Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Tribune Media Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$54M
Total assets Below avg plan size
N/A
Participants Small participant base
85th
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

$54M in assets, N/A participants

Tribune Media Company's The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan reported $54M in total assets and N/A participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.

  • #778 in Management of Enterprises (1,133 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, $54M for N/A participants, down 5.4% in 2024.

#778
in Management of Enterprises (1,133 peers)
-5.4%
assets change YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$53,641,735 Top 15% higher than 85% of 123,620 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 2024

Filed plans by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $86K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $57M in the plan year 2023 filing to $54M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 361880355 · Tribune Media Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan · $54M · N/A · 85th

  • PHOTO $54M
  • PHOTO N/A
  • PHOTO 85th
  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near International Association of Firefighters Employees Pension Plan
  • PHOTO ind #778

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 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$57M
Net Assets (End of Year)$54M
Net Income-$3M
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. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.053641735 · Participants: 0The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.22071058 · Participants: 36799Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 37.736369487 · Participants: 41619State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesGE Healthcare Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.74052931 · Participants: 5554GE Healthcare Pension PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.591907247 · Participants: 17875Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.17675965 · Participants: 20984United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
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 International Association of Firefighters Employees Pension Plan in DC at $54M (this filing: $54M).

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($54M here).

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 5.4% during 2024, from $57M to $54M. Reported net income was -$3M.
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 85th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 International Association of Firefighters Employees Pension Plan in DC ($54M, 68 participants).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.