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Line 1: {{short description\|American business executive (born 1960)}} '''Peter Liguori''' is an American business executive and is the President and [[chief executive officer]] of [[Tribune Media]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=About Tribune Company\|url=http://corporate.tribune.com/pressroom/?page_id=4200\|accessdate=15 February 2014}}</ref> He was appointed in January 2013, and is also a member of Tribune Media Company’s board of directors.<ref name="chicagotribune.com">{{cite web\|title=Liguori Named CEO of Tribune Company\|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-liguori-named-ceo-of-tribune-co-20130117,0,3187027.story\|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref> During his tenure, the company acquired Local TV Holdings, LLC,<ref>{{cite web\|title=Tribune Closes Local TV Purchase\|url=http://www.multichannel.com/content/tribune-closes-local-tv-purchase/147398\|accessdate=27 December 2013}}</ref> doubling the size of its local television station group, and [[Gracenote]], combining it with Tribune Media Services to form one of the world’s leading providers of entertainment metadata.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Tribune Buys Gracenote from Sony\|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304020704579276363168307266\|accessdate=23 December 2013}}</ref>▼ {{Infobox person \| name = Peter Liguori \| image = <!-- just the name, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> \| alt = \| caption = \| birth_name = \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1960\|01\|07}} \| birth_place = [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], U.S. \| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age\|YYYY\|MM\|DD\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}} or {{Death-date and age\|Month DD, YYYY\|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> \| death_place = \| nationality = American \| other_names = \| known_for = \| alma_mater = }} ▲'''Peter Liguori''' (born January 7, 1960) is an American business executive ~~and~~who ismost recently held the ~~President~~position of president and [[chief executive officer]] of [[Tribune Media]]; he departed the company at the end of March 2017.<ref name=exit/><ref>{{cite web\|title=About Tribune Company\|url=http://corporate.tribune.com/pressroom/?page_id=4200\|accessdate=15 February 2014\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214083210/http://corporate.tribune.com/pressroom/?page_id=4200\|archivedate=14 February 2014}}</ref> He was appointed to the positions in January 2013, and is also a member of Tribune Media ~~Company’s~~Company's board of directors.<ref name="chicagotribune.com">{{cite web\|title=Liguori Named CEO of Tribune Company\|website=[[Chicago Tribune]] \|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-liguori-named-ceo-of-tribune-co-20130117,0,3187027.story\|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref> During his tenure, the company acquired Local TV Holdings, LLC,<ref>{{cite web\|title=Tribune Closes Local TV Purchase\|url=http://www.multichannel.com/content/tribune-closes-local-tv-purchase/147398\|accessdate=27 December 2013}}</ref> doubling the size of its local television station group, and [[Gracenote]], combining it with Tribune Media Services to form one of the ~~world’s~~world's leading providers of entertainment metadata.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~news\|title=Tribune Buys Gracenote from Sony\|newspaper=Wall Street Journal \|date=23 December 2013 \|url=~~http~~https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304020704579276363168307266\|accessdate=23 December 2013 \|last1=Clark \|first1=Don }}</ref> HeLiguori was a member of [[Yahoo!]]’s's board from 2012 to 2014.<ref name=bloomberg>{{cite ~~web~~news\|last=Womack\|first=Brian\|title=Yahoo! Director Peter Liguori to Retire From Company Board\|url=~~http~~https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/yahoo-director-peter-liguori-to-retire-from-web-portal-s-board.html\|~~publisher~~newspaper=LA Times\|date=11 April 2014}}</ref> Before Tribune, Liguori served as ~~Chief~~[[chief ~~Operating~~operating ~~Officer~~officer]] of [[Discovery Communications]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Ex-Discovery Exec Liguori Named Tribune CEO\|website=[[Reuters]] \|url=~~http~~https://www.reuters.com/article~~/2013/01/18~~/tribune-ceo-idUSL1E9CI02J20130118\|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="chicagotribune.com"/> Before joining Discovery in 2009, Liguori served as ~~Chairman~~chairman of entertainment for [[Fox Broadcasting Company\|Fox]], credited with helping the channel [[FX (TV channel)\|FX]] grow in prominence.