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SURELY YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS? MARC CHASE - PRESIDENT OF TRIBUNE INTERACTIVE!

Randy Michaels’ run of acquiring radio-management stars came to a screeching halt today with Chase’s appointment

CHICAGO, April 7, 2008 – Another freaking Clear Channel Communications executive on the payroll and this one’s been named President of Tribune Interactive.

Tribune Broadcasting’s ’ past finally caught up with him when Marc Chase obviously blackmailed his way into a position he is not remotely qualified to hold. Insiders are irate. Chase is a fraud. A source inside Tribune HR, who wished to remain anonymous, pointed out that Marc Chase’s resume (below) was obviously fabricated. First of all, his name isn’t even Marc Chase--it’s Mark Thompson. The whole thing is a sham.

MARC CHASE

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC 20500 202-456-1111

PROFESSINAL EXPERIENCE

Vocabulary Advisorist for George W. Bush Washington DC, 2004-present President of the of America eBay San Jose, California 2003-2004 President of Buying Crap

Google Mountain View, California 2001-2002 Executive Vice President of Finding Crap Anywhere

Microsoft Seattle, Washington, 2000-2001 Senior Executive Vice President of Technology and Stuff

CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX Television Los Angeles, California 1999-2000 Vice President of Watching TV A Lot

Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998 Dean of School of Internetology

EDUCASHION Nearly Graduated with Honers School of in Atlanta Georgia 1985

COMMUNITY SERVICE

400 Hours (reduced from 600) Judge gave time off for good behavior Chase was quoted as saying, “Timing and infrared photography are everything. I couldn’t be happier! I know Randy is relieved to finally have me on Sam’s payroll.”

Tribune has undergone major changes in the past year, with billionaire acquiring the company last April in a complex deal that left it with $13 billion in debt. Since then, Zell has brought in new executives to fill key roles. This one takes the cake.

Last December, Zell hired Michaels -- who helped Zell to build Clear Channel into a radio behemoth that he could then sell -- to oversee Tribune's broadcast and Internet divisions. It is obvious Michaels has lost his mind with this hire.

--By Hugh Jass – A Reputable Media Source

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