Former Tribune CEO Michaels Arrested for DUI in Ohio

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 14, 2011 4:00PM

Randy Michaels, the man who brought frat house antics to Tribune Co. as its former CEO, turned the office of Colonel Robert McCormick into a makeshift casino and put the final nail in Q101's coffin, was arrested in Ohio on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. That sound you hear in the distance isn't the wind; it's the snickering of scores of local media professionals reacting to the news.

Michaels ( real name Benjamin Homel) was stopped at State Route 122 and I-75 at 2:05 a.m. in Middeltown, OH. He bonded himself out at 5:20 a.m. Friday after he paid $615. We're shocked - shocked, we say - to hear Michaels' christened name isn't "Randy Michaels."