Sam Zell Tours Newsday This Afternoon

Sam Zell is taking a New York tour today, and it concludes in Melville where he's taking a tour of Newsday offices. At 3:30 this afternoon, Mr. Zell will conduct a "Town Hall" meeting with reporters and editors in the Pinelawn auditorium. Randy Michaels, Mr. Zell's partner, will be by his side and the meeting is schedule to last two hours.

Here is his entire schedule today, as given to Media Mob by a Newsday insider:

9-10:00am: amNew York

10:30-11:30: WPIX

12:00-1:00 2 Park Avenue

3:30-5:30: Newsday

UPDATE: An eye-witness tells us that Mr. Zell's New York tour got off to a bumpy start. At amNew York's West Side office this morning, Mr. Zell apparently had to walk down 17 flights of stairs because, as is often the case, the elevator wasn't working.