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December 2008 Pages Report December 2008 Page Page Views 1. Selling Christmas during the Great Depression - Chicago Tribune / business - photoga. 221,397 8.7% 2. Milwaukee neighborhoods could print own money - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 201,309 7.9% 3. Chicago Tribune / business - Front. 163,460 6.4% 4. Tribune Company history - Chicago Tribune / business - photoga. 77,224 3.0% 5. chicagotribune.com / business / archives - story. 73,999 2.9% 6. No messing around when it comes to Obama motorcade - Chicago Tribune / business / 39,501 1.5% autocorn - column. 7. List of victims in alleged US Ponzi scheme include - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 37,768 1.5% 8. Christie Hefner talks to the Tribune about leaving - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 37,690 1.5% 9. Tribune Co. properties - Chicago Tribune / business - photoga. 36,140 1.4% 10. Top 10 Gadgets of 2008 - Chicago Tribune / business - photoga. 35,606 1.4% 11. Tribune Co. files for bankruptcy protection - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 32,695 1.3% 12. As clock ticks, will sales click? - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 30,066 1.2% 13. 5 shocking revelations from the criminal complaint - Chicago Tribune / business / columnis - 23,413 0.9% column. 14. Tribune Co. hires bankruptcy advisers - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 21,815 0.9% 15. At least 3 bidders for Cubs in new round - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 21,255 0.8% 16. Cubs sale unchanged - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 18,319 0.7% 17. Trample death sparks effort to bring Black Friday - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 17,633 0.7% 18. Deutsche Bank sues Trump over hotel loan - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 17,474 0.7% 19. Family sues Disney over bassinet death - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 15,358 0.6% 20. More callers are cutting the landline cord - Chicago Tribune / business / technology - story. 14,896 0.6% 21. Bowing to states pressure, MillerCoors to stop mi - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 14,540 0.6% 22. Time off the air takes toll on Dahl - Chicago Tribune / business / columnists - column. 14,260 0.6% 23. Death at Wal-Mart - Chicago Tribune / business - photoga. 13,409 0.5% 24. Three Oaks goes broke: Michigan resort town s fina - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 12,717 0.5% Tribune Interactive | ChicagoTribune.com Version 14. (c) 1997-2009 by Omniture, Inc. | Patent, Trademark and License at http://www2.omniture.com/p/suite/current/license.html | CONFIDENTIAL Pages Report December 2008 25. Chicago restaurant inspections - Chicago Tribune / business - htmlsto. 12,017 0.5% 26. Former anchorman Bill Kurtis hasn t lost his voice - Chicago Tribune / business / columnis - 11,792 0.5% column. 27. Kellogg School of Management accidentally sends ac - Chicago Tribune / business / content / - 11,399 0.4% story. 28. Chicago Tribune focused on serving customers - Chicago Tribune / business - htmlsto. 11,277 0.4% 29. Top 10 Sellers: No upside - Chicago Tribune / business / autocorner - photoga. 11,180 0.4% 30. Chicago neurosurgeon being considered for U.S. Sur - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 10,925 0.4% 31. U.S. investigating Northwestern Memorial - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 10,919 0.4% 32. Duncan to join Obama Cabinet - Chicago Tribune / business / content / education - story. 10,744 0.4% 33. Highflying days over for online travel sites - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 10,740 0.4% 34. United to layoff nearly 1,200 after holiday rush - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 9,974 0.4% 35. Jamar J Niice McNeil and Julian Nieh named morni - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 9,488 0.4% 36. Casino gaming thrives on monkey business - Chicago Tribune / news / columnists - column. 9,082 0.4% 37. Wal-Mart worker died of asphyxiation, autopsy find - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 8,957 0.4% 38. Sara Lee to outsource 700 jobs - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 8,811 0.3% 39. Northern to cut 4 percent of workforce - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 8,667 0.3% 40. Falling oil prices endanger alternative sources - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 8,443 0.3% 41. Wall Street tumble was preceded by financial bonan - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 8,429 0.3% 42. Republic Windows closing doors - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,978 0.3% 43. Bally s falls into bankruptcy again - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,965 0.3% 44. Mortgage rates drop on dramatic Fed moves, but lay - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,904 0.3% 45. Department store holiday windows in New York and b - Chicago Tribune / business - photoga. 7,840 0.3% 46. Motorola freezes pension plans, cuts co-CEOs pay - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,545 0.3% 47. Ford says may make profit in 2011 without loans; C - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,422 0.3% 48. Is my iPhone still cool? - Chicago Tribune / business / technology - story. 7,385 0.3% 49. