Early this morning, FTVLive told you that Tribune was looking to buy up the Local LLC stations for $2.73 billion in cash. 

Now FTVLive has obtained the internal email sent out by Tribune CEO Peter Liguori to the staff. 

Liguori tells the staff in the email that since he joined the company they have looking to "strategically transform the company into a multi-platform content and distribution powerhouse."

Here is a copy of the email that was sent out: