Tribune Media Group and Village Profile Collaborate with Chicagoland Area Chambers of Commerce

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05-20-2010
Tribune Media Group and Village Profile Collaborate with Chicagoland Area Chambers of Commerce
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VillageProfile.com, Inc., a provider of Chamber of Commerce publishing, announced it will work with the Tribune Media Group (TMG) to provide Chicagoland area Chambers of Commerce with marketing and communications opportunities via locally targeted Chamber of Commerce multi-media products.

"This collaboration allows TMG to combine the strength of our advertising sales force and newspaper demographics with Village Profile's marketing, production and distribution services to better serve Chicagoland area Chambers of Commerce publishing needs," said Bob Fleck, senior vice president of advertising.
The Companies said Village Profile and TMG will leverage their respective resources and capabilities to deepen advertiser reach, and provide added promotional value via Tribune local newspapers and TribLocal community Websites to promote local Chambers in conjunction with their publication programs. In addition, Village Profile's exclusive Convergence Publishing Program multi-platform advertising bundle, encompassing traditional Chamber of Commerce publications along with Websites, eBooks and mobile business directories, offers Chambers and participating advertisers access to a global audience.

President and CEO of Village Profile Dan Nugara said, "What an opportunity TMG brings to Chambers of Commerce to promote their Chamber agenda and membership with multi-media newspaper and Internet support at the local community level, plus the dynamics of the Village Profile Convergence Publishing Program provides a win- win for the local Chamber, as well as TMG and Village Profile."

Tribune Media Group represents Chicagoland's media brands through publishing, broadcasting and online outlets, which together give advertisers one destination for cross-channel solutions. The focus is driving business with custom solutions. TMG includes: WGN TV, WGN Radio, CLTV, Chicago Tribune, RedEye, TribLocal, ChicagoTribune.com and ChicagoNow.com.

Village Profile introduced its multi-platform Convergence Publishing Program to the Chamber industry, launching traditional print into the digital world with online publication Websites in 1995, free New View eBook downloads, CDs and mobile business directories.

The Village Profile:

villageprofile.com

Tribune Media Group:

tribunemediagroup.com

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