brian p. tierney

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 5:30PM 10/22/2009
    After leading an investment team to buy The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2006, Brian P. Tierney invited the widow of its onetime owner, Walter Annenberg, to visit him in her husband's old office. While visiting, Lenore Annenberg noted that Tierney had situated his desk differently from her...

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 9:30AM 2/25/2009
    The downfall of wannabe media tycoon Brian P. Tierney is a sight to see. Two months before his company, which controls Philadelphia's dominant newspapers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Tierney decided he deserved a 40% raise. At the same time, he asked his unionized workforce to give...