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Profile - Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 24Conference call: Tribune Company
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Sep 13Dividend payment of $0.11
Location
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 222-9100
Fax: (312) 222-4917
Email: master-webmaster@tribune.com
Employees (last reported count): 22,700
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 ·Industry: Printing & Publishing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 33%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
 · 9 insider sells; 872.0K shares
  (0.9% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 47% (70% of float)
(866 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 3.87M shares (+2.86%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Tribune Company is a media and entertainment company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company is engaged in newspaper publishing, television and radio broadcasting and entertainment, and the development and distribution of information and entertainment through the Internet. The Company's operations are divided into three industry segments, identified according to product: publishing, broadcasting and entertainment, and interactive. These segments operate primarily in the United States.
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Financial Summary
TRB through its susbsidiaries is engaged in newspaper publishing, television and radio broadcasting and entertainment, and the development and distribtuion of information and entertainment through the Internet. For the 26 weeks ended 7/01/01, revenues increased 29% to $2.66 billion. Net income income from continuing opts. and applicable to Common fell 28% to $129.9 million. Results reflect the Times Mirror acquisition, offset by acqu. and restructuring costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

John Madigan, 63
Chairman, CEO
$4.0M$1.5M
Dennis FitzSimons, 49
Pres, COO, Director
1.4M594K
Jack Fuller, 54
Director, Pres- Tribune Publishing Company
1.0M473K
Donald Grenesko, 52
Sr. VP - Fin. and Admin.
840K556K
Jeff Scherb, 43
Sr. VP, CTO
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:TRBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000
$34.875
Recent Price$39.42 
52-Week High
on 3-Oct-2000
$46.50 
Beta0.52 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)601.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)504.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+7.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+44.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$11.7B
Shares Outstanding297.5M
Float199.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.44 
Dividend Yield1.12%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 10-Sep-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$18.42 
Earnings (ttm)$0.74 
Earnings (mrq)$0.21 
Sales (ttm)$16.43 
Cash (mrq*)$0.63 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)2.14 
Price/Earnings (ttm)53.05 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.40 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$5.50B
EBITDA (ttm*)$1.44B
Income available to common (ttm)$236.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)17.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
1-July-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.70%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.19%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.86 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.80 
Total Cash (mrq)$186.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short4.82M
Percent of Float2.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
6.23M
Short Ratio7.92 
Daily Volume608.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 1-July-2001)

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