Tribune Publishing 401(k) and retirement plans

Tribune Publishing Company, Denver, CO. EIN 38-3919441. Annual reports 2014–2024. Also filed as Tronc, Inc.; Tribune Publishing Company, LLC.

Tribune Publishing Company has one active retirement plan on file, the Tribune Publishing Company 401(k) Plan, with 2,699 participants and $196 million in assets in 2024. Empower has been its recordkeeper since 2022. No traditional pension plan appears in Tribune Publishing's filings since 2014.

Active plans
1
Participants
2,699
Plan assets
$196 million
401(k) recordkeeper
Empower
Plans on file
2
Industry
Information and media

All 2 plans

Active plans first

Tribune Publishing Company 401(k) Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
001Employer EIN 38-3919441
Participants (2024)
2,699
Net assets (2024)
$196 million
Recordkeeper
EmpowerEarlier: Vanguard (2014–2021)
Plan administrator
Tribune Publishing Company
401K Administration 5990 Washington
Denver, CO 80216
(303) 954-6446As filed for 2024
In effect since
June 13, 2014

Plans merged into this one: Tribune Publishing Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (2022).

Earlier sponsor: Tronc, Inc. (2016–2017).

Earlier plan names: Tronc, Inc. 401(k) Plan.

Year by year, 2014 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20242,699$196 millionEmpower
20233,370$199 millionEmpower
20223,399$187 millionEmpower
20213,715$242 millionVanguard
20204,233$233 millionVanguard
20194,940$220 millionVanguard
20186,535$180 millionVanguard
20176,478$183 millionVanguard
20166,598$133 millionVanguard
20156,941$94.3 millionVanguard
20146,670$30.3 millionVanguard

Tribune Publishing Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2022 its assets moved to the Tribune Publishing Company 401(k) Plan, sponsored by Tribune Publishing Company (EIN 38-3919441, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
002Employer EIN 38-3919441
Participants (2021)
214
Net assets (2021)
$7.8 million
Recordkeeper
Vanguard2015–2022
Plan administrator
Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
160 North Stetson
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 222-4401As filed for 2022
In effect since
June 13, 2014

Earlier sponsor: Tronc, Inc. (2016–2017).

Earlier plan names: Tribune Publishing Company Defined Contribution; Tronc, Inc. Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2014 to 2022
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20220$0Vanguard
2021214$7.8 millionVanguard
2020246$7.0 millionVanguard
2019263$6.1 millionVanguard
2018352$4.8 millionVanguard
2017394$5.2 millionVanguard
2016425$3.6 millionVanguard
2015437$2.3 millionVanguard
2014428$872,545not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

  1. Call Empower (empower.com), which runs the Tribune Publishing Company 401(k) Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
  2. Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((303) 954-6446). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
  3. If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
  4. Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

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