Posted by chicagomedia.org on May 20, 2009 at 13:32:29:
Tribune Announces Executive Promotions
Gable, Eldersveld, Kazan, Sachs and Casanova Get New Titles
CHICAGO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Company today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the promotions of several key executives within the company effective immediately.
* Steve Gable becomes EVP/Chief Technology Officer;
* David Eldersveld is promoted to SVP/Deputy Counsel & Corporate Secretary;
* Dan Kazan is elevated to SVP/Development, and;
* Naomi Sachs becomes SVP/Strategy.
"Steve, Dave, Dan and Naomi are important players within the company and are an important part of Tribune's leadership team of the future," said Gerry Spector, Tribune EVP/Chief Administration Officer. "They are team players and are helping to drive essential change throughout Tribune -- change that makes us more innovative, more responsive to our customers and more efficient."
Gable has served as SVP/Chief Technology Officer since joining Tribune last year and is responsible for overseeing all of the company's technology efforts. Gable has led a complete reorganization of Tribune's technology systems and personnel, helping the company realize significant expense savings.
Eldersveld was promoted to VP/Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary last year, after serving as Tribune's senior counsel/mergers and acquisitions since 2005. Kazan, who joined Tribune in 1998 as counsel for mergers and acquisitions, was named VP/Development in 2005. Sachs served as director of investments in Tribune's finance department beginning in 2005 and was promoted to VP/Strategy last year. All three are deeply involved in the company's restructuring process.
"It's impossible to over-emphasize the hard work and long hours that Dave, Dan and Naomi have put in since our Chapter 11 filing in December," said Don Liebentritt, Tribune's EVP/General Counsel. "They are strategic thinkers who are talented, creative, and thoroughly dedicated to the long-term success of Tribune."
Tribune's publishing division also announced the promotion of Vince Casanova to SVP/Circulation, effective immediately. Casanova has served as VP/Circulation since 2005, and has overseen a number of innovative printing and production changes at the company's newspapers that have increased efficiency, expanded capacity and generated significant new revenue.
TRIBUNE is America's largest employee-owned media company, 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, Morning Call and Daily Press. The company's broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable, Chicago's WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. 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.