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Scott
Smith
President
Tribune Publishing
Scott C. Smith became president of Tribune
Publishing in January 2005. He oversees the company’s
leading metropolitan newspapers as well as related publishing
and interactive businesses which together reach over 15
million people every week and generate more than $4 billion
in annual revenue.
Previously, Smith was president, publisher
and chief executive officer of Chicago Tribune Company,
the Midwest’s daily
newspaper and its related developing businesses. During his
tenure, which began in 1997, the Chicago Tribune celebrated
its 150th anniversary, achieved record financial results
and won five Pulitzer Prizes for journalistic excellence.
Smith has been a Tribune executive for
25 years. From 1993 to 1997, he was president, publisher
and chief operating officer of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He served from 1991 to 1993 as Tribune
senior vice president/development; from 1985 to 1991 as
Tribune’s chief financial officer;
and held a series of corporate finance positions from 1977
to 1985.
A native of the Chicago area, born September
13, 1950, Smith holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and
a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s
Kellogg School of Management. He started his career with
the Northern Trust Company in Chicago.
Smith serves as a director of the Newspaper Association
of America, chairing the public policy committee. His civic
board memberships include the McCormick Tribune Foundation,
Chicago Public Education Fund, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and National-Louis University.
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