{"id":145322,"date":"2010-01-06T13:30:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=9503"},"modified":"2010-01-06T13:30:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T18:30:57","slug":"tribune-interactive-launches-representation-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/145322","title":{"rendered":"Tribune Interactive Launches Representation Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9504\" title=\"tribune-company\" src=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/tribune-company.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" \/>Tribune Interactive (TI) today announced the formation and launch of its Representation Division, designed to streamline communications and operations in the generation and sharing of digital content among Tribune Company&#8217;s newspapers, television stations and Web sites.<\/p>\n<p>The division will also facilitate high-level training for those involved in selling TI&#8217;s suite of digital and mobile products and services. <span id=\"more-9503\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Kapugi, who has been promoted to SVP\/Representation, will oversee the new division, which is composed of several TI departments including the content team, market services, customer rewards programs, and &#8220;The Syndicate,&#8221; which generates original online content for Tribune&#8217;s newspaper and television Web sites.<\/p>\n<p>Kapugi has served as VP\/Content for TI&#8217;s Chicago media properties since joining the company in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an efficient organizational structure for us,&#8221; said Kapugi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It enables us to more effectively communicate and educate our business units about TI&#8217;s products and services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Julie Anderson expands her duties as VP\/Content and Integration, and will now be responsible for digital content of all Tribune newspapers and TV stations.<\/p>\n<p>Part of her role will be to integrate interactive resources into the newsrooms of the company&#8217;s media properties and create 24\/7 operations that produce content dynamically for multiple platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson&#8217;s team consists of Jim Richards, who was recently appointed VP\/Content for <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>; Tim Dukes, VP\/Broadcasting Digital Content; and a content director for Tribune&#8217;s East Coast newspapers, who will be named at a future date.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson will work closely with Bill Adee at <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em>, who was recently appointed VP\/Digital Content for the Chicago Tribune Media Group. She will continue working closely with Bob Gremillion, EVP\/Publishing, and be based in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson has overseen online content for Tribune&#8217;s East Coast newspaper markets<em> <\/em>since August 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The new division of TI will also include a Sales Representation Team, led by Betsy Phillips, who has been named VP\/Sales Representation.  Phillips and her team will be responsible for assisting senior sales executives with training, support and the creation of incentive programs for the company&#8217;s interactive, publishing, broadcasting and national sales teams.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips will have a special focus on Tribune&#8217;s digital and mobile products.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips joined Tribune in 2009 and most recently served as sales coach\/trainer for Tribune Interactive&#8217;s retail and recruitment advertising team, TRG group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Tribune Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE <\/strong>is America&#8217;s largest employee-owned media company, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing, Tribune&#8217;s leading daily newspapers include the <em>Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel <\/em>(South Florida)<em>, Orlando Sentinel,<\/em> <em>Hartford Courant, Morning Call <\/em>and <em>Daily Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable and Chicago&#8217;s WGN-AM.  Popular news and information websites complement Tribune&#8217;s print and broadcast properties and extend the company&#8217;s nationwide audience.<\/p>\n<p>At Tribune we take what we do seriously and with a great deal of pride. 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