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Tribune Names New Publisher at The Morning Call
Publishing Executive Timothy R. Kennedy to Assume
Post at Leading Newspaper in Lehigh Valley, Pa.
CHICAGO,
February 27, 2006 -- Tribune Publishing, a division of Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), today announced that Timothy R. (Tim) Kennedy has been named president, publisher and chief executive officer of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa., serving Lehigh Valley. Kennedy has served as vice president/strategy and development for Tribune Publishing since 2001, directing strategic planning and key growth initiatives for the publishing group. He will assume his new duties immediately.
"Tim is a talented executive who is extremely familiar with the important issues facing the newspaper industry," said Kathy Waltz, Tribune Publishing group vice president, who oversees The Morning Call. "He's a proven leader and gained hands-on experience in his group role, where he helped expand our local publishing businesses."
Kennedy said, "The Lehigh Valley is an exciting place to be and The Morning Call is a wonderful newspaper. Fifty percent of adults in the area read the newspaper daily and our websites and new print products, like Merge, are growing rapidly. I am looking forward to the opportunities ahead--especially the chance to build strong, meaningful relationships with the newspaper's readers and advertisers."
Since joining Tribune in 1994, Kennedy has held positions of increasing responsibility with the company. He's evaluated opportunities to build Tribune's publishing and interactive businesses, had responsibility for negotiating financial and structural terms for investments and acquisitions, and also recently served as interim chief operating officer of Hoy, the company's Spanish-language newspaper in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Kennedy holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Western Michigan University and a master's degree in business administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
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THE MORNING CALL, Allentown, Pa., is the leading regional newspaper for nine counties in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has the fourth-largest newspaper circulation in Pennsylvania. Its mcall.com is the region’s No. 1 local website, delivering breaking news, features and classifieds. The Morning Call also offers free publications serving the recruitment and real estate markets and publishes a monthly lifestyle magazine, Lehigh Valley Living, targeting selected high-income households. A free weekly tabloid, Merge, and a target on-line venture, mergedigital.com, serve the 18-34-year-old audience. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton is the 60th largest U.S. market in terms of households.
Tribune Publishing is the leading U.S. major-market newspaper group, operating 11 daily newspapers: Los Angeles Times; Chicago Tribune; Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.); The Sun (Baltimore); South Florida Sun-Sentinel; Orlando Sentinel; Hartford Courant; The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.); Daily Press (Newport News, Va.); The Advocate (Stamford, Conn.); and Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Conn.). The group also offers a wide range of targeted publications such as RedEye, amNewYork and Spanish-language Hoy. Tribune Publishing units include: Tribune Interactive, operator of more than 50 websites attracting 13 million unique visitors per month; Tribune Media Services, a provider of syndicated content to print and electronic media; and CLTV, a Chicago cable news channel. Key investment interests are CareerBuilder (33% owned), Classified Ventures (28%), ShopLocal (33%) and Topix.net (25%). |
