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Tribune Publishing's Howard Tyner
to Retire, Gerould Kern Named VP/Editorial
CHICAGO,
December 8, 2003
-- Tribune Publishing announced
today that Howard Tyner, vice president/editorial, and a
former editor of the Chicago Tribune , will retire
effective December 31. Gerould Kern, who has served as
the group's editorial director since 2001, will succeed
Tyner.
"Howard was editor of the Chicago
Tribune from
1993 to 2001, a period of extraordinary journalistic
achievement, and he helped lead the way into the multimedia
age," said Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing president.
"Following Tribune's merger with Times Mirror in 2000,
Howard took on new responsibilities as vice-president/editorial
of Tribune Publishing. Since then, he has led the effort
to get the maximum advantage from our size and the quality
of our journalism ."
Tyner joined the Tribune in 1977 after 10
years in Europe with United Press International as a
foreign correspondent. After five years of covering a
broad range of domestic and international stories, he
was appointed Moscow bureau chief in 1982. In 1985, he
became the Tribune's foreign editor and, in
1988, was named associate managing editor/foreign and
national news. He became deputy managing editor in 1990
and associate editor/features in 1992.
In September 1993, Tyner was appointed the 19 th editor
of the Chicago Tribune . During his
tenure, the newspaper earned six Pulitzer Prizes, two
Robert Kennedy awards and numerous other citations. The Tribune's renovated
Chicago newsroom and the Tribune Media Center in Washington
each opened under his supervision. Both facilities remain
centerpieces for Tribune Company's groundbreaking and
internationally recognized multimedia news strategy.
In February 2001, Tyner relinquished the Tribune editorship
to focus exclusively on his role with Tribune Publishing.
"Tribune has led the industry in
recognizing how newspapers have to change to remain successful
and then in making it happen," said Tyner. "It's
been a genuine honor to have been part of that process."
Gerould Kern, who has served as Tribune Publishing's
editorial director for the past two years, will succeed
Tyner as vice president/editorial.
"Gerry is the ideal person to assume
Howard's duties," said
Fuller. "His talent, depth of experience, and knowledge
of Tribune will serve the company, our newspapers and
our readers very well in the years ahead."
As editorial director, Kern established a network linking
the newsrooms of Tribune Publishing's 13 daily newspapers,
increasing cooperation and the flow of content between
them. As a result, the volume of content sharing more
than tripled. Shared Tribune newspaper content is now
the second-leading supplemental source of news across
the group and the fastest growing. Kern also developed
an entirely new system of editorial metrics that for
the first time permits editors to understand publishing
patterns in a scientific way, making possible more creative
and efficient use of resources.
"This is a unique moment for us to
rethink the way we cover and present the news to our
readers by taking advantage of the enormous range of
talent across our newspapers," Kern
said. "I am very excited about Tribune's role in shaping
the future of media."
Kern joined the Chicago Tribune in 1991 after
serving as managing editor and then executive editor
of The Daily Herald , Chicago 's top suburban
newspaper, during a time when it was one of the fastest
growing dailies in the United States . He directed the Tribune's suburban
coverage as part of a major regionalization program and
was named associate managing editor for metropolitan
news in 1993.
Kern was appointed deputy managing editor/features in
1995 and directed the development of new sections and
several major reporting projects. During his tenure,
the Tribune's features staff won many national journalism
awards including the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in
1999. He became the Tribune's associate editor
in 2001 before assuming the corporate role of editorial
director.
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Tribune Publishing is
the leading U.S. major-market newspaper group, with the third-largest
total circulation. The company operates 13 leading 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.); Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Conn.); and Hoy, a
Spanish-language newspaper published in New York and Chicago.
Additional newspapers for Hispanic consumers, each published
weekly, are El Sentinel in Orlando and el Sentinel in
South Florida . Tribune also owns 50% 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; Tribune Interactive, a top source of online news and
information; and two regional 24-hour cable news channels:
CLTV in Chicago and News 13, a partnership with Bright House
Networks in Orlando . Investment interests include CareerBuilder
(33%) and Classified Ventures (29%). |
