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Tim Dukes Named Vice President/Promotions for Tribune Broadcasting and Interactive
Leaves Stability of Wall Street Firm For Career At “New” Tribune
CHICAGO, July 9, 2008 -- Tim Dukes has joined Tribune Company as vice
president/promotions for its broadcasting and interactive divisions. During his 20-plus
years in the media business, Dukes held on-air and management positions in the radio
industry in such markets as Tampa, Cincinnati, San Diego, Atlanta, and Chicago. He left
radio and joined Wachovia Securities’ private client group in April 2007.
"Sean Compton, the SVP/programming for our broadcasting division, and I wanted one
special person to lead our national promotional efforts online and on-air and to
complement the existing product pros at Tribune," said Marc Chase, Tribune Interactive
president. "When that person wasn’t available, we went to Tim instead. We proudly told
COO Randy Michaels that we didn’t go back to the radio well for this one -- we actually
got a guy from Wall Street!"
Dukes added, "I ignored Marc and Sean at first. I was finally in a respectable career and
hoped they’d stop calling. Then they showed up in my office lobby, and like Jake and
Elwood in The Blues Brothers restaurant scene, set out to embarrass me at work -- tossing food into each others mouths, locking arms while eating shrimp cocktail, and talking in
lousy French accents. I resigned on the spot just so they’d knock it off."
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TRIBUNE is America’s largest employee-owned media company, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing, Tribune’s leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.), The Sun (Baltimore), South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, Morning Call and Daily Press. The company’s broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America 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. At Tribune we take what we do seriously and with a great deal of pride. We also value the creative spirit and are nurturing a corporate culture that doesn’t take itself too seriously. |
