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For immediate release
October 14, 2005
For more information, contact:
Jan M. Guszynski
Marketing Director
Tribune Media Services
(312) 222-4717
jguszynski@tribune.com
Colleen Aylward
Managing Director, Sales Development
Variety
(323) 965-2095
caylward@reedbusiness.com

TMS TO DISTRIBUTE VARIETY'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY LIST OF TOP ENTERTAINERS OF THE CENTURY

CHICAGO, October 14, 2005 — Tribune Media Services (TMS) today announced plans to distribute to newspapers in the United States and abroad a list compiled by Variety of the top 100 entertainment icons of the century.
Named the top entertainers of the past 100 years were The Beatles. Rounding out the Top Ten, in alphabetical order, are Louis Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse and Elvis Presley.
Variety, the newspaper of record for the entertainment industry, prepared the top-100 list and related stories for use in its centennial issue, for sale on newsstands October 17. Founded in 1905, Variety is currently marking its 100th anniversary with a series of special events and special publications.
TMS, the content-licensing unit of Tribune Company, syndicates Variety content through the Variety Entertainment News Service, a daily information service launched by the two companies on October 1. TMS will make the Variety list and companion articles available for use in newspapers on October 18, and it will waive normal licensing fees.
Variety's top editors, reporters and critics selected the 100 from all areas of the entertainment industry-film, television, music, theater and radio. The Variety team spent nine months compiling the list with input from members of the global entertainment community.
"While entertainment mediums have changed through the past 100 years, Variety is the only publication whose permanence and commitment to covering the world of show business has remained reliable and steadfast," said Charles C. Koones, president and publisher of Variety. "Variety is, in itself, an American icon."
"We're pleased to share this fascinating information with newspapers throughout the world," said David D. Williams, president and CEO of TMS. "It's not often such an authoritative source as Variety turns its attention to ranking the top movers and shakers in the world of entertainment. Newspaper readers of all ages will enjoy reviewing this list, and making their own judgments about the selections."
The complete list of 100 names and the related articles will be posted on Tuesday, October 18 at http://variety.tmsfeatures.com, the website of the Variety Entertainment News Service. Newspaper editors may download the material from that address for publication in their own pages. No content-licensing fee will be charged for this use.
About Tribune Media Services (TMS)
Tribune Media Services is a leading domestic and international provider of information and entertainment products for print, electronic and on-air media. It 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 distributes 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, Glens Falls, N.Y., Dallas, Milwaukee, Amsterdam, London 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).
About The Variety Group/Reed Business Information (RBI)
The Variety Group, Daily Variety, Daily Variety Gotham, Weekly Variety, VLife, Variety China, and Variety.com, are all owned by Reed Business Information (RBI), the largest business publisher in the U.S. RBI is a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE: RUK and ENL) - a world-leading publisher and information provider operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business industry sectors.