Tribune Media Net Names Jim Farrell Director of Sales, New
York Office
CHICAGO, October 10, 2002 -- Tribune
Media Net, the national advertising sales organization for
Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB),
today announced that advertising executive James G. Farrell
has been named director/sales for Tribune Media Net’s
New York office, which services clients and ad agencies in
the Northeast. He will lead the outside sales activities that
provide national advertisers creative marketing solutions
in Tribune newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago
Tribune and Newsday.
"Jim’s knowledge and experience
in newspaper advertising sales and management will make him
a valuable asset to Tribune Media Net," said Dana Hayes,
Tribune Media Net vice president. "His strong relationships
and knowledge in print promotions will help attract leading
advertisers."
Farrell will manage all inside and outside
sales activities that provide creative advertising solutions
to marketers. He will also be responsible for training, developing
and coaching sales representatives.
"I am happy to join Tribune Media Net
and lend my expertise in attracting national advertisers to
Tribune’s leading print, online and broadcast properties,"
said Farrell. "Tribune offers some of the nation’s
top newspaper brands and I look forward to helping advertisers
and ad agencies in the Northeast explore creative marketing
opportunities."
Farrell brings more than 20 years of advertising experience,
including six years at the Associated Press beginning in 1994.
As the director of AP AdSend, he established the overall vision
and plan for the service. Farrell then spent a year with Seattle-based
Media Passage as executive vice president/business development
before spending the past year as an independent consultant.
Early in his career, Farrell was a retail marketing sales
manager at Gannett Media Sales and represented the company’s
93 newspapers to retail chains and their advertising agencies.
Farrell earned a bachelor’s degree from
Iona College with a major in communications and a minor in
marketing.
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TRIBUNE (NYSE:
TRB) is one of the country’s premier media companies,
operating businesses in broadcasting, publishing and on the
Internet. It reaches more than 80 percent of U.S. households,
and is the only media company with television stations, newspapers
and Web sites in the nation’s top three markets. Tribune
media outlets include 24 television stations and national
“superstation” WGN-TV; 12 market-leading daily
newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune
and Newsday; and news and information Web sites in 18 of the
nation’s top 30 markets.
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