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Tribune Publishing Names Darko Dejanovic
Vice President/Chief Technology Officer
Chicago
Tribune Chief Technology Officer assumes expanded role
CHICAGO, September 17, 2002 --
Tribune Publishing Company, a division
of Tribune Company (NYSE:
TRB), today announced the appointment of Darko Dejanovic
as
vice president/chief technology officer. Dejanovic will oversee
technology strategy, development and operations for Tribune
Publishing, the leading U.S. major-market newspaper group,
with the nation’s third-largest total circulation. He
will also continue in his current role as vice president and
chief technology officer of Chicago Tribune Company.
"Darko is a talented technology executive
who knows publishing operations well," said Jack Fuller,
president of Tribune Publishing. "His experience will
prove invaluable as we continue strengthening our technology
infrastructure."
Since 1999, Dejanovic has led technology strategy
and infrastructure for Chicago Tribune Company as its vice
president and chief technology officer. In this position,
he directs all operational and strategic technology activities
for the Chicago Tribune newspaper and affiliated publications
like Exito!, Chicago Magazine, Relcon, AutoFinder and JobFinder.
Dejanovic joined Tribune Company in 1997 as
technology director for South Florida Sun Sentinel where he
served as the senior technology officer for the company. In
that role he was responsible for management, development and
support of all systems, infrastructure and applications. Previously,
he held technology leadership roles with the Art Institute
of Fort Lauderdale/Education Management Group and the European
Community.
"This is a terrific opportunity and I’m
looking forward to directing the technology initiatives for
Tribune Publishing," said Dejanovic. "With the help
of our talented and experienced technology team, I know we’ll
continue to provide best-in-breed technology solutions to
Tribune’s 12 leading daily newspapers."
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Tribune Publishing is the leading U.S.
major-market newspaper group, with the third-largest total
circulation. The company operates 12 leading daily newspapers:
Los Angeles Times; Chicago Tribune; Newsday (Long Island,
N.Y.); The Baltimore Sun; South Florida Sun-Sentinel; Orlando
Sentinel; The Hartford Courant; The Morning Call (Allentown,
Pa.); Daily Press (Newport News, Va.); The Advocate (Stamford,
Conn.); Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Conn.); and Hoy, a Spanish-language
newspaper serving New York. Additional newspapers for Hispanic
consumers, each published weekly, are ¡Exito! in Chicago
and El Sentinel in Orlando. Tribune also owns 50 percent of
La Opinión, a Spanish-language daily in Los Angeles.
Tribune Publishing includes Tribune Media Services, a leading
provider of entertainment listings and content syndication
to print and electronic media, and two 24-hour cable news
channels: CLTV in Chicago and News 13, a partnership with
Time Warner Communications in Orlando.
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