Tribune Media Services to Provide Mobile Content Service for Newspapers and Magazines Worldwide
MOSCOW, June 5, 2006 - Tribune Media
Services, Inc. (TMS) today announced at the World Association
of Newspapers (WAN) conference in Moscow that it is launching
TMS Mobile Integrated Content Solutions (ICS), an end-to-end
mobile content delivery option for print and online
newspapers and magazines. The service will launch in early
June with Michael Mepham's Sudoku, featuring downloadable
Sudoku puzzles and content from the world's most trafficked
on-line Sudoku site, and will add new content products
throughout 2006. TMS, a subsidiary of Tribune Company
(NYSE:TRB), is a global distributor of syndicated content and
services to the media industry and is headquartered in
Chicago.
"Our media customers around the world have been asking us if
we can provide mobile versions of our content products," said
Stephen Tippie, TMS vice president, marketing and licensing.
"In response, we have developed a low cost, low risk solution
for serving up mobile versions of our best syndicated
features to their readers, all completely under their brand.
TMS Mobile ICS gives them the opportunity either to test the
mobile waters before making a more comprehensive commitment
or supplement their current revenue from mobile carrier deals
with revenue from our 'off-carrier-deck' solution."
TMS Mobile ICS will launch will initially launch with puzzles
and games and will be available in late June. TMS Mobile will
provide an end-to-end outsourced service, from mobile content
delivery to billing and customer service. TMS Mobile ICS
customers will promote the service in their print, online and
advertising products. TMS and its ICS customers will share
download and advertising revenues.
TMS Mobile ICS is a featured product in TMS' booth (Booth
#44) at the WAN conference.
About Tribune Media Services (www.tms.tribune.com)
Tribune Media Services (TMS) is a leading provider of
information and entertainment products for print, electronic
and on-air media in the United States and abroad. It
distributes TV and movie listings and related editorial
content under the TMS and Zap2it brands; syndicates comics,
features and opinion columns; creates and syndicates a
variety of online information products; licenses editorial
content from national periodicals; and manages national
advertising networks. Through its Knight Ridder/Tribune
partnership, TMS also markets news, features, information
graphics and multimedia content to media clients around the
world. Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York,
Glens Falls, N.Y., Dallas, Houston, Milwaukee, Amsterdam,
London and Hong Kong, TMS is a subsidiary of Tribune Company
(NYSE:TRB).
Contact:
Stephen Tippie
Tribune Media Services
312-222-4455
stippie@tribune.com