Tribune Broadcasting Names Michael Page Vice President, Digital Local Sales

NEW YORK, June 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Broadcasting, a division of Tribune Media (NYSE: TRCO), today announced the appointment of Michael Page as Vice President, Digital Local Sales, responsible for driving digital revenue growth at the local station level.  Page joins Tribune Broadcasting on June 3^rd and will report to Angela Betasso, SVP of Sales.

Page comes to Tribune Broadcasting from Gannett Digital Ventures, where he was Vice President, Digital Auto and a key advisor on the company's $2.5 billion acquisition of Cars.com. Prior to Gannett, Page served as Head of Global Product Marketing for Amazon Media Group, where his team launched over 200 new advertising products across seven countries. Page also held several executive leadership positions at Cars.com, where he oversaw sales channel development, advertising solutions and new business strategy, and played a major role in the company's rapid growth for more than a decade.

"Michael will be a great asset to Tribune Broadcasting as we continue to expand our digital sales strategy," said Betasso.  "He is an experienced leader with a record of successfully building digital businesses at the operating and affiliate level." 

"Tribune Broadcasting's network of 42 leading local stations provides a strong platform from which to serve our local advertising partners," said Page.  "I'm joining an incredible team of experienced professionals and look forward to working together to build an innovative strategy that maximizes opportunities in the digital marketplace."

Page started his career in advertising sales in the Washington D.C. area and has lived and worked in Chicago, Seattle and Prague. He graduated with a degree in journalism from Indiana University.

ABOUT TRIBUNE MEDIA:
Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) is home to a diverse portfolio of television and digital properties driven by quality news, entertainment and sports programming. Tribune Media is comprised of Tribune Broadcasting's 42 owned or operated local television stations reaching more than 50 million households, national entertainment network WGN America, available in approximately 73 million households, Tribune Studios, and Gracenote, one of the world's leading sources of TV and music metadata powering electronic program guides in televisions, automobiles and mobile devices. Tribune Media also includes Chicago's WGN-AM and the national multicast networks Antenna TV and THIS TV. Additionally, the Company owns and manages a significant number of real estate properties across the U.S. and holds other strategic investments in media. For more information please visit www.tribunemedia.com.

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