Former Trib CEO Heads to Media General

Media General, parent of The Tampa Tribune and the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, appointed former Tribune Co. chairman and chief executive officer Dennis J. FitzSimons to the board of directors, which it expanded by one member to 10.

FitzSimons was the last chairman of Tribune as a public company, and left when the current chairman and CEO, Sam Zell, closed his $8 billion deal to take the Chicago media giant private in December 2007.

Like Tribune, Media General—which publishes 21 dailies—also operates broadcast television stations and has an extensive portfolio of online properties, including DealTaker.com.

Richmond-based Media General does not have the extensive debt of Tribune, but has suffered especially during the downturn because its biggest papers and TV stations are located in Sun Belt markets that fell into recession earlier and deeper than other parts of the country.

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