Michael Rooney - Tronc Executive Vice President Chief Revenue Officer

Mr. Michael F. Rooney is Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer of Tribune Publishing Co., since November 2014. In this capacity, Mr. Rooney is responsible for further diversifying Tribune Publishing suite of print and digital advertising solutions offered to local and national brands and oversees of all Tribune Publishing national sales and marketing activities including Tribune 365, the Company national sales unit for print and digital advertising 435Digital, Tribune Publishing digital marketing services unit MediaWorks, the Company preprint marketing and operations unit and Tribune Publishing digital marketplaces in verticals such as automotive and recruitment. Mr. Rooney served as Chief Revenue Officer for The Wall Street Journal, a print media company, from 2007 to 2013. Prior to The Wall Street Journal, Rooney served in numerous sales positions at ESPN, a media company, from 1997 to 2007, including print, outdoor, television and digital units, and was credited with launching ESPN the Magazine to immediate success, diversifying the company advertising platforms, and integrating the brand significant TV, print and digital sales forces. Additionally, Mr. Rooney held extensive leadership positions at TimesMirror Magazines, a print media company, where he served as Publisher of Field Stream and Outdoor Life at Disney Publishing, where he resurrected Discover Magazine and served as its Publisher, and at Rodale Press, where he launched Men Health Magazine and served as its Publisher since 2014.