New York, N.Y., USA - August 7, 2015, New York, N.Y., USA - Tribune Media Company announced that its chief financial officer, Steven Berns, has resigned, effective August 11, 2015, to accept the position of CFO at another public company.
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Mr. Berns joined Tribune Media from the cosmetics firm Revlon Inc., where he has served in a similar capacity since 2009. A certified public accountant, Mr. Berns previously served as CFO at Tradeweb LLC, an electronic trading firm, and as president and CFO of MDC Partners.
Before that he was at Interpublic Group, the global advertising holding company, where he served as senior vice president and treasurer from 1999 to 2004.
Mr. Berns will remain available to Tribune Media to facilitate a smooth transition of duties, and his resignation does not reflect any dispute or disagreement with the company.
Tribune Media has appointed Chandler Bigelow, its current Chief Strategies & Operations Officer as interim CFO, effective August 12, 2015.
Mr. Bigelow previously served as CFO from 2008 to 2013, and is a 17-year veteran of the company. He will continue to serve in his current role. Mr. Bigelow was named executive vice president/chief business strategies and operations officer for Tribune Media Company in June 2013.
Mr. Bigelow served as Tribune Media’s EVP/Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2013, overseeing all corporate finance functions, including financial reporting, tax, audit and treasury.
Prior to that, he was Tribune Media’s vice president/treasurer with responsibility for the company’s financing activities, cash management, short-term and retirement fund investments and risk-management programs beginning 2003.
Previously, Mr. Bigelow was assistant treasurer since 2001 and served as director/corporate finance from 2000 to 2001. He joined Tribune Media Company in 1998 as part of the Tribune Media Financial Development Program and became corporate finance manager in 1999.
Prior to Tribune Media Company, he was manager of investor relations for Spyglass, Inc., from 1996 to 1997. In 1994, he co-founded Brainerd Communicators, an investor relations firm, where he served as vice president through 1995. ■