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• Tribune Looks To 'Universal Registration' For Ad Targeting Across Its Websites

  PaidContent - 2009-10-26

  Tribune Company is working on having users across its several newspaper websites sign in with a “universal registration” that is designed to make it easier for advertisers to target users. Don Meek, president of Tribune365, the company’s national sales unit, mentioned the plan to AdAge as an example of...

  Tags: Tribune Co., Advertisement, Web Site, Registration System, Sales Strategy, Web Site Development, Sales, Internet, Advertising, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, Tribune, David Kaplan

• Media Roundup: Tribune to Go Tabloid for Street Sales, Current Console Generation Will Last Longer, and More

  BNET - 2009-01-13

  In Today's Media Roundup: Tribune to go tabloid for street sales, Microsoft: Current Gen will last longer, Hearst Corporation keeps CEO, Printed Blog turns the tables, YouTube launches C-SPAN style Congressional hub and CBS gives Verizon Video On Demand rights by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Tribune Co., Console, Media, Hearst Corp., Video, Chicago, Corporate Communications, Sales Strategy, Video On Demand (VoD), Marketing, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Blanda

• Teamsters Question FCC Requirements for Owner Control in Tribune Deal

  - 2007-12-12

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6904 Teamsters FileRequest for ReconsiderationWASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the International Brotherhood of Teamsters sought reconsideration of the Federal Communications Commissions FCC decision granting the Tribune Companys (NYSE: TRB)transfer of ownership request and its associated requests for waiver...

  Tags: Benefits, commission, ESOP, FCC, Government, Regulations, SALES, Tribune Co.

• www.betting_on_the_inter.net; Tribune's turnaround may hinge on Web trio.(Tribune Co. (Chicago, Illinois) acquired by Sam Zell)

  - 2007-04-16

  Byline: GREGORY MEYER As Tribune Co. goes private under Sam Zell's stewardship, the best hope for a turnaround at the publishing giant may rest with a trio of Chicago-based companies that are capturing much of the revenue being siphoned away from Byline:...

  Tags: advertisement, sales, Tribune Co., Web

• Sun-Times rolls out new look; Troubled tabloid hopes redesign will boost single sales, slow financial slide.(News)(Chicago Sun-Times Inc. Star Publications)

  - 2007-04-02

  Byline: GREGORY MEYER The Chicago Sun-Times hopes a new look and some long- deferred market research can help revive its flagging finances. The struggling tabloid Wednesday will introduce major changes that include two-page spreads covering read Byline: GREGORY MEYER ...

  Tags: financial, sales, Tribune Co.

• TUI to merge tourism division with British company

  - 2007-03-18

  PARIS AFP — Europe's leading travel and tourism group TUI is set to approve a merger of its tourism division with British company First Choice, a French newspaper reported Sunday. The project would create a new company with 17 billion euros (23 billion dollars) in sales turnover and would...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment, SALES, Tribune Co.

• For the Record.(Briefs)(Tribune's sales and earnings)(McDonald's sales and earnings)(Gregory Case's compensation in Aon)

  - 2006-04-17

  Tribune said first-quarter profit fell a more-than-expected 28%, hurt by weaker revenue, a severance charge and stock-related compensation expense. The Chicago-based company said it earned $103 million, or 33 cents a share, compared with $143 million Tribune said first-quarter profit fell a more-than-expected 28%, hurt...

  Tags: Aon Corp., Boeing Co., company, compensation, McDonald's Corp., sales, Tribune Co.

• Market briefs.(Business)

  - 2006-04-14

  Solo Cup disposes of 400 jobs HIGHLAND PARK - Solo Cup Co., a $2.4 billion manufacture of disposable foodservice products, on Thursday announced the immediate elimination of 400 positions, representing approximately 3 percent of its total work force. The company said the move is...

  Tags: Allstate Corp., job, SALES, Tribune Co.

• Is 'Lost' a literal enigma?

  - 2005-10-05

  Literary references have been sprinkled throughout the mysteries of Lost: In an episode last season, the character Sawyer was reading Watership Down by Richard Adams, the story of rabbits searching for a safe place in a threatening world. At another point, he read Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, about...

  Tags: ABC Inc., FINANCE, SALES, SOFTWARE, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune business outlook column.

  - 2004-12-12

  By William Sluis, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 12--CONSUMERS CUT BACK: Almost on cue, Americans step up to the plate at this time of year and swat a barrage of home runs for the nation's retailers. It's an awesome display...

  Tags: Chicago, economist, Federal Reserve Board, SALES, Tribune Co.