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The Tribune Company, in Chicago, was known a generation ago for its flagship, nationally renowned newspaper, The Chicago Tribune. In 1993 the company joined with local cable company ChicagoLand Television. The cable news outlet operated from a facility in the Tribune’s newsroom. This was the first serious merger of what had been separate media, newspapers and television. The company also eventually created the first converged Washington bureau. Today, the company owns 26 major market television stations, including national superstation WGN-TV; radio station WGN in Chicago; interests in the Warner Brothers’ TV network, and daily and weekly newspapers in English and Spanish. The company also publishes educational materials and owns the Chicago Cubs baseball team. It has interests in nearly 20 online information providers, including the largest Internet access company in the world, America Online, which it bought into in 1991. Tribune is a Fortune 500 company, with 2002 revenues of $5.4 billion. In March 2000, Tribune Company announced its merger with The Times Mirror Company, publisher of The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers and magazines.
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