Tronc To Rename Itself Back To Tribune Publishing Company

(RTTNews) - Tronc Inc. (TRNC) Thursday announced its decision to change its name back to Tribune Publishing Company.

Tronc, which owns the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and New York Daily News, said the change of name will formally take effect on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.

The company's common stock will resume trading on the NASDAQ with the opening of trading on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 under the ticker TPCO.

In June 2016, newspaper chain Tribune Publishing Co. decide to change its name to tronc Inc and also changed its ticker from 'TPUB' to 'TRNC.'

The name tronc is actually an abbreviation of "Tribune online content."