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Tribune Interactive Provides News Headlines
and Stories on AT&T Wireless mModeSM
via 2.5G Wireless Platform
CHICAGO, April 24, 2002 -- Tribune
Interactive, a leader in interactive news and information
Web sites and a subsidiary of Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB),
today announced that five of its newspaper Web sites are providing
news headlines and full-length news stories to AT&T Wireless
mModeSM users via
2.5G wireless platform. The sites are chicagotribune.com,
latimes.com,
newsday.com,
orlandosentinel.com
and sun-sentinel.com
(South Florida Sun-Sentinel).
"Wireless technology is all about local
news and information which makes Tribune's newspaper Web sites
and content a good fit for AT&T Wireless mMode,"
said David Hiller, Tribune Interactive president. "As
wireless technology continues to evolve in the U.S., Tribune
looks forward to working with AT&T Wireless and other
providers to deliver quality local content from our trusted
newspaper brands."
mMode provides dozens of unique services that
enable AT&T Wireless customers to use their wireless phones
for much more than placing phone calls and is available in
all AT&T Wireless GSM™/GPRS markets.
"We're very pleased to add Tribune Interactive
to our broadening portfolio of mMode destinations," said
Andy Willett, vice president of Consumer Data Offers at AT&T
Wireless. "Thanks to leading companies like Tribune Interactive,
our customers can access compelling, news and information
services while on-the-go."
This agreement adds to Tribune's portfolio
of wireless content agreements. Tribune Interactive and Tribune
Media Services currently provide games, news stories and headlines,
and entertainment venues and events to several wireless providers
and services including Vindigo, AvantGo, Sprint PCS, AT&T
PocketNetSM and Mobliss,
Nextel and Upoc. ::
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Tribune Interactive, Inc., a subsidiary
of Tribune Company (NYSE:
TRB), operates leading interactive news and information
sites in major markets across the United States, including
18 of the top 30 markets. Tribune Interactive's Web sites
attract approximately 8 million unique visitors per month,
and rank among the top 20 interactive news/information networks
in the country. More information on Tribune is available on
the Internet: www.tribune.com.
Tribune Media Services (TMS) is a leading
domestic and international provider of information and entertainment
products for print, electronic and on-air media. TMS distributes
television and movie listings and related editorial content
under the Zap2it™ brand; syndicates and licenses comics,
features and opinion columns; creates and syndicates a variety
of on-line information products; licenses editorial content
from national periodicals; and manages national advertising
networks. Through its Knight Ridder/Tribune partnership, TMS
also markets news and features, information graphics and multimedia
content. Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Glens Falls,
N.Y., Denver, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New
York City, Salt Lake City, Toronto, London and Hong Kong,
TMS is a subsidiary of Tribune Company (NYSE:
TRB). For more information about TMS and its products
and services, visit http://www.tms.tribune.com. |
