Tribune And Times Mirror Complete Merger

Market Wire, 20050229

Tribune Broadcasting owns and operates 22 major market television stations, including national superstation WGN-TV, and reaches more than 75 percent of U.S. television households. The company has interests in The WB Television Network (25%) and the TV Food Network (29%). Tribune also owns and operates four radio stations, including WGN-AM in Chicago and three stations in Denver. Tribune Entertainment develops and distributes first-run television programming for the Tribune station group and for national syndication. In addition, the company owns the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

Tribune Publishing is the third-largest U.S. newspaper group in circulation. The company comprises 11 market-leading newspapers: the Los Angeles Times; Chicago Tribune; Newsday, serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, N.Y., and the borough of Queens, N.Y.; The Baltimore Sun; Sun-Sentinel, serving South Florida; The Orlando Sentinel; The Hartford Courant; The Morning Call, serving Eastern Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley; Daily Press, serving the Virginia Peninsula; The (Stamford) Advocate and Greenwich Time, both serving Connecticut's Fairfield County. Tribune Media Services is a leading provider of entertainment lists and syndicated news and information to print and electronic media. Tribune Regional Programming is responsible for video and audio publishing initiatives, including two 24-hour cable news channels: CLTV News in Chicago and Central Florida News 13 (News 13), a partnership with Time Warner Communications in Orlando.

Tribune Interactive operates leading interactive news and information sites in major markets across the United States, including 18 of the top 30 markets. Tribune Interactive is a network of local and national Web sites and ranks among the top 25 news/information/entertainment networks in the United States.


 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
Click Here
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement

Content provided in partnership with Market Wire

Most Recent Business Articles

Most Recent Business Publications

Most Popular Business Articles

Most Popular Business Publications