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Investment firm Donerail Group and newspaper publishers McClatchy Co. and AIM Media submitted bids Thursday for Tribune Publishing Co., according to Bloomberg. 

The big picture: In August, Donerail was in talks with then-Tronc, which owns several publications including the New York Daily News, Baltimore Sun and Hartford Courant, about a potential acquisition. Tribune’s board is scheduled to meet early next week.  Go deeper: Tribune Media sells Long Island property for $54.5 million; Tronc reverts back to its old name after years of ridicule

Tribune Publishing gets acquisition bids from McClatchy, Donerail

A potential buyer for Tribune has been in the works for months.

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Investment firm Donerail Group and newspaper publishers McClatchy Co. and AIM Media submitted bids Thursday for Tribune Publishing Co., according to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Bloomberg" data-vars-click-url="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-01/tribune-publishing-is-said-to-get-bids-from-mcclatchy-donerail" data-vars-content-id="97992b8e-5ecf-491d-aa1e-628303e8e453" data-vars-headline="Tribune Publishing gets acquisition bids from McClatchy, Donerail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-01/tribune-publishing-is-said-to-get-bids-from-mcclatchy-donerail" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>. The big picture: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="In August," data-vars-click-url="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tronc-m-a-donerail-exclusive/exclusive-donerail-group-in-talks-to-buy-chicago-tribune-owner-tronc-sources-idUSKBN1KU28V" data-vars-content-id="97992b8e-5ecf-491d-aa1e-628303e8e453" data-vars-headline="Tribune Publishing gets acquisition bids from McClatchy, Donerail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tronc-m-a-donerail-exclusive/exclusive-donerail-group-in-talks-to-buy-chicago-tribune-owner-tronc-sources-idUSKBN1KU28V" target="_blank">In August,</a> Donerail was in talks with then-Tronc, which owns several publications including the New York Daily News, Baltimore Sun and Hartford Courant, about a potential acquisition. Tribune’s board is scheduled to meet early next week. Go deeper: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Tribune Media sells Long Island property for $54.5 million" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/tribune-media-newsday-sells-land-68b1a57e-c198-4029-879d-9291c6e572f0.html" data-vars-content-id="97992b8e-5ecf-491d-aa1e-628303e8e453" data-vars-headline="Tribune Publishing gets acquisition bids from McClatchy, Donerail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/tribune-media-newsday-sells-land-68b1a57e-c198-4029-879d-9291c6e572f0.html" target="_self">Tribune Media sells Long Island property for $54.5 million</a>; <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Tronc reverts back to its old name after years of ridicule" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/tronc-reverts-back-to-tribune-publishing-de7fc49c-b407-4e19-a292-29860cd0b795.html" data-vars-content-id="97992b8e-5ecf-491d-aa1e-628303e8e453" data-vars-headline="Tribune Publishing gets acquisition bids from McClatchy, Donerail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/tronc-reverts-back-to-tribune-publishing-de7fc49c-b407-4e19-a292-29860cd0b795.html" target="_self">Tronc reverts back to its old name after years of ridicule</a>

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