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DENNIS J. FITZSIMONS
Chairman
Dennis J. FitzSimons became chairman of Tribune Company in January 2004, one year
after becoming chief executive officer. He was named president and chief operating
officer in July 2001, and elected to the Tribune board of directors in 2000.
FitzSimons was appointed Tribune executive vice president in January 2000, with
responsibility for the company’s broadcasting, publishing and interactive groups,
as well as the Chicago Cubs. He continued to serve as president of Tribune Broadcasting
Company, which he led from 1994 to 2003. He was president of Tribune Television
from 1992 to 1994.
FitzSimons joined Tribune in 1982 as sales director for WGN-TV, Chicago, and in
1984 was appointed vice president/general manager of WGNO-TV, New Orleans. In 1985,
he returned to Chicago as Tribune Broadcasting vice president/operations and in
1987 was appointed WGN’s vice president/general manager.
Prior to Tribune, FitzSimons served as director/sales and marketing for Viacom’s
WVIT-TV, Hartford, Conn. Before that, he was director/advertising sales at Viacom
International and New York sales manager for TeleRep, Inc., a division of Cox Broadcasting.
He started his media career at Grey Advertising in New York.
A native of New York, born June 26, 1950, FitzSimons holds a bachelor’s degree in
political science from Fordham University. He chaired the Media Security and Reliability
Council for the FCC from 2002 to 2004, and is a director of The Associated Press.
He is also a member of The Business Council as well as The Commercial Club of Chicago,
where he serves on the Civic Committee. In addition, FitzSimons is a member of Northwestern
University’s board of trustees, and serves on the board of directors for the McCormick
Tribune Foundation, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago and the Museum of Science
and Industry. Additional commitments include the Big Shoulders Fund (director) and
the Off The Street Club (vice president), each in Chicago.
JAMES C. DOWDLE
James C. (Jim) Dowdle retired as Tribune Company executive vice president on Dec. 31, 1999, a role he held since 1991. He was responsible for the company’s newspaper publishing, broadcasting and entertainment businesses, including baseball.
Mr. Dowdle served as Tribune Broadcasting Company president/chief executive officer from that company’s creation in 1981 until May 1997. In 1985, he was elected to Tribune Company’s board of directors.
After beginning his career as an advertising salesman for the Chicago Tribune in 1956, Mr. Dowdle joined Edward Petry Company as a sales representative for client television stations, and, subsequently, served in a comparable position for the Katz Company. In 1962, he joined KWTV-TV in Oklahoma City as national sales manager and, in 1964, he joined Hubbard Broadcasting Company’s flagship station, KSTP-TV, in Minneapolis-St. Paul as national sales manager. Mr. Dowdle became vice president and general manager of Hubbard’s Tampa station, WTOG-TV, in 1973.
A Chicago-area native born on March 12, 1934, Mr. Dowdle is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He served as an officer in the U.S. Marines. He is a director of Loyola University Health System, Mundelein Seminary board of advisors, the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation, Catholic Charities’ Big Shoulders campaign and Junior Achievement of Chicago. He also serves as a trustee for Chicago’s Museum of Science & Industry and is a former board chairman of Junior Achievement of Chicago.
He received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Trustees Award and The United States Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Award in 1995. In 1994, he was named Person of the Year by the Broadcasting Advertisers Club of Chicago, and in 1992, he was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. Mr. Dowdle received the National Association of Broadcasters’ Distinguished Service Award at the NAB Convention in April 1998.
DAVID D. HILLER
David D. Hiller was named publisher, president and chief executive officer of the
Los Angeles Times in October 2006. Previously, Hiller was president, publisher and
chief executive officer of Chicago Tribune Company from November 2004 to October
2006.
From February 2003 to October 2004, he was senior vice president of Tribune
Publishing, responsible for Tribune Media Services, Baltimore Sun Company, Hartford
Courant Company and CLTV. He also oversaw Tribune Publishing’s Hispanic media division,
which publishes Hoy and other Spanish-language newspapers.
