How juvenile was the Tribune under Randy Michaels?

Well, there's this from tonight's Chicago Tribune story.

Brown described an incident in 2008 when she had been given the task of organizing a Mardi Gras lunch for people on the sixth floor. The Cajun food she ordered came with a set of colorful beads and she put them on as she walked down the hallway. She said that when she encountered Michaels in the hallway he asked, "What did you have to do to earn those beads? Will you do that for me?"

Brown said she took it as a clear reference to the Mardi Gras tradition in which women earn beads for exposing their breasts.

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Several times earlier this year, Michaels and others gathered in the executive offices with laser pointers used to guide presentations, Tribune Tower sources said. Shining them out the window and laughing loudly enough to be heard down the hall, they targeted passing pedestrians and the office building across Michigan Avenue. Twice, according to officials of both buildings, Tribune Co. security received complaints that the lights were bothering neighboring occupants.

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One former Tribune Co. corporate employee said she had an interaction with Michaels that played a significant role in her decision to leave the company. It occurred shortly after Michaels arrived at Tribune, she said, when she was called to his office to review some documents with him. Michaels, she said, asked her to come around to his side of the desk, even though there was no chair. As she stood next to him, he asked her to lean down and move closer so that eventually she was crouching at his side, which made her feel uncomfortable.

"Then he looked at me and said, 'Did anyone tell you that you'd look really good on your knees?'" she recalled.

Hey, but at least Michaels and the rest of the radio yahoos were innovative and saved the company. Oh wait. They're in bankruptcy.

Earlier tonight: LAT publisher part of Tribune succession plan for Michaels *