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Tribune Publishing Names
Louis Sito Vice President/Hispanic Media
Publisher of Hoy
has led strong growth at newspaper
CHICAGO, February 3, 2003 --
Tribune Publishing (NYSE:TRB)
today announced that Louis Sito, president, publisher and
chief executive officer of Hoy, one of the nation’s
largest Spanish-language daily newspapers, has been named
to the newly created position of vice president/Hispanic media.
In his new role, Sito will be responsible
for the strategic direction of Tribune Publishing’s
initiatives in Hispanic media and for coordinating group activities
that include Tribune’s four Spanish-language newspapers.
" Louie is ideally suited to capitalize
on the opportunity in this market," said Jack Fuller,
Tribune Publishing president. "Tribune’s existing
strong position in the major Hispanic markets across the country
provides us with great positioning. Louie is a proven leader
who will bring the same talent, vision and passion to the
job that he has shown in helping to make Hoy the fastest growing
Spanish-language newspaper in the country."
Since its launch in 1998, Sito has served
as the publisher of Hoy, now the No. 1 Spanish-language newspaper
in the New York metropolitan area.
"The success of Hoy has proven that
there is a great appetite for news in the Hispanic community,"
said Sito. "I am excited about the challenge ahead and
confident that Tribune’s solid reputation for quality
journalism will enable us to build on the momentum started
by Hoy."
Sito will also continue in his present
capacity at Hoy, and as president and chief executive officer
of DSA Community Publishing, the alternative distribution
and community publishing subsidiary of Newsday. He will continue
reporting to Raymond A. Jansen, Newsday’s publisher
and senior vice president of Tribune Publishing.
" Hoy opened a new advertising vehicle
for those looking to reach New York’s rapidly growing
Hispanic community," said Jansen. "Louie recognized
that this community had long been underserved by traditional
print media, and saw the opportunity to reach thousands of
new readers."
In addition to his responsibilities
for Hoy and DSA Community Publishing, since January 1999 Sito
has served as the senior vice president/sales responsible
for circulation, distribution and advertising sales at Newsday.
He joined Newsday in 1992 as general manager of DSA. From
1994 to 1999, he served as Newsday vice president/circulation
and distribution. Sito began his career with the Chicago Sun-Times
advancing through the ranks to become that paper’s executive
vice president/general manager.
Born in 1944, in Havana, Cuba, Sito
studied business and economics at Roosevelt University in
Chicago.
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Tribune Publishing is the leading U.S.
major-market newspaper group, with the third-largest total
circulation. The company operates 12 leading daily newspapers:
Los Angeles Times; Chicago Tribune; Newsday (Long Island,
N.Y.); The Baltimore Sun; South Florida Sun-Sentinel; Orlando
Sentinel; The Hartford Courant; The Morning Call (Allentown,
Pa.); Daily Press (Newport News, Va.); The Advocate (Stamford,
Conn.); Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Conn.); and Hoy, a Spanish-language
newspaper serving New York. Additional newspapers for Hispanic
consumers, each published weekly, are ¡Exito! in Chicago,
El Sentinel in Orlando and el Sentinel in South Florida. Tribune
also owns 50 percent of La Opinión, a Spanish-language
daily in Los Angeles. Tribune Publishing includes Tribune
Media Services, a leading provider of entertainment listings
and content syndication to print and electronic media, and
two 24-hour cable news channels: CLTV in Chicago and News
13, a partnership with Time Warner Communications in Orlando.
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