CHICAGO, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ed Wilson, who has served as Tribune Company's chief revenue and sales officer since 2009 and as president of Tribune Broadcasting since 2008, announced today that he will step down from both positions effective immediately and be retained as a consultant to the company.
"The time is right for both the company and for me to make this move," said Wilson. "It has been an amazing ride since I came onboard and I'm grateful to Randy Michaels for giving me this opportunity—the future for Tribune is a bright one."
Tribune chief executive officer Randy Michaels praised Wilson for his talent, dedication and hard work. "Our station group and WGN America have made tremendous progress over the last two years under Ed's leadership—we've expanded local news in all our markets, lined up some great new programming that will debut this fall and streamlined our decision-making process," said Michaels. "There is a lot of opportunity ahead."
TRIBUNE is one of the country's leading multimedia companies, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing, Tribune's leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, The Morning Call and Daily Press. The company's broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable and Chicago's WGN-AM. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and extend the company's nationwide audience. At Tribune we take what we do seriously and with a great deal of pride. We also value the creative spirit and nurture a corporate culture that doesn't take itself too seriously.
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