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Ed Wilson

Ed Wilson is an American

United States

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media executive. He is currently President of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
-based Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune Broadcasting is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois....
As well as Chief Revenue Officer of Tribune Company.

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Early life and education ilson holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas, often shortened to U of A or just UA, is a public co-educational land-grant university. It is the Flagship#University campuses campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas....
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Career on began his television career in 1980 as a sales trainee for Viacom

Viacom

Viacom , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an United States media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable television and satellite television networks , and movie production and distribution ....
in New York. He also served as Sales Manager with KATV

KATV

KATV is an American Broadcasting Company affiliated television station serving the Little Rock television market and central Arkansas. The station is owned by Allbritton Communications Company....
, the ABC affiliate in Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The city's population was estimated at 184,422 in 2005....
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Ed Wilson is an American

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
media executive. He is currently President of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
-based Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune Broadcasting is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois....
As well as Chief Revenue Officer of Tribune Company.

B =iography

Early life and education

Ed Wilson holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas, often shortened to U of A or just UA, is a public co-educational land-grant university. It is the Flagship#University campuses campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas....
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Career

Wilson began his television career in 1980 as a sales trainee for Viacom
Viacom

Viacom , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an United States media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable television and satellite television networks , and movie production and distribution ....
in New York. He also served as Sales Manager with KATV
KATV

KATV is an American Broadcasting Company affiliated television station serving the Little Rock television market and central Arkansas. The station is owned by Allbritton Communications Company....
, the ABC affiliate in Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The city's population was estimated at 184,422 in 2005....
. He held a series of increasingly responsible positions with Paramount and Viacom, ultimately holding a senior executive position with Columbia TriStar Television Distribution. In 1994 Wilson founded MaXaM Entertainment in partnership with A.H. Belo Corp.
Belo

Belo Corp. is a Dallas, Texas-based media company that owns 20 television stations and two regional cable television news channels. The company was previously known as A.H....
. The company was sold in January 1996 to CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
and Mr. Wilson and his team formed Eyemark Entertainment and took management control of CBS Enterprises.

He became President of NBC Enterprises in August 2000, launching NBC into the domestic syndication business. He left in 2004 to become President of Fox Television. There, he was responsible for supervising all business aspects of the network and worked closely with Fox Entertainment Group on business development opportunities for the network. Wilson left Fox in February 2008 to join Tribune Broadcasting.

Mr. Wilson currently sits on The Board of Trustees for Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University is a private university, coeducational university in University Park, Texas, Texas . Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU currently operates campuses in University Park, Plano, Texas, and Taos, New Mexico....
. He is a national board member of the United Service Organizations
United Service Organizations

The United Service Organizations Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the Military of the United States worldwide....
(USO), ThinkLA and The Alliance for Children's Rights.

Marriage and children

He and his wife, Leslie, have two children: Ashley, a graduate of Boston College
Boston College

Boston College is a private university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the city of Newton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States, rendering it neither in Boston nor a college....
, and Royce, who is currently President of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded March 9, 1856 at the University of Alabama. SAE is the largest social college fraternity by total initiates with more than 288,000 initiated members....
at Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University is a private university, coeducational university in University Park, Texas, Texas . Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU currently operates campuses in University Park, Plano, Texas, and Taos, New Mexico....
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Awards

2007: Outstanding Alumni, University of Arkansas