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For immediate release
June 07, 2004
For more information, contact:
Jan M. Guszynski
Marketing Director
Tribune Media Services
(312) 222-4717
jguszynski@tribune.com

NewsCom Introduces Features Service

Los Angeles, CA, June 7, 2004 — NewsCom (http://www.newscom.com) has launched a new à la carte features service to provide in depth stories, interviews and opinion pieces from a broad variety of sources, including AFP, Reuters, KRT, UPI, Salon, Creators Syndicate, Copley News Service, Agencia EFE and Agencia Reforma. Features are available in both Spanish and English at (http://www.newscom.com/nc/features.html)
NewsCom Features provide insight into and analysis of important events around the world, and offer full-length stories and photo essays about health issues, travel, human-interest topics, celebrities, culture, as well as provocative commentaries and opinion columnists.
NewsCom's sophisticated search capabilities match feature stories with other content categories, such as colorful illustrations and graphics, as well as current and historical photos to save time on image research.
NewsCom manages, sells and distributes digital content from 60 providers for editorial use. A joint venture of Tribune Media Services and Knight Ridder, NewsCom is a one-stop, one-password resource for the publishing industry. NewsCom's recently upgraded and redesigned digital content Web site offers photos, graphics, news text, full-length text features and stock images.

About Tribune Media Services
Tribune Media Services (TMS) is a leading domestic and international provider of information and entertainment products for print, electronic and on-air media. TMS distributes television and movie listings and related editorial content under the TMS and Zap2it brands; syndicates and licenses 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 and features, information graphics and multimedia content. Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Houston, Glens Falls, N.Y., Milwaukee, Toronto, London, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. TMS is a subsidiary of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB). For more information about TMS and its products and services, visit (http://www.tms.tribune.com).