 When that venture—called Alliance News—failed, for a while the "Sun-Times" used the part-time help of Medill News Service, staffed by unpaid journalism students from the Medill School of Journalism.The "Sun-Times", however, was barred from receiving the New City News Service wire because of its being in competition with the "Tribune".Though the "Tribune" had been hailed by former City Newsers as a savior of CNB, on December 1, 2005, the "Tribune" informed the 19 employees of City News Service that their jobs were being eliminated as part of cost-cutting measures going on throughout the Tribune Company.