From 2000 to 2004, Hiller served as Tribune Interactive president. He was responsible for
the interactive businesses in Tribune’s newspaper and television markets, as well as Tribune’s national
Internet products and services. From 1993 to 2000, Hiller served as Tribune Company
senior vice president/development, with responsibility for strategic planning, acquisitions
and new-venture investments in information and entertainment businesses related
to Tribune’s strategies for long-term growth. He was vice president/general counsel
from 1988 to 1993.
Hiller came to Tribune from the Chicago law firm of Sidley
Austin. He joined the firm in 1983 and became a partner three years later. Prior
to that, he served two years at the U.S. Department of Justice as special assistant
to Attorney General William French Smith and as Associate Deputy Attorney General.
During 1979 and 1980, Hiller was a law clerk to United States Court of Appeals Judge
Malcolm Wilkey and Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart.
A native of the Chicago
area, born June 12, 1953, Hiller received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College
and a law degree from Harvard Law School. He is a director on the boards of CareerBuilder,
Classified Ventures and CrossMedia Services, is on the board of trustees for Roosevelt
University and the Chicago Historical Society, and is on the board of directors
of the McCormick Tribune Foundation, the Chicago Tribune Foundation, and the Economic
Club of Chicago. He also is a member of the American Bar Association and the Chicago
Council on Foreign Relations.
JOHN W. MADIGAN
John W. Madigan is the retired chairman and CEO of Tribune Company. Tribune is a media industry leader with operations in 25 major markets throughout the United States. He was elected chief executive officer of Tribune in May 1995. He also served as chairman from 1996 through December 2003. He was elected to the Tribune board of directors in 1975, the same year he joined the company as vice president/chief financial officer.
Madigan began his business career as a financial analyst with Duff & Phelps Inc. in Chicago and later became a manager at Arthur Andersen & Co. He was an investment banker with both Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis and Salomon Brothers.
Madigan is a director of the McCormick Tribune Foundation, Boise Cascade and Gilead Sciences; an advisor to Madison Dearborn Partners; and a past chairman of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He also serves as a trustee of Northwestern University, Rush University Medical Center and The Paley Center for Media in New York. He is a member of the Defense Business Board of the Department of Defense.
A Chicago-area native, born June 7, 1937, Madigan holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from the University of Michigan.
SCOTT C. SMITH
Scott C. Smith became president of Tribune Publishing in January 2005 after a two-month
transition period as the group’s chief operating officer. He oversees the company’s
daily newspapers as well as related publishing and interactive businesses.
Previously, Smith was president, publisher and chief executive officer of Chicago
Tribune Company, leading the Midwest’s No. 1 newspaper and its related developing
businesses. During his tenure, which began in 1997, the Chicago Tribune celebrated
its 150th anniversary, achieved record financial results and won five Pulitzer Prizes
for journalistic excellence. The newspaper also advanced service to readers and
advertisers through a number of growth initiatives, including the launch of the
RedEye edition in 2002.
Smith has been a Tribune executive for 25 years. From 1993 to 1997, he was president,
publisher and chief operating officer of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.
He served from 1991 to 1993 as Tribune senior vice president/development, from 1985
to 1991 as Tribune’s chief financial officer and held a series of corporate finance
positions from 1977 to 1985. Smith played a lead role in Tribune’s initial public
offering in 1983 and a number of key acquisitions and divestitures over the next
decade. He managed Tribune’s investment in America Online in 1991 and served on
the AOL board of directors until 1997.
A native of the Chicago area, born September 13, 1950, Smith holds a bachelor’s
degree from Yale University and a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s
Kellogg School of Management. He started his career with the Northern Trust Company
in Chicago.
Smith chairs the Chicago Public Education Fund and serves as a trustee of Northwestern
Memorial Healthcare, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and National-Louis University.
He is a member of the Kellogg School of Management Advisory Board and past chair
of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.
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