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Ed Wilson
Chief Revenue Officer, Tribune Co.
President,
Tribune Broadcasting
In December 2008, Tribune Company appointed Ed Wilson as chief revenue officer with responsibility for growing the company’s publishing, broadcasting and interactive revenues. He is also president of Tribune Broadcasting, overseeing the company’s 23 television stations, WGN America, and WGN Radio.
Before joining Tribune in February 2008, Wilson served as president of the Fox Television Network from 2004 to 2008. In his position he was responsible for network sports and entertainment sales, legal standards and practices along with Fox's 200 affiliated stations.
In 2000, Wilson helped found NBC Enterprises and served as its first president. In that capacity he supervised foreign and domestic syndication, merchandising, licensing, music and publishing, as well as domestic and foreign co-productions and co-ventures. Prior to that, Wilson was president and Chief Operating Officer of CBS Enterprises and Entertainment.
In 1994, Wilson founded his own syndication company, MaXaM Entertainment, in partnership with A.H. Belo Corp. The company was sold to CBS in January 1996. Following the sale he became President and Chief Operating Officer of CBS Enterprises and Entertainment. Wilson was responsible for Domestic and International Sales of CBS network programming, as well as production of original programming.
Wilson was born and raised in Rison, Ark., and he is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, where he was named an Outstanding Alumni in 2007. He is married and has two children. Wilson currently sits on the Board of the USO and the Board of Trustees at Southern Methodist University.
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