Justin Dearborn (born c. 1971) is an American businessman. He formerly served as the chairman and chief executive officer of the

Tribune Publishing Company Tribune Publishing Company (briefly Tronc, Inc.) is an American newspaper print and online media publishing company. The company, which was acquired by Alden Global Capital in May 2021, has a portfolio that includes the ''Chicago Tribune'', th ...

, a newspaper publishing company listed on the

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and

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Early life

Dearborn was born circa 1971. He graduated from

Illinois State University Illinois State University (ISU) is a public research university in Normal, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University and is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teachin ...

with a bachelor's degree and he received a J.D. from the

DePaul University College of Law DePaul University College of Law is the law school of DePaul University, a private Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. It employs more than 125 full- and part-time faculty members and enrolls more than 500 students in its Juri ...

Career

Dearborn began his career at

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, and later worked for

Click Commerce Click Commerce, Inc. is a research software company based in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Incorporated in 1996 as Click Interactive, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, the company historically supplied Business software, business application software ...

. He was the managing director and general counsel of Merrick Ventures, a private equity firm. He served as the chief executive officer of Merge Healthcare from August 2013 to October 2015, when it merged with

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for $1 billion. Dearborn was appointed as the chief executive officer of

Tribune Publishing Tribune Publishing Company (briefly Tronc, Inc.) is an American newspaper print and online media publishing company. The company, which was acquired by Alden Global Capital in May 2021, has a portfolio that includes the ''Chicago Tribune'', t ...

in February 2016 and as its chairman in March 2018, replacing Michael Ferro. He stepped down from both roles in January 2019.

References

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