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Jun 06 2008 12:00am EDT

Late Breaks: A Death in Chicago, Departure in L.A.

McGraw Hill kills off BW Chicago, its experiment with a local business monthly, after only eight issues. Poor ad sales were blamed. [Chicago Business] via [Romenesko]

Los Angeles Times foreign editor Marjorie Miller will return to writing after six years in the job, during which Times foreign correspondents won one Pulitzer Prize and were nominated for three more. [L AT] via [Romenesko]

The New York Observer looks at today's stories in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times about the somewhat mysterious departure of HarperCollins chief Jane Friedman. [NYO]

In Portfolio's April issue, Duff McDonald tried to calculate how much Sam Zell might fetch for the Chicago Cubs. Now that the Cubs have the best record in baseball, could the price go even higher? [WSJ]

by George Quraishi

(Jeff Bercovici is on vacation)


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