Tribune Publishing Company announced that its Board of Directors appointed Timothy P. Knight as Chief Executive Officer and David Dreier as Chairman of the Board. Knight will also join the Board of Directors and succeeds Justin Dearborn who has stepped down as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Timothy Knight joined the company in February 2017 and most recently has had responsibility for all of the company's local market operations.

Upon joining the company, Knight served as President of the digital content and commerce division. Knight previously served as the President of Advance Ohio, and directed the strategy, sales, marketing and content of cleveland.com. David Dreier has been a director of the company since June 2016.

He is the Chairman of the Annenberg-Dreier Commission which has focused on encouraging the free flow of goods, services, capital, information, ideas and people throughout the Greater Pacific. Dreier served as a member of the United States Congress, representing Los Angeles from 1980 until 2013.