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For immediate release
January 17, 2005
For more information, contact:
Jan M. Guszynski
Marketing Director
Tribune Media Services
(312) 222-4717
jguszynski@tribune.com

Tribune Media Services Names Executive Director For Zap2it.com

Santa Monica, CA, January 17, 2005 — Jennifer Hozer has been named Executive Director of Zap2it.com (http://www.Zap2it.com), it was announced today by Barbara Needleman, vice president, Entertainment Products for Tribune Media Services (TMS). Hozer will oversee the day-to-day operations of the entertainment Web site from Zap2it.com's Santa Monica headquarters.
In her new position, Hozer will lead efforts to expand the reach of Zap2it.com to increase traffic, and boost advertising and affiliate sales.
"Jennifer has extensive experience in developing online marketing plans and programs, and we look forward to working with her in continuing to build Zap2it.com," said Needleman.

Hozer joins Zap2it.com from TMS' News In Motion broadcast service in Chicago, where she was product manager responsible for sales, marketing and business development. Prior to that, she worked for Robert Half International from 1999-2003, primarily as a marketing manager. Previously, she was director of sales and marketing for @creation Inc, an Internet start-up. Jennifer also has produced and directed commercial advertising and managed promotions for TCI Media Services (1995-97) in Louisville and later at the cable company's Agoura Hills, CA office. After graduating from Columbia College with a BA in Television Production/Broadcast Management, she worked for a year as an associate producer for the "Jenny Jones Show."
Launched in May 2000, Zap2it.com (http://www.Zap2it.com) is a leading entertainment destination site that provides local TV program listings, movie showtimes and national entertainment-focused news and editorial, as well as information on the latest video and DVD releases.

About Tribune Media Services' Entertainment Products Division
Tribune Media Services (TMS) is a leading provider of print, online and on-screen entertainment listings and editorial information to newspapers and online media, cable and satellite operators, and consumer electronics companies. Offering a full line of enhanced entertainment information products and services, TMS' TV information clients include Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, New York Times, USA Today, ReplayTV, TiVo and Microsoft. TMS collects information from more than 12,500 broadcast, cable and satellite sources worldwide. Its newspaper, cable and satellite program magazines reach more than 30 million households in over 50 major markets on a weekly and monthly basis. Additionally, TMS' passive program guide (PPG) is available in 9 million homes worldwide.
TMS' print and online advertising networks provide opportunities to reach nearly 70 million people, through major market newspaper TV supplements and Zap2it.com. TMS Movie Products collects data from more than 35,000 movie theater screens in North America to create and market print and electronic movie information products and services. Additionally, TMS offers Zap2it.com, a leading entertainment information website for TV and Movie listings and editorial, and information on the latest video and DVD releases.