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal adds 100 lawyers - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,190 0.3% 50. Virgin s airline drops Chicago plans - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,172 0.3% 51. Phil Rosenthal - Chicago Tribune / business / columnists - columni. 7,145 0.3% 52. On the verge of failure, bank executives collected - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,126 0.3% 53. Barbie makes Bratz bow out - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,110 0.3% 54. Wrigley back in play? - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,093 0.3% 55. Web footprints leave easy trail - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,059 0.3% 56. CNN news Ticker is replaced by the Flipper - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,039 0.3% 57. Deep discounts fail to rouse local shoppers from r - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 7,019 0.3% 58. CTA sheds light on new subway emergency efforts - Chicago Tribune / business / autocorner - 6,995 0.3% column. 59. Grocery coupons catch attention of a new audience - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 6,930 0.3% 60. Customers of Citibank lose account access for hour - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 6,905 0.3% 61. Prices for flat-screen TVs will not go higher - Chicago Tribune / business / technology - column. 6,798 0.3% 62. United, Continental favor living together - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 6,584 0.3% Tribune Interactive | ChicagoTribune.com Version 14. (c) 1997-2009 by Omniture, Inc. | Patent, Trademark and License at http://www2.omniture.com/p/suite/current/license.html | CONFIDENTIAL Pages Report December 2008 63. City s airwaves are a-changin - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 6,569 0.3% 64. 10 cool board games for winter revelry - Chicago Tribune / business / columnists - column. 6,562 0.3% 65. Design Challenge - Chicago Tribune / business - photoga. 6,231 0.2% 66. National Bureau of Economic Research panel says US - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 6,209 0.2% 67. Tribune Co., State of Illinois in Wrigley Field sa - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 6,202 0.2% 68. Macy s Woodfield store to stay open 24 hours start - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,770 0.2% 69. Obama s birthday suit, and models too - Chicago Tribune / business / columnists - column. 5,729 0.2% 70. The cost of corruption - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,711 0.2% 71. Cash concerns spur some to part with collector s i - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,697 0.2% 72. Stocks fall sharply on consumer spending worries, - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,671 0.2% 73. Economy influences the decision to have babies - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,545 0.2% 74. United Airlines plans to lay off 1,200 workers - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,530 0.2% 75. Chicago Tribune / business / columnists - Front. 5,505 0.2% 76. Christie Hefner through the years - Chicago Tribune / business - photoga. 5,399 0.2% 77. Director dumps nearly half of Sears holdings - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,359 0.2% 78. Yugo, I follow - Chicago Tribune / business / autocorner - photoga. 5,344 0.2% 79. Jon Hilkevitch - Chicago Tribune / business / autocorner - columni. 5,281 0.2% 80. Bad weather prompts FedEx to keep sorting stations - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,261 0.2% 81. Barack Obama, others say Republic is an example of - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,256 0.2% 82. Diet aids may slim only your wallet - Chicago Tribune / business / columnists - column. 5,220 0.2% 83. Kimball Hill Homes to halt building starts, wind d - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,172 0.2% 84. Christie Hefner stepping down as Playboy CEO - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,139 0.2% 85. Colleges give new aid to keep students afloat - Chicago Tribune / business / content / educ - 5,136 0.2% story. 86. Chrysler is closing all 30 of its manufacturing pl - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,108 0.2% 87. FOUNDATION CRUMBLES ON KIMBALL HILL - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,051 0.2% 88. Kanye-Colbert smackdown - Chicago Tribune / business / columnists - column. 5,042 0.2% 89. Foundation crumbles on Kimball Hill - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,039 0.2% 90. Macy s at Woodfield Mall to stay open 24 hours a d - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,030 0.2% 91. Wal-Mart may try again to open 2nd Chicago store - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 5,000 0.2% 92. Consumers to be spared from higher rates on existi - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 4,973 0.2% 93. Arne Duncan to tackle No Child policy as Obama s - Chicago Tribune / business / content / - 4,967 0.2% story. 94. Colbert, SpongeBob may be dropped from Time Wa - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 4,929 0.2% 95. Don t expect this to be a year of recovery or even - Chicago Tribune / business - story. 4,909 0.2% 96. Chicago Tribune / business / autocorner - Front. 4,780 0.2% 97. Chicago during the Great Depression - Chicago Tribune / business - photoga.
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