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CHICAGO, April 30 — Ed Wilson, who has served as Tribune Company’s chief revenue and sales officer since 2009 and as president of Tribune Broadcasting since 2008, announced today that he will step down from both positions effective immediately and be retained as a consultant to the company. “The time is right for both the company and for me to make this move,” said Wilson. ”It has been an amazing ride since I came onboard and I’m grateful to Randy Michaels for giving me this opportunity—the future for Tribune is a bright one.”
Tribune chief executive officer Randy Michaels praised Wilson for his talent, dedication and hard work. ”Our station group and WGN America have made tremendous progress over the last two years under Ed’s leadership—we’ve expanded local news in all our markets, lined up some great new programming that will debut this fall and streamlined our decision-making process,” said Michaels. ”There is a lot of opportunity ahead.”
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Ed is an amazing individual, and he is very talented to say the least. Everybody that has ever known him/worked with him knows that.
Ed is a great networker, He is a great sales man, he is a terrible business man and cannot close a deal. Great guy on the surface but no way he could make it running a broadcast company as big as tribune.
Another company realizes that Ed is just a god looking charming southern gentleman without a brain. He does nothing at each stop, and two years into his job, they realize he is a fraud. Everyone loves him, but few respect his accomplishments.
eW….you can’t be serious….he is so over rated. Tons of people know the guy because he keeps job hopping. give him 2 years and he gets exposed, then needs to move on. he gives us suits a bad rep. nice guy, yes. smart and talented, let alone very talented, no.
he’d be a perfect toll booth operator….”Have a great day!”
EXACTLY! Tribune will be a better more successful broadcast group without him.
I worked for Ed and with Ed on separate occasions. He’s a terrific, smart action guy. He networks, connects and follows through on most things. I’d follow him into any battle
Ed is one of the smartest media guys I have ever met and for the jealous slimeballs that have condemned themselves to hell by trashing him, you can’t get there soon enough for me.
Ed is one of the brightest media people to ever grace this industry and when I see negative comments like these I know an inside hatchet job by jealous, graceless corporate sycophants is underway.
I worked with Ed while he was with kingworld, and then Fox. He is creative a deal maker, and I’d like him at my back in a street fight
I wish there were more Ed Wilsons
Ed is the real deal. The bashers should be ashamed of themselves. Whatever he ends up doing, he will do well. Give ‘em hell, Ed!
No need to bash Ed Wilson. Tribune’s new management team came in with many from outside the industry and within the industry but in different roles. Ed had never run a station but knows the business. Many of the guys at Tribune have a radio or web background. Ed obviously didn’t mesh well or possibly bad economy and bankruptcy was too much for him. Whatever it is I’m sure Ed will do well and I’m sure the guys at Tribune are taking care of him.
grant c3,
You must not know him at all or you would know he has never worked anywhere other than the Tribune company as little as two years. I wonder also – but about the Tribune. Company.
Don’t quite understand the agenda of the haters here because both the facts and popular opinion easily prove them wrong. I worked for Ed for 5 yrs and wish I could do so for 50 more.
He had 3 great skills. He crafted deals that were out of the box and closed them for more money and on better terms than anyone expected; go look at his syndication track record at 4 major companies as well as his work at Fox. He built and nurtured incredible relationships throughout the industry, particularly with talent; these alone made deals happen, consensus be found and kept business going through difficult times. And finally, he was the finest person I’ve ever worked for. Ed motivated and inspired many of us, including me, to do the best work of our careers. His legendary kindness for and interest in the people who worked for him were true – how often can you say that about people in this industry?
I will always respect Ed for his strategic and business skills as well as his incredible mensch-ness. I’d follow him into battle any day.
This was not exactly the job Ed signed on for, cleaning up Sam Zell’s mess.
Anyone who really knows him knows he has a huge heart, and beneath the Southern Gentleman veneer is a really creative, talented and successful guy.
And significantly more talented and successful than the bitter people who write in and criticize him.
Nobody could have predicted the mess that was 2008 and 2009 for the media industry. Ed clearly was caught up in it as was the Tribune company with it’s debt load. No need to trash anyone, Ed will go on to big things for himself. Good luck to everyone in this business as the economy comes back.
Phi Alpha Ed Wilson. You are a god amongst men.
Good enough guy but what has he ever done again?
Ed Wilson is one of the most stand up individuals in the corporate world today. I have worked with CEOs, Wall Street Fund Managers and beyond. There are few people that measure up to Wilson. He is not only a born leader with innovative ideas but the man you want standing beside you when the going gets tough. Ed will always come out on top. This I guarantee you.
The guy has 1 two year tenure in his entire career, and he’s ‘jumping around?’ Seriously? What kind of bonehead comment is that? Here’s a fact you can take to the bank: after Ed wipes your footprints off his back, I’m 99% certain he’ll reach a hand out to help you after your monumental fall – which, given your inaccurate and hateful statements, cannot happen soon enough. Ed has a surprise or ten left up his sleeve so be nice.
I had the opportunity to work with and for Ed over the years.On a first hand basis, I can state that he challenged, motivated, empowered and most of all didn’t ask anymore of me that he wasn’t already doing himself.
As an executive, Ed came suited up and ready to play everyday. His professional accomplishments clearly over shadow certain resentments held by a few.
Chris Kager
Ed Wilson is an old-school southern gentleman – and that is exactly what the new school needs. When your buried inside an organization that doesn’t understand how relationships are made – it’s hard to see his value. If you spend all your time emailing, IMing and posting on comment boards….your gradually disconnecting from the skills of social grace required for real-world relationship building.
Most of the negative comments on this blog seem to come from people who don’t get that when your at the top, it’s all about the people you know and the relationships you have…..that’s the currency that keeps the lights on in most businesses. You can’t replace relationships.
Ed knows everybody – and most of the people I work with love him. He’s incredibly valuable. Probably always will be.