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Tribune Interactive Announces Enhanced
Content Agreement with Yahoo! News
Chicagotribune.com and
Latimes.com provide national news
Nine of company's top newspaper websites
provide local news
CHICAGO, January 15, 2004 --
Tribune Interactive, a leader in interactive
news and information and a subsidiary of Tribune Company
(NYSE:TRB), today announced a content agreement with Yahoo!
Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) to provide national and local headlines
and news stories to Yahoo!® News. The companies began
sharing local news content in 2001. This renewed agreement,
which began in late December 2003, enhances that partnership
by adding national headlines and news stories from the award-winning Chicago
Tribune and Los
Angeles Times , as well as local headlines and news
stories from nine of Tribune's newspaper websites.
"We are pleased to renew our successful
content sharing agreement with Yahoo! News," said David
Hiller, Tribune Interactive president and Tribune Publishing
senior vice president. "When
consumers turn to the Web for news they look for credible
sources and trusted brands. This agreement enables Tribune's
newspapers to extend its valued news content to millions
of Yahoo! users."
Chicagotribune.com and latimes.com are providing
national headlines and top news stories daily. Tribune Interactive
websites supplying local news and headlines include latimes.com,
chicagotribune.com, newsday.com, sunspot.net ( The Baltimore
Sun ), sun-sentinel.com (South Florida Sun-Sentinel),
orlandosentinel.com, ctnow.com (The Hartford Courant),
mcall.com (Allentown, Pa.'s The Morning Call) and
dailypress.com (Hampton Roads, Va.'s Daily Press).
All stories displayed on Yahoo! News include a link to the
Tribune Interactive websites.
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Tribune Interactive is among the leading
news and information networks in the country, operating more
than 50 Web sites and attracting more than 9 million unique
visitors per month. The group manages all aspects of Tribune
Company's newspaper and television sites, plus numerous special-interest
sites such as those offering local dining and entertainment
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