Baltimore Sun Publisher Stepping Down

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BALTIMORE, July 17, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- The Baltimore Sun today announced that Denise E. Palmer, president, publisher and CEO, plans to leave the company on July 28. She has accepted the position of president and publisher at The Tampa Tribune, a Media General newspaper.

"We are grateful for Denise's four years of leadership at The Sun, and her many contributions throughout her career with Tribune," said Scott Smith, Tribune Publishing president. "Denise has strengthened The Sun and its related media businesses to better serve readers and advertisers. The Sun will build on these positive changes in the years ahead."

Palmer, 49, joined the Baltimore Sun as president, publisher and CEO in July 2002. Highlights during her tenure include a complete redesign of the newspaper completed last year and a Pulitzer Prize earned by The Sun in 2003.

"We've made progress in many areas and all of it was achieved with an eye toward serving The Sun's readers and advertisers as well as the greater Baltimore community," said Palmer. "I know that tradition of service will continue under the next publisher."

Bob Gremillion, Tribune Publishing vice president, who oversees the Baltimore Sun, will serve as acting publisher and CEO until he names Palmer's successor.

Prior to her arrival in Baltimore, Palmer was president and CEO of Chicagoland Television (CLTV), a 24-hour local news cable channel, which, like The Sun, is a unit of Chicago-based Tribune Company. Palmer joined Tribune in 1980 as a corporate auditor and through the years served in a number of strategic planning and financial management roles for the parent company as well as the Chicago Tribune and WGN Radio.

The Baltimore Sun is Maryland's leading news and information company, reaching more than 1 million market adults every week. Founded in 1837 and acquired in 2000 by Tribune, the company publishes The Sun, baltimoresun.com, the Patuxent and Homestead community newspapers and multiple niche print and online publications.

SOURCE The Baltimore Sun