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Tribune Names New
Publisher at The Morning Call
CHICAGO, Feb.
27, 2006—Tribune Publishing, a division of Tribune Company
(NYSE:TRB), today announced that Timothy R. (Tim) Kennedy has
been named president, publisher and chief executive officer of
The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa., serving Lehigh Valley. Kennedy
has served as vice president/strategy and development for Tribune
Publishing since 2001, directing strategic planning and key growth
initiatives for the publishing group. He will assume his new duties
immediately.
“Tim
is a talented executive who is extremely familiar with the important
issues facing the newspaper industry,” said Kathy Waltz,
Tribune Publishing group vice president, who oversees The Morning
Call. “He’s a proven leader and gained hands-on experience
in his group role, where he helped expand our local publishing
businesses.”
Kennedy said,
“The Lehigh Valley is an exciting place to be and The Morning
Call is a wonderful newspaper. Fifty percent of adults in the
area read the newspaper daily and our websites and new print products,
like Merge, are growing rapidly. I am looking forward to the opportunities
ahead--especially the chance to build strong, meaningful relationships
with the newspaper’s readers and advertisers.”
Since joining
Tribune in 1994, Kennedy has held positions of increasing responsibility
with the company. He’s evaluated opportunities to build
Tribune’s publishing and interactive businesses, had responsibility
for negotiating financial and structural terms for investments
and acquisitions, and also recently served as interim chief operating
officer of Hoy, the company’s Spanish-language newspaper
in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Kennedy holds
a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Western Michigan
University and a master’s degree in business administration
from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
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CONTACTS:
» Media
Contacts:
Gary Weitman
gweitman@tribune.com
312/222-3394
Vicki Mayk
Director/Community Relations and Communications
The Morning Call
610/820-6719
» Investor
Contact:
Ruthellyn Musil
rmusil@tribune.com
312/222-3787
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THE MORNING
CALL, Allentown, Pa., is the leading regional newspaper for nine
counties in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has the fourth-largest
newspaper circulation in Pennsylvania. Its mcall.com is the region’s
No. 1 local website, delivering breaking news, features and classifieds.
The Morning Call also offers free publications serving the recruitment
and real estate markets and publishes a monthly lifestyle magazine,
Lehigh Valley Living, targeting selected high-income households.
A free weekly tabloid, Merge, and a target on-line venture, mergedigital.com,
serve the 18-34-year-old audience. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
is the 60th largest U.S. market in terms of households.
Tribune Publishing
is the leading U.S. major-market newspaper group, operating 11
daily newspapers: Los Angeles Times; Chicago Tribune; Newsday
(Long Island, N.Y.); The Sun (Baltimore); South Florida Sun-Sentinel;
Orlando Sentinel; Hartford Courant; The Morning Call (Allentown,
Pa.); Daily Press (Newport News, Va.); The Advocate (Stamford,
Conn.); and Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Conn.). The group also
offers a wide range of targeted publications such as RedEye, amNewYork
and Spanish-language Hoy. Tribune Publishing units include: Tribune
Interactive, operator of more than 50 websites attracting 13 million
unique visitors per month; Tribune Media Services, a provider
of syndicated content to print and electronic media; and CLTV,
a Chicago cable news channel. Key investment interests are CareerBuilder
(33% owned), Classified Ventures (28%), ShopLocal (33%) and Topix.net
(25%).
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