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Q2 Earnings: Tribune Broadcasting Revenues Up 63%
By Merrill Knox on Aug. 12, 2014 - 11:02 AM
Tribune Media reported $425.8 million in broadcasting segment revenues for the second quarter of 2014, a 63% increase compared to the year-ago quarter. Broadcasting segment revenues in the second quarter were up 4.9% pro forma for ...
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Tribune Gets New Name Ahead of Split
By Chris Ariens on Aug. 4, 2014 - 8:03 AM
Tribune Company begins operating under a new, but similar, name today: Tribune Media Company. The rebranding comes as the broadcasting and publishing divisions of the 167-year-old company split. Tribune Media includes Tribune Br ...
Q4 Earnings: Tribune Broadcasting Revenue Drops 11%
By Merrill Knox on Mar. 28, 2014 - 10:39 AM
Tribune Co. reported broadcasting revenues of $267 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, an 11% drop compared to the $303 million in broadcasting revenues for the year-ago quarter. The company attributed the decline to a $14 mil ...
Tribune Completes Local TV Acquisition
By Merrill Knox on Dec. 27, 2013 - 12:25 PM
Tribune Co. has completed its acquisition of Local TV Holdings, LLC. Tribune now owns 39 stations: 14 Fox affiliates, 14 CW affiliates, five CBS affiliates, three ABC affiliates and two NBC affiliates. The FCC approved the $2.7 bi ...
FCC OKs Tribune's $2.735 Billion Buy of Local TV
By Kevin Eck on Dec. 20, 2013 - 4:28 PM
In addition to approving Gannett's purchase of Belo, The FCC also gave the OK for Tribune Company to assume control of broadcast licenses held by subsidiaries of Local TV Holdings paving the way for Tribune to acquire 19 of ...
Q3 Earnings: Tribune Broadcasting Revenue Dips 6%
By Merrill Knox on Nov. 11, 2013 - 3:43 PM
Tribune Company reported $248 million in broadcasting revenues for the third quarter of 2013, a -6% drop compared to the year-ago quarter. The company attributed the decline to a $9 million decrease in advertising revenue, mostly ...
'We Are the First Responders': Station Group Heads Discuss Health of Local TV
By Kevin Eck on Oct. 29, 2013 - 4:21 PM
TVSpy sat in on two of the TV Summit panel discussions at the "NYC TV Week" event this afternoon. While the panel with Peter Liguori, president and CEO of Tribune Company, was held earlier than the lunchtime discussion ...
Q2 Earnings: Tribune Broadcasting Revenue Falls 20%
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 ...
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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, ...
Peter Liguori Named CEO of Tribune Co.
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 ...