Tower Ticker |  The Chicago Tribune and other Tribune Co. newspapers have signed a multiyear agreement to become charter subscribers to the new Reuters America wire service, a move that will make them less reliant on Associated Press for print and online content.

Though Tribune Co. papers have experimented since May with eschewing AP content in news, business and features — and, in selected trial weeks, sports as well — there is  no plan by the newspapers to drop the 164-year-old wire service whose content is ubiquitous in print and online. Get the full story »