1. ‘I made mistakes and I hurt myself, my family and others.’ — F. David Radler, former Chicago Sun-Times publisher, in a statement during his sentencing to two years and five months in prison
2. ‘There will be a final surge, undoubtedly, but it will be engineered with an avalanche of sales.’ — Kurt Barnard, president of Retail Forecasting LLC in New York
3. ‘Randy is one of those charismatic, over-the-top brilliant people who is polarizing.’ — Tom Taylor, executive news editor of Radio-Info.com, on Randy Michaels who was hired to head Tribune Co.’s Internet and broadcast operations by Chairman and CEO Sam Zell
4. ‘I became the CEO today because I felt that I needed to be a direct agent of change and I promise you won’t be disappointed in me fulfilling that objective.’ — Sam Zell, Tribune Co.’s new chairman and chief executive
5. ‘That is speculative at this point.’ — La-Van Hawkins, the South Side fast-food entrepreneur, on having to report to federal prison in January to serve a 33-month sentence for his role in attempting to bribe the treasurer of Philadelphia
