked out on her gig due to JD Vance, doesn't regret it. Baltimore QB 'forgot where I was' and shoved an opposing fan. Trump loses another legal fight to E. Jean Carroll. Report an error