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Tribune Names New Publisher at Daily
Press
Media Veteran Digby Solomon to Lead
Virginia Newspaper and Interactive Operations
CHICAGO,
January 31, 2007 --Tribune Publishing,
a division of Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), today announced
that Digby A. Solomon Diez has been named president, publisher
and chief executive officer of Daily Press, Inc., Newport
News, Va., effective immediately. He will lead the Daily
Press, the semi-weekly Virginia Gazette and all related operations.
"Digby brings a unique blend of talents to the role
of publisher of the Daily Press," said Kathleen M.
Waltz, who oversees the newspaper as a Tribune Publishing
group vice president in addition to her duties as publisher
of the Orlando Sentinel. "His leadership experience
in print and interactive, and on both the news and business
sides of media, is a rare combination."
Solomon has served as publisher of Tribune’s Spanish-language
daily newspaper, Hoy, since 2004. Javier J. Aldape, Hoy editor
and vice president/product and audience development, has
been named Hoy’s acting publisher.
After joining Tribune in 1990, Solomon
spent more than seven years at the Daily Press, serving
as a reporter, assistant metro editor, business editor
and director/new media. He also managed the Daily Press’s
launch of online operations in 1992 as general manager
of Digital City Hampton Roads, in partnership with America
Online.
"I’m thrilled to be coming back
home to the Peninsula and the two organizations the region
depends upon for its news -- the Daily Press and The Virginia
Gazette," said
Solomon. "We have great people and great products,
in print and online, with lots of exciting plans to grow."
Before becoming publisher, Solomon served as vice president/general
manager of Hoy’s Chicago edition, launched in 2003,
and director/general manager of ¡Exito!, a Spanish-language
predecessor published weekly by Chicago Tribune Company.
From 1999 to 2003, he served as general manager of Chicago
Tribune Interactive, overseeing chicagotribune.com, metromix.com
and ChicagoSports.com, and from 1998 to 1999, he was general
manager/interactive at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
At Daily Press, Inc., Solomon succeeds
Rondra J. Matthews, who was appointed president, publisher
and chief executive officer of Baltimore Sun Company in
September. Since then, Ernie Gates, Daily Press vice president/editor,
has also served as the newspaper’s acting publisher.
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Tribune Publishing is the leading U.S.
major-market newspaper group. Daily newspapers include: 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.); RedEye (Chicago);
and amNewYork. In addition, Spanish-language Hoy is published
in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Other Tribune Publishing
businesses are: Tribune Interactive, operator of more than
50 websites attracting 14 million unique visitors per month;
Tribune Media Services, a provider of syndicated content
to print and electronic media; and CLTV, a Chicago cable
news channel. Key investment interests are CareerBuilder
(42% owned), Classified Ventures (28%), ShopLocal (42%) and
Topix.net (33.7%). |
