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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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