GM of Tribune's KTLA resigns

By Phil Rosenthal |Tribune media columnist

12:27 PM CST, February 19, 2008

Vinnie Malcolm has resigned as vice president and general manager of Tribune Co.'s KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, Tribune Broadcasting President Ed Wilson said today.

John Vitanovec, who has served as Tribune Broadcasting executive vice president as well as general manager at Tribune's WGN-Ch. 9 in Chicago and former Tribune Co. station WLVI-TV in Boston, will replace Malcolm in Los Angeles on an interim basis while a permanent general manager is found.

Malcolm had been KTLA's general manager since March 2002, having joined the station as regional sales manager in 1994.

Tribune Co. owns the Chicago Tribune.

philrosenthal@tribune.com