Judge Kevin Carey of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware is allowing limited access to a confidential report that criticizes the debt-laden buyout of newspaper publisher Tribune. The judge says parties in the case may look at the full version of the report filed by a court-appointed examiner. The report concludes that talks leading up to the buyout of Tribune Co. had bordered on fraud. Whether the public can see it will be discussed at a court hearing August 3. The version now available is missing hundreds of pages of information because some lenders objected to the release of confidential information.
