Split: Tribune Co. Becomes Tribune Media Co.

Today, as it completes the spinoff of its publishing businesses, Tribune Co. begins operating under the name Tribune Media Co.

Tribune Media comprises Tribune Broadcasting, WGN America, Tribune Studios, Tribune Digital Ventures, WGN-AM Chicago and  Tribune  Real Estate. Information  about the company can be found on Tribune Media’s new corporate website, launched today at  www.tribunemedia.com.

Tribune Broadcasting’s 42 owned  or  operated  television  stations reach 50 million households; national cable network WGN America is available in 72 million households; Tribune  Digital  Ventures includes  the websites Zap2it and TVByTheNumbers and Gracenote, which provide TV and music metadata powering electronic program guides in televisions, automobiles and mobile devices. Tribune Media also includes 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.

“In the last year, we have executed a strategy designed to embrace a rapidly changing media environment,” said Peter Liguori, president-CEO, Tribune Media Co. “We doubled the size of our broadcast group, relaunched our national cable network WGN America with highâ€Âquality original programming and expanded our digital businesses that power some of the world’s leading media brands. The result is a rich and diverse portfolio of media properties and the birth today of Tribune Media Co.”