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For immediate release
January 19, 2005
For more information, contact:
Jan M. Guszynski
Marketing Director
Tribune Media Services
(312) 222-4717
jguszynski@tribune.com

Zap2it.com Launches Its First US-Based TV Listings Site En Español For The Arizona Republic

Santa Monica, CA, January 19, 2005 — Zap2it.com®, a division of Tribune Media Services (TMS), has launched its first U.S.-based Spanish language TV listings and information site for lavoz.azcentral.com, the Spanish-language version of The Arizona Republic Web site.
The customized Web site integrates a robust TV listings application into the look and feel of The Arizona Republic's azcentral.com.
"Zap2it is helping The Arizona Republic meet the needs of a growing segment of its users by offering Spanish-language local TV listings," said Barbara Needleman, vice president of Entertainment Products for TMS. "The new site offers Spanish speaking viewers comprehensive TV listings and information about where and when to find their favorite programs, as well as program details to assist them in making viewing choices."

The Entretenimiento button on lavoz.azcentral.com links users to a customized Zap2it TV Web site that provides detailed descriptions of programming available in Spanish; program genre information; an advanced search function to find programming by word, program name, movie title, artist, director, program description, HDTV programming and date; a detailed sports search; and a customized listings function to create a selection of favorite channels for subsequent visits to the site. A help page provides answers to questions regarding the functionality or use of the site.
In addition, The Arizona Republic plans to launch a Spanish TV site for their www.tvymas.com.

While this represents Tribune Media Services' first Spanish language listings site in the U.S., Zap2it provides TV listings and information to Spanish TV sites in Latin America, including Comtech and Prensa Libre, both in Guatemala and Cablevision in Mexico. azcentral.com is Arizona's most-visited Web site and one of the top newspaper-affiliated sites in the U.S. in terms of audience. It serves as the online site for The Arizona Republic, KPNX-TV Channel 12, and La Voz, all Gannett-owned media properties in Phoenix.

azcentral.com is Arizona's most-visited Web site and one of the top newspaper-affiliated sites in the U.S. in terms of audience. It serves as the online site for The Arizona Republic, KPNX-TV Channel 12, and La Voz, all Gannett-owned media properties in Phoenix.

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.