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TMS was founded in 1965 to provide news syndication that has expanded and now provides entertainment information and news globally to technology and media companies. |
In 1933 the Chicago Tribune launched the Tribune-New York News Syndicate which was a precursor to the Tribune Media Services.<ref>http://www.fundinguniverse.com/copanies-histories/tribune-company-history/</ref> TMS was founded in 1965 to provide news syndication that has expanded and now provides entertainment information and news globally to technology and media companies. |
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'''Organization'''<ref>http://www.tribunemediaservices.com/about-us/leadership/</ref> |
'''Organization'''<ref>http://www.tribunemediaservices.com/about-us/leadership/</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:43, 14 May 2013
Tribune Media Services (TMS) is a syndication company owned by the Tribune Company.
TMS is a leading international provider of data for TV and movies. As part of its On® Entertainment product line, the company supplies data to companies such as TiVo, Roku, Virgin Media, DIRECTV and Time Warner Cable to enable a wide variety of entertainment guides and applications. In addition, this comprehensive metadata is used extensively for media measurement and analysis. TMS also produces Zap2it, a social TV hub that connects engaged entertainment fans to popular TV shows, movies, celebrities, and other fans. TMS is a data provider for over 4,000 companies. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL in the Tribune Building at 435 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60611, phone 312.222.4444.[1]
Tribune Media Services (TMS) serves seven main areas of content: television, movies, television, celebrity, marketing, advertising, Zap2It, and news/features.
History
In 1933 the Chicago Tribune launched the Tribune-New York News Syndicate which was a precursor to the Tribune Media Services.[2] TMS was founded in 1965 to provide news syndication that has expanded and now provides entertainment information and news globally to technology and media companies.
Organization[3]
- CEO: Daniel Kazan
- President/COO: John B. Kelleher
- VP/GM, Zap2it.com: Rebecca Baldwin
- Director, Business Development: Sheela Chandrasekhara
- Publisher, Custom Media: Todd Kavemeier
- VP, Finance: Lanna Langlois
- SVP, Product Development & International GM: Greg Loose
- VP, Marketing: Shannon Oborne
- EVP, Technology: Edwin Ong
- SVP: Kathy Tolstrup
Past names
- Chicago Tribune Syndicate
- Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate (CTNYNS)
- Tribune Company Syndicate
Current comic strips
- 9 to 5
- Animal Crackers
- Bliss
- Bottom Liners
- Bound and Gagged
- Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!
- Broom-Hilda
- Dick Tracy
- Gasoline Alley
- Gil Thorp
- Housebroken
- Loose Parts
- Love Is...
- The Middletons
- Pluggers
- Raising Hector
- Sylvia
Notable discontinued comic strips
- Aggie Mack
- Brenda Starr, Reporter
- Compu-toon
- Conrad
- The Gumps
- Harold Teen
- Heathcliff (moved to Creators Syndicate)
- Little Orphan Annie
- Moon Mullins
- Mother Goose and Grimm (moved to King Features Syndicate)
- Motley's Crew
- Shoe (moved to King Features Syndicate)
- Smitty
- Smokey Stover
- Spy vs. Spy
- Terry and the Pirates
- Winnie Winkle
- The World's Greatest Superheroes
See also
References
External links
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