Tribune Publishing's Howard Tyner to Retire, Gerould Kern Named VP/Editorial
December 08 2003 - 11:48AM
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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 CONTACT: Gary
Weitman, +1-312-222-3394, or , or Ruthellyn Musil, +1-312-222-3787,
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