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Tribune Names William Shaw VP/GM WGN
Cable
CHICAGO, February 19, 2002 --
Tribune Cable President Michael Eigner
today announced that Bill Shaw has been named vice president/general
manager of WGN Superstation. He will manage the daily operations,
affiliate distribution, and sales for WGN Superstation effective
immediately.
Shaw joined Tribune Television as vice president/sales
in August 2001.
"WGN Superstation is an important asset
for Tribune Company," said Eigner. "Bill is a seasoned
professional whose leadership and marketing skills are ideally
suited to generate further growth for WGN Superstation."
Prior to joining Tribune, Shaw was president
and CEO of Fox Television Sales, the Fox/Petry joint venture
which handled national sales for the Fox owned and operated
stations. Previously, Shaw was president of Petry National
Television, which represented 83 television stations coast-to-coast.
"Cable is an exciting and challenging
market that offers Tribune substantial future growth,"
said Shaw. "WGN Superstation is widely viewed in both
cable and satellite homes reaching more than 56 million homes.
WGN delivers a large, attractive audience for advertisers
and offers enormous opportunity for subscriber growth and
increased advertising revenue."
Shaw will be based at Tribune Cable offices
in New York.
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TRIBUNE (NYSE:
TRB) is one of the country's premier media companies,
operating businesses in broadcasting, publishing and on the
Internet. It reaches more than 80 percent of U.S. households,
and is the only media company with television stations, newspapers
and Web sites in the nation's top three markets. Tribune media
span 23 major-market television stations, including national
superstation WGN-TV; 12 market-leading daily newspapers, including
the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Newsday; and news
and information Web sites in 18 of the nation's top 30 markets.
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