Aug. 07--Tribune Media's chief financial officer, Steven Berns, has resigned effective Aug. 11, the company announced Thursday.
Berns, who has been CFO at Tribune Media since June 2013, is leaving for a CFO position at Shutterstock, a New York-based provider of commercial imagery and music.
Chandler Bigelow, who previously served as CFO from 2008 to 2013, will resume the role on an interim basis while an external search is conducted for a full-time successor. Bigelow, a 17-year veteran of Tribune Media and its predecessor, Tribune Co., will continue as chief strategies and operations officer for the Chicago-based media company.
"We thank Steven for his contributions to the company over the past two years, including his management of the spin-off of Tribune Publishing and our listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and we wish him well in his new position," Peter Liguori, Tribune Media's president and CEO, said in a statement. "We are fortunate to have an executive of Chandler's caliber, with his many years of experience at Tribune Media, as interim CFO."
Berns came to Tribune Co. from New York-based cosmetics firm Revlon, where he served as CFO for four years.
Tribune Media spun off its newspaper holdings, including the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, into a stand-alone publishing company in August 2014. Tribune Media owns and operates 42 local television stations, national cable channel WGN America, WGN Radio and other broadcasting assets, as well as real estate holdings and equity investments.
Tribune Media will report financial results for the second quarter on Aug. 13.
rchannick@tribpub.com
