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New Political Magazine From Tribune Media Services Launches Exclusively on Amazon Kindle eBook Platform

CHICAGO, March 25 PRNewswire — Tribune Media Services (TMS) today announced the launch of a new political commentary magazine called Opinionated: Voices and Viewpoints on America and the World. The weekly magazine is distributed exclusively on the Amazon Kindle eBook, the innovative wireless reading device. The first issue is currently available on a free trial and subscription basis on Amazon. TMS is the content syndication and licensing division of Chicago-based Tribune Company.

"Opinionated was created to give readers some of the best political and social commentary from the right, middle and left of the political spectrum in one place, with no other distractions," said Steve Tippie, TMS vice president of marketing and licensing and the magazine's publisher and editor. "Amazon's Kindle platform is the perfect vehicle for publishing a magazine like Opinionated — fast, easy and very efficient. TMS provides the weekly content and Amazon formats, posts and distributes it electronically."

Opinionated draws its material from columnists syndicated by TMS, including ten Pulitzer prize winners and two Nobel Laureates. Their commentary covers domestic and international politics, economics, world affairs, social issues, pop culture and other topics. The lineup includes Ian Bremmer, Nathan Gardels, Jonah Goldberg, Carl Hiaasen, Arianna Huffington, Jesse Jackson, Garrison Keillor, Paul Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Clarence Page, William Pfaff, Leonard Pitts, Cal Thomas, and Jules Witcover among many others.

Opinionated will be published weekly on Mondays and will cost $.49 an issue and $1.49 for a monthly subscription. TMS is currently developing several other magazines for the Kindle on topics including personal finance, travel, food and popular culture.

About Tribune Media Services

Tribune Media Services (TMS) 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 syndicates a variety of online information products; licenses editorial content from national periodicals; and manages national advertising networks. Through its partnership with the McClatchy Company, TMS also markets news, photos, graphics and multimedia content to media clients worldwide through the McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT). Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Los Angeles, Glens Falls, N.Y., Dallas, Milwaukee, Amsterdam, London, Amman (Jordan) and Hong Kong, TMS is a subsidiary of Tribune Company.

For more information about TMS and its products and services, visit tms.tribune.com. CONTACT: Steve Tippie 312-222-4455 stippie@tribune.com

SOURCE Tribune Media Services

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