View Post TV Biz Q2 Earnings: Tribune Broadcasting Revenue Falls 20% By Merrill Knox on Aug. 30, 2013 - 10:16 AM Tribune Co. reported $260 million in broadcast revenues for the second quarter of 2013, down -20% from $327 million in the year-ago quarter. The decline includes $41 million in one-time copyright royalties paid to WGN, TribuneR ...
View Post ShopTalk | TV Biz Tribune Co. Plans Split of Broadcasting, Publishing Divisions By Merrill Knox on Jul. 10, 2013 - 10:28 AM Tribune Co. intends to split its broadcasting and publishing divisions into separate companies, the Chicago Tribune reports. The announcement comes just a week after Tribune announced an expansion of its broadcast division with a ...
View Post TV Biz | TVBiz Tribune to Buy Local TV for $2.725 Billion By Kevin Eck on Jul. 1, 2013 - 9:55 AM The Tribune Company, along with Local TV Holdings, LLC, have announced they’ve entered into a definitive agreement for Tribune to buy all of Local TV’s 19 stations for $2.725 Billion in cash. “This is a transform ...
View Post TV Biz Broadcasting Division CEO Nils Larsen Out at Tribune By Merrill Knox on Apr. 3, 2013 - 1:00 PM Broadcasting division CEO Nils Larsen has left Tribune Co., according to Chicagoland Radio and Media. Larsen joined the company’s senior leadership team in 2008 and was named chief investment officer in 2009. He was named pr ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | Top 10 | TV Biz It’s Official: Larry Wert Leaving WMAQ For Tribune By Merrill Knox on Feb. 13, 2013 - 3:19 PM WMAQ general manager Larry Wert is leaving the NBC O&O for a top job at Tribune Co. Wert will be the president of local broadcasting, overseeing strategy and opreations for 23 television stations and Chicago-based WGN Radio, ...
View Post Reporting | Top 10 | TVBiz Kurt the CyberGuy Sues KTLA for Breach of Contract, Age Discrimination By Merrill Knox on Feb. 12, 2013 - 11:26 AM Kurt Knuttson, better known by his on-air persona “Kurt the CyberGuy,” is suing KTLA and several other Tribune stations for breach of contract and age discrimination, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Knuttson joine ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | Top 10 | TV Biz Is Longtime WMAQ GM Larry Wert Moving to Tribune? By Merrill Knox on Feb. 6, 2013 - 11:55 AM WMAQ president and general manager Larry Wert may be taking a new job at Tribune Co., Chicago Business Journal reports: Sources Tuesday said Wert, president and general manager of NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, could be on the verge of ...
View Post TV Biz Peter Liguori Named CEO of Tribune Co. By Merrill Knox on Jan. 18, 2013 - 10:48 AM Two weeks after emerging from bankruptcy, Tribune Co. has named Peter Liguori chief executive. “Peter is the ideal choice to be Tribune’s next Chief Executive Officer,” Bruce Karsh, chairman of the board, said in a s ...
View Post TV Biz Tribune Emerges From Bankruptcy By Merrill Knox on Dec. 31, 2012 - 11:44 AM Tribune Co. emerged from bankruptcy Monday after spending four years under Chapter 11 protection. Following the reorganization, the company is expected to sell off its newspaper assets and focus on its 23 television stations, Reut ...
CW Affiliates | Top 10 WPIX News Director to Step Down By Kevin Eck on Oct. 3, 2012 - 6:01 PM FishbowlNY is reporting Bill Carey, news director at WPIX, will be leaving the station. A well-placed source tells FishbowlNY that Carey is leaving Channel 11 before the November sweeps period. It is believed that Carey is fiel ...
