From Gawker [1]:

Salty billionaire Sam Zell has long been known for his foul mouth and abrasive demeanor, rough edges that helped the real estate magnate build a reputation as a feisty and iconoclastic investor. But Zell’s bluntness backfired at a Jan. 31 meeting of Orlando Sentinel staff after Zell said “[f] you” to a journalist who twice questioned him about softening news coverage. Most staff did not hear the insult until they watched the incident on video, one source said, in a recording that has been making the rounds and generating buzz within the Sentinel. The target of Zell’s curse was photographer Sara Fajardo, and Zell called her at least twice the weekend to apologize, the source said. [See] exclusive video of Zell’s brazen insult. [2]

From Crain’s Chicago Business [3] on the same story:

Sam Zell, Tribune Co.’s new chairman, isn’t one for censorship — especially, it seems, of himself.

At a meeting last week with employees of the Tribune-owned Orlando Sentinel, Mr. Zell directed a vulgar comment, commonly referred to as the “f-bomb,” at a photographer who had asked him about the direction of news coverage under his leadership. The videotaped exchange was posted to media gossip Web site Gawker and video-hosting site YouTube.