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Tribune Appoints Executives
in Publishing Group
Jack Fuller to retire
Dec. 31
Scott
Smith named Tribune Publishing Chief Operating Officer
David
Hiller appointed Chicago Tribune Publisher
CHICAGO, October 27, 2004 -- Tribune
Company today announced that Jack Fuller, president of the
company’s publishing group, will retire and also step
down from the company’s board of directors at the end
of 2004. Scott Smith, president and publisher of the Chicago
Tribune, has been named chief operating officer of the publishing
group, effective Nov. 1; he will replace Fuller on Jan. 1,
2005. David Hiller, senior vice president of the publishing
group, will succeed Smith at the Chicago Tribune.
"Jack has had a distinguished, award-winning
career in journalism, and has earned the respect of colleagues
and competitors alike," said Dennis FitzSimons,
Tribune chairman, president and chief executive officer.
"He played a key role in our acquisition of Times Mirror
Company in 2000 and his guidance has been important to
Tribune’s growth as we’ve expanded our publishing
operations."
Fuller was named president of Tribune
Publishing in 1997 and joined Tribune Company’s
board of directors in 2001. He started as a copyboy
at the Chicago Tribune, and later served as a Tribune
reporter in Chicago and Washington. Fuller was vice
president and editor of the Chicago Tribune from 1989
to 1993, and won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing
in 1986. He was appointed publisher of the newspaper
in 1994.
Smith was named president and publisher
of the Chicago Tribune in 1997. He held the same titles
at Sun-Sentinel Company in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from
1993 to 1997. Prior to that he was responsible for
Tribune Company strategic planning, acquisitions and
new venture investments from 1991 to 1993, and served
as the company’s
chief financial officer from 1985 to 1991.
"Scott’s talent and breadth
of experience as the former publisher of two of our newspapers
make him the ideal person to lead our publishing group,"
said FitzSimons. "Under his leadership, the Chicago
Tribune won five Pulitzer Prizes and was widely recognized
for outstanding journalism."
Hiller was appointed senior vice president
of Tribune Publishing in February 2003, overseeing The
Baltimore Sun, Hartford Courant, Tribune Media Services
and other operations. He was president of Tribune Interactive
from 2000 until March 2004, and Tribune senior vice president/development
from 1993 to 2000. Hiller joined the company in 1988
as vice president/general counsel, serving in that role
until 1993.
"David has made many key contributions
to Tribune both in the publishing group and at the corporate
level," FitzSimons
said. "He brings a terrific skill set to the Chicago
Tribune, including an expertise with interactive technologies
that will play an important role in the newspaper’s
growth."
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TRIBUNE (NYSE:
TRB) is one of the
country’s top media companies, operating businesses
in broadcasting and publishing. It reaches more than
80 percent of U.S. households and is the only media organization
with television stations, newspapers and websites in
the nation’s top three markets. In publishing,
Tribune operates 14 leading daily newspapers including
the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune,
Newsday and Spanish-language Hoy, plus
a wide range of targeted publications. The company’s
broadcasting group operates 26 television stations, Superstation
WGN on national cable, Chicago ’s WGN-AM and the
Chicago Cubs baseball team. Popular news and information
websites complement Tribune’s print and broadcast
properties and extend the company’s nationwide
audience.
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