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The Baltimore Sun's parent said Wednesday that it plans to spin off its newspapers as a separate company, the latest move in the Tribune Co.'s effort to focus on the more profitable television industry.

One week after boosting its broadcasting holdings with the announcement of a deal to purchase 19 television stations, Tribune Co. said Wednesday morning it intends to spin off its publishing business into a separate company.

In summer 2007, a complicated deal to buy Tribune Co. and take it private reflected all the dangers of an easy-money era when caution was pushed aside.

After spending more than four years embroiled in a contentious Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, the reorganized Tribune Co. will emerge Monday under new owners and a newly appointed board, freed from its massive debt and facing an uncertain future, officials said.

Online hiring systems frustrate applicants and may overlook qualified candidates, contributing to employer complaints about a lack of skilled workers.

The federal judge in Tribune Co.'s long-running bankruptcy case said in a memorandum Friday that he would approve a reorganization plan proposed by the company and its largest creditors, overruling objections brought by numerous parties.

Baltimore is a great place for recent college graduates to settle down, according to a report released Thursday by major job- and apartment-hunting websites.

Even though nearly 14 million unemployed Americans are searching for work, some employers limit their hiring to preferred candidates: people who already have jobs.

As hiring begins to pick up, workers who held onto low-paying, unfulfilling or bad jobs through the recession now are starting to test the job market, workplace experts say.

For recent college graduates, the job outlook may be brightening, reflecting renewed optimism among employers, according to employment experts.