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Tribune Co.

COMPANY

Owner of the Chicago Tribune, plus several other newspapers and television stations. In 2000, Tribune purchased Times Mirror Co., owner of The Los Angeles Times. Billionaire Samuel Zell purchased Tribune Co. in 2007, taking it private. Delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in 2008, it filed for bankruptcy protection also in 2008.

Official Website:
http://www.tribune.com/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
NYSE:TRB (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Chicago, IL

Sales:
$5.6B (2005)

Employees:
22,500

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dennis J. FitzSimons
Business
26-Jun-1950   CEO of Tribune Co., 2003-07
David D. Hiller
Publisher
12-Jun-1953   LA Times publisher, 2006-08
John W. Madigan
Business
7-Jun-1937   CEO of Tribune Co., 1995-2002
Robert McCormick
Business
30-Jul-1880 1-Apr-1955 Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower
Scott C. Smith
Publisher
13-Sep-1950   President of Tribune Publishing, 2005-08
Samuel Zell
Business
28-Sep-1941   Equity Office Properties billionaire

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jeffrey S. Berg
Business
c. 1947   CEO, International Creative Management
Brian L. Greenspun
Business
c. 1945   Editor of the Las Vegas Sun
Betsy D. Holden
Business
1956   CEO of Kraft Foods, 2001-03
William A. Osborn
Business
14-Oct-1947   CEO of Northern Trust, 1995-2008
William C. Pate
Business
c. 1963   Equity Group Investments
Mark Shapiro
Business
c. 1970   CEO of Six Flags
Maggie Wilderotter
Business
9-Feb-1955   CEO of Citizens Communications
Frank Wood
Business
c. 1941   Secret Communications LLC
Samuel Zell
Business
28-Sep-1941   Equity Office Properties billionaire

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dennis J. FitzSimons
Business
26-Jun-1950   CEO of Tribune Co., 2003-07
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
Business
2-Nov-1955   Inter-Con Security Systems
John W. Madigan
Business
7-Jun-1937   CEO of Tribune Co., 1995-2002
Robert McCormick
Business
30-Jul-1880 1-Apr-1955 Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower
Andrew J. McKenna
Business
17-Sep-1929   Owner of Schwarz Paper
Newton N. Minow
Government
17-Jan-1926   FCC Chairman, 1961-63
Robert S. Morrison
Business
c. 1941   Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 2003-05
James J. O'Connor
Business
15-Mar-1937   CEO of Commonwealth Edison, 1980-98
J. Christopher Reyes
Business
c. 1954   Reyes Holdings LLC
Donald Rumsfeld
Government
9-Jul-1932   US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06
Patrick G. Ryan
Business
15-May-1937   CEO of Aon, 1982-2005
Dudley S. Taft
Business
26-Apr-1940   Taft Broadcasting Company
Kathryn C. Turner
Business
c. 1947   Founder of Standard Technology, Inc.
Miles D. White
Business
1955   CEO of Abbott Laboratories


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