<ref name=Chicago>{{cite web\|last=Channick\|first=Robert\|title=TV executive Peter Liguori takes over as CEO of Tribune Co.\|url=~~http~~https://~~articles~~www.chicagotribune.com/2013-/01-/18/~~business/ct-biz-0118-tribune-2-20130118_1_tv~~tv-executive-peter-liguori-~~senior~~takes-~~creditors~~over-as-ceo-~~ross~~of-~~levinsohn~~tribune-co/\|publisher=Chicago Tribune\|date=January 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Golum\|first=Rob\|title=Tribune Names Former Fox TV Executive as CEO\|website=[[Bloomberg News]] \|url=~~http~~https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/tribune-names-former-fox-tv-executive-liguori-as-ceo.html\|date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> Prior to assuming that position in 2005, Liguori was president and CEO of [[News ~~Corp.’s~~Corporation]]'s FX Networks since 1998, overseeing business and programming operations for FX and [[FX Movie Channel\|Fox Movie Channel]].<ref name="chicagotribune.com"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=Liguori Tapped Prexy of FX Net\|url=~~http~~https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/luguori-tapped-prexy-of-fx-net-1117479213\|~~accessdate~~date=6 August 1998}}</ref> Liguori joined Fox/Liberty Networks in 1996 as senior vice president, of marketing, for a new joint venture, which now includes [[Fox Sports Networks\|Fox Sports Net]], FX, [[Fox Soccer\|Fox Sports World]], ~~SPEED~~[[Speed (TV network)\|Speed]], and [[National Geographic (American TV channel)\|National Geographic Channel]].<ref name="Peter Liguori">{{cite web\|title=Peter Liguori\|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/peter-liguori/75639\|accessdate=28 January 2001}}</ref> Before joining Fox, Liguori was vice president, consumer marketing, at [[HBO]].<ref name="bloomberg.com">{{cite web\|title=Tribune Names Former Fox TV Executive as CEO\|website=[[Bloomberg News]] \|url=~~http~~https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/tribune-names-former-fox-tv-executive-liguori-as-ceo.html\|accessdate=28 January 2001}}</ref> He also held several positions in ~~HBO’s~~HBO's Home Video Division, including vice president, marketing, and senior vice president, marketing.<ref name="bloomberg.com"/> Before HBO, he worked in advertising at [[Ogilvy (agency)\|Ogilvy & Mather]] and [[Saatchi & Saatchi]].<ref name="Peter Liguori"/> Liguori produced the independent feature film, ~~“Big~~''[[Big Night]]''.”<ref>{{~~cite~~Cite web~~\|title=Peter Liguori~~\|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510095/~~?ref_~~\|title=Peter Liguori\|website=~~fn_al_nm_1~~IMDb}}</ref> Liguori was elected to the board of trustees for the [[Paley Center for Media]] in October 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Paley Center for Media Names Ten New Members to Board of Trustees\|date=9 October 2014 \|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/fates-and-fortunes/paley-center-media-names-10-new-members-board-trustees/134733 \|accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref> In 2013, Liguori left Discovery to become CEO of [[Tribune Media]] which owned 23 television stations, [[WGN America]] on national cable, Chicago's [[WGN (AM)\|WGN-AM radio station]], several news and information websites and about a third of the Food Network.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-liguori-named-tribune-ceo-413538\|title=Peter Liguori Named Tribune Co. CEO\|website=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=17 January 2013 \|language=en\|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> In March 2017, Peter Liguori stepped down as CEO.<ref name=exit>{{Cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tribune-media-peter-liguori-1201969099/\|title=Peter Liguori to Exit as CEO of Tribune Media\|last1=Littleton\|first1=Cynthia\|date=2017-01-25\|website=Variety\|language=en\|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> ==References== Line 16 ⟶ 36: {{Tribune Media Company}} {{Yahoo! Inc.}} {{Presidents of Fox Broadcasting Company Entertainment}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Liguori, Peter}} Line 22 ⟶ 43: [[Category:American chief executives in the media industry]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:~~Year~~1960 ~~of birth missing (living people)~~births]] ~~[[Category:Tribune Media people]]~~ [[Category:Fox Broadcasting Company executives]] [[Category:Presidents of Fox Broadcasting Company Entertainment]]