Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Tribune Media Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$57M
Total assets Below avg plan size
N/A
Participants Small participant base
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
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Official DOL plan name: The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Tribune Media Company · Illinois · Management of Enterprises

$57M in assets, N/A participants

Tribune Media Company's The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan reported $57M in total assets and N/A participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #790 in Management of Enterprises (1,137 peers)

Where The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan sits by assets

The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $57M for N/A participants, up 0.2% in 2023.

#790
in Management of Enterprises (1,137 peers)
+0.2%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$56,674,713 Top 13% higher than 87% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Filed plans by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$22M in the plan year 2022 filing to $86K in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 361880355 · Tribune Media Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan · $57M · N/A · 87th

  • TYPE $57M
  • TYPE N/A
  • TYPE 87th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Bic Consumer Products Manufacturing Co., Inc. Local Union 134l Pension Plan
  • TYPE ind #790

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Management of Enterprises retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$57M
Net Assets (End of Year)$57M
Net Income$86K
Employer EIN361880355
Plan Effective Date1957-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tribune Media Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tribune Media Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.1B 39.536628500010025% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.5B$2B 202220232024 $1.9B $1.15B ▼ -39.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 1,821 $1.9B
2023 3 453 $1.2B
2024 3 430 $1.1B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.056674713 · Participants: 0The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 49.680270595 · Participants: 48538Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 35.242945747 · Participants: 45001State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.965094339 · Participants: 20680United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.960744597 · Participants: 16346John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.819798504 · Participants: 17382Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by end-of-year assets is Bic Consumer Products Manufacturing Co., Inc. Local Union 134l Pension Plan in CT at $57M (this filing: $57M).

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan held essentially flat - up 0.2% during 2023, from $57M to $57M. Reported net income was $86K.
How have Tribune Media Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tribune Media Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 39.5%, from $1.9B to $1.1B.
Where does The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the 87th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Bic Consumer Products Manufacturing Co., Inc. Local Union 134l Pension Plan in CT ($57M, 93 participants).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 361880355.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.