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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

Notable discontinued comic strips

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.tribunemediaservices.com/about-us/location/
  2. ^ http://www.fundinguniverse.com/copanies-histories/tribune-company-history/
  3. ^ http://www.tribunemediaservices.com/about-us/leadership/


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