Phil Rosenthal (born July 14, 1963) is a general and sports media columnist, formerly of the Chicago Tribune.
He joined the newspaper in early 2005 as a business writer, authoring the "Tower Ticker" column, and was promoted in June 2011, before taking a buyout in June 2021 after Tribune Publishing was bought out by Alden Global Capital.
Rosenthal was born in Chicago and grew up in Lake Bluff, Illinois.
He has been chairman of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication's Board of Visitors.
Rosenthal's mother was once Lake Bluff's village clerk and served on the local high school board.