Tribune Company announced the appointment of Edward Lazarus as the company's Executive Vice President/General Counsel, effective immediately. Lazarus most recently served as Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Julius Genachowski, overseeing policy development and implementation, strategic planning, and agency management. Before working at the FCC, Lazarus was a partner and member of the Management Committee at the Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

Lazarus succeeds David Eldersveld, who joined Tribune in 2005 and has served as general counsel since 2010. Eldersveld will remain with the company as a special advisor.