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CHICAGO, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tribune Publishing, a division of Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), today announced that it has completed the sale of its Southern Connecticut Newspapers, The Advocate (Stamford) and Greenwich Time, to Hearst Corporation. The newspapers will be managed by MediaNews Group, Inc., under an existing joint venture agreement with Hearst. The sale transaction, announced Oct. 25, 2007, did not include real estate in Stamford and Greenwich, which Tribune plans to sell separately. TRIBUNE (NYSE:TRB) is one of the country's top media companies, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. It reaches more than 80 percent of U.S. households and is the only media organization with newspapers, television stations and websites in the nation's top three markets. In publishing, Tribune's leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.), The Sun (Baltimore), South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel and Hartford Courant. The company's broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, Superstation WGN on national cable, Chicago's WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and extend the company's nationwide audience. DATASOURCE: Tribune Publishing CONTACT: Gary Weitman of Tribune Publishing, +1-312-222-3394, fax, +1-312-222-1573, Web site: http://www.tribune.com/

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