Tribune Company Switching to 44" Web

The Tribune Company is continuing its effort to standardize the size of all its publications. The Baltimore Sun converted to a 44" Web size in September 2009; the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel and Orlando Sentinel are scheduled to make the same switch in mid-December 2009.

According to Audrea Fulton, Vice President of National Retail Sales the remainder of the Tribune Company publications will make the conversion to 44" Web in early 2010, with the exact conversion timeline yet determined.

Baltimore Sun Media Group - Vendor Changes

The Baltimore Sun Media Group has made distribution changes to a few vendors and closed a couple more, per Jim Alvey, Director of the Direct Marketing Department.

The Eldersburg Eagle and the Westminster Eagle no longer publish, effective the week of April 20th, 2009.

The Northeast Reporter and the Northeast Booster, formerly weekly community papers, are merging into a single monthly publication and will first publish on March 28th.

The View of Ellicott City and the View of Western Howard County have both switched from being weekly publications, to being monthly publications effective May 7th. The Owings Mills Times switches from being weekly to monthly effective May 14th. The North County News switches from being weekly to monthly effective May 21st.