Dennis FitzSimons

Chairman at

Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation

75 year

67 connections

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Dennis J.
FitzSimons currently works at Robert R.
McCormick Tribune Foundation, as Chairman from 2004, The Big Shoulders Fund, as Director, Northwestern University, as Trustee, and Kenneth C.
Griffin Museum of Science & Industry, as Trustee.
Mr. FitzSimons also formerly worked at Tribune Media Co., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2007, Tribune Broadcasting Co., Inc., as President & Chief Executive Officer, Tribune Ventures, as President & Chief Executive Officer, Federal Communications Commission, as Chairman-Media Security & Reliability Council from 2002 to 2004, MGOC, Inc., as Independent Director, Meredith Corp., as Director from 2014 to 2018, TI Gotham, Inc., as Independent Director from 2014 to 2018, The Associated Press (New York), as Director from 2004 to 2007, Nexstar Media Group, Inc., as Independent Director from 2017 to 2025, Media General, Inc., as Independent Director from 2009 to 2016, Fordham University, as Trustee, and WGN-TV, as General Manager.
Mr. FitzSimons received his undergraduate degree from Fordham University.

Dennis FitzSimons active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science & Industry Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science & Industry Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates as a museum	Director/Board Member	-
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a foundation or endowment	Chairman	2003-12-31
Northwestern University Northwestern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Director/Board Member	-
The Big Shoulders Fund The Big Shoulders Fund Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides financial support to catholic schools	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Dennis FitzSimons

Companies	Position	End
NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC.	Director/Board Member	2025-06-16
TIME INC	Director/Board Member	2018-01-30
MEREDITH CORPORATION	Director/Board Member	2017-12-31
MEDIA GENERAL INC	Director/Board Member	2015-12-31
TRIBUNE MEDIA CO	Chief Executive Officer	2007-12-18

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Private companies	16
MGOC, Inc. MGOC, Inc. BroadcastingConsumer Services Provides media broadcasting services	Consumer Services
Meredith Corp. Meredith Corp. Publishing: Books/MagazinesConsumer Services Publishes magazines, books and also operates television stations	Consumer Services
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a foundation or endowment	Miscellaneous
Tribune Media Co. Tribune Media Co. BroadcastingConsumer Services Operates as a television and media company	Consumer Services
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. BroadcastingConsumer Services Provides television broadcasting services	Consumer Services
TI Gotham, Inc. TI Gotham, Inc. Publishing: Books/MagazinesConsumer Services Operates as magazine publisher and marketplace platform	Consumer Services
Tribune Broadcasting Co., Inc. Tribune Broadcasting Co., Inc. BroadcastingConsumer Services Owns and operates television broadcasting stations	Consumer Services
The Associated Press (New York) The Associated Press (New York) Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Provides news media services	Commercial Services
Northwestern University Northwestern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Fordham University Fordham University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission National AgencyGovernment National level government agency	Government
Tribune Ventures Tribune Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Tribune invests with the objective to strengthen their existing businesses of newspaper publishing, television broadcasting or syndicated and online media. They seek to build shareholder value by working with and investing in outside companies that are developing complementary or new segments which they are not pursuing directly. Their criteria for investing include: access to technologies, content, markets or capabilities that enhance our core media businesses, entry point into a new or related market, financial return, both through ownership stake and through enhancement of their business, opportunity for Tribune to contribute to a company's success factors or reduce their risk factor, a clear path to learning, and an identifiable process to communicate that learning within Tribune, and provides a placeholder in segments of the media business that are in a developmental stage and for which the timing is not appropriate for Tribune to pursue it directly.	Finance
Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science & Industry Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science & Industry Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates as a museum	Consumer Services
WGN-TV WGN-TV BroadcastingConsumer Services Operates as a television station	Consumer Services
The Big Shoulders Fund The Big Shoulders Fund Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides financial support to catholic schools	Commercial Services
Media General, Inc. Media General, Inc. BroadcastingConsumer Services Operates television stations and provides digital media services	Consumer Services