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Tribune Publishing's David Hiller
Expands Responsibilities, Group CFO Jerry Agema Promoted
CHICAGO,
December 8, 2003
-- Tribune Publishing (NYSE:TRB)
today announced that David Hiller, president/interactive
and senior vice president/publishing, will expand his responsibilities
to include oversight of The Baltimore Sun and Tribune Publishing's
Hispanic media. In addition, Jerry Agema, vice president/administration
and chief financial officer, has been promoted to senior
vice president, effective immediately. Agema will continue
in his role in administration and finance, and will also
oversee strategy and development, human resources and
technology within the publishing group.
"David and Jerry
are two of the most talented and experienced individuals
in Tribune Publishing," said Jack Fuller,
Tribune Publishing president.
Hiller is currently responsible
for Tribune Interactive, Tribune Classified Services,
Tribune Media Service, The Hartford Courant and
CLTV. His expanded role will add responsibility for
the Pulitzer Prize-winning Sun and
Tribune Publishing's Hispanic media division that coordinates
group activities among the company's Spanish-language
newspapers, including the New York and Chicago editions
of Hoy.
Hiller was appointed senior vice president/publishing
in February 2003, and president of Tribune Interactive
in May 2000. From 1993 to 2000, Hiller served as Tribune
Company senior vice president/development, with responsibility
for strategic planning, acquisitions and new-venture
investments. He was Tribune's vice president/general
counsel from 1988 to 1993.
Agema was named vice president/administration and chief
financial officer of Tribune Publishing in March 2001.
Before that, he served as vice president/administration
and chief financial officer of Tribune Broadcasting from
1988 to 2001. He was Tribune Company's assistant controller
from 1979 until he joined the broadcast group in 1985
as director/finance and chief financial officer.
"Jerry has done an outstanding job
leading group administration and finance," said Fuller.
"For more than 20 years at Tribune he served in several
senior financial and administrative roles -- our newspaper
division will be well-served by his talent and experience." :: :: ::
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%). |
