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Tribune Publishing's Howard Tyner to Retire, Gerould Kern Named VP/Editorial
CHICAGO, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tribune Publishing announced today
that Howard Tyner, vice president/editorial, and a former editor of the Chicago
Tribune, will retire effective December 31. Gerould Kern, who has served as the
group's editorial director since 2001, will succeed Tyner.
"Howard was editor of the Chicago Tribune from 1993 to 2001, a period of
extraordinary journalistic achievement, and he helped lead the way into the
multimedia age," said Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing president. "Following
Tribune's merger with Times Mirror in 2000, Howard took on new responsibilities
as vice-president/editorial of Tribune Publishing. Since then, he has led the
effort to get the maximum advantage from our size and the quality of our
journalism."
Tyner joined the Tribune in 1977 after 10 years in Europe with United Press
International as a foreign correspondent. After five years of covering a broad
range of domestic and international stories, he was appointed Moscow bureau
chief in 1982. In 1985, he became the Tribune's foreign editor and, in 1988,
was named associate managing editor/foreign and national news. He became deputy
managing editor in 1990 and associate editor/features in 1992.
In September 1993, Tyner was appointed the 19th editor of the Chicago Tribune.
During his tenure, the newspaper earned six Pulitzer Prizes, two Robert Kennedy
awards and numerous other citations. The Tribune's renovated Chicago newsroom
and the Tribune Media Center in Washington each opened under his supervision.
Both facilities remain centerpieces for Tribune Company's groundbreaking and
internationally recognized multimedia news strategy. In February 2001, Tyner
relinquished the Tribune editorship to focus exclusively on his role with
Tribune Publishing.
"Tribune has led the industry in recognizing how newspapers have to change to
remain successful and then in making it happen," said Tyner. "It's been a
genuine honor to have been part of that process."
Gerould Kern, who has served as Tribune Publishing's editorial director for the
past two years, will succeed Tyner as vice president/editorial.
"Gerry is the ideal person to assume Howard's duties," said Fuller. "His
talent, depth of experience, and knowledge of Tribune will serve the company,
our newspapers and our readers very well in the years ahead."
As editorial director, Kern established a network linking the newsrooms of
Tribune Publishing's 13 daily newspapers, increasing cooperation and the flow of
content between them. As a result, the volume of content sharing more than
tripled. Shared Tribune newspaper content is now the second-leading
supplemental source of news across the group and the fastest growing. Kern also
developed an entirely new system of editorial metrics that for the first time
permits editors to understand publishing patterns in a scientific way, making
possible more creative and efficient use of resources.
"This is a unique moment for us to rethink the way we cover and present the news
to our readers by taking advantage of the enormous range of talent across our
newspapers," Kern said. "I am very excited about Tribune's role in shaping the
future of media."
Kern joined the Chicago Tribune in 1991 after serving as managing editor and
then executive editor of The Daily Herald, Chicago's top suburban newspaper,
during a time when it was one of the fastest growing dailies in the United
States. He directed the Tribune's suburban coverage as part of a major
regionalization program and was named associate managing editor for metropolitan
news in 1993.
Kern was appointed deputy managing editor/features in 1995 and directed the
development of new sections and several major reporting projects. During his
tenure, the Tribune's features staff won many national journalism awards
including the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1999. He became the Tribune's
associate editor in 2001 before assuming the corporate role of editorial
director.
Tribune Publishing is the leading U.S. major-market newspaper group, with the
third-largest total circulation. The company operates 13 leading daily
newspapers: Los Angeles Times; Chicago Tribune; Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.); The
Sun (Baltimore); South Florida Sun-Sentinel; Orlando Sentinel; Hartford Courant;
The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.); Daily Press (Newport News, Va.); The Advocate
(Stamford, Conn.); Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Conn.); and Hoy, a
Spanish-language newspaper published in New York and Chicago. Additional
newspapers for Hispanic consumers, each published weekly, are El Sentinel in
Orlando and el Sentinel in South Florida. Tribune also owns 50% of La Opinion, a
Spanish-language daily in Los Angeles. Tribune Publishing includes Tribune Media
Services, a leading provider of entertainment listings and content syndication
to print and electronic media; Tribune Interactive, a top source of online news
and information; and two regional 24-hour cable news channels: CLTV in Chicago
and News 13, a partnership with Bright House Networks in Orlando. Investment
interests include CareerBuilder (33%) and Classified Ventures (29%).
DATASOURCE: Tribune Publishing
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Publishing
Web site: http://www.tribune.com/