Tribune Publishing Co. announced that it has entered into an agreement under which it will receive a $70.5 million growth capital investment from Nant Capital, LLC. In connection with the transaction, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has been invited to join the Tribune Publishing Board of Directors as Vice Chairman. He will begin serving on June 2, 2016. In 2011, he founded NantWorks. He currently co-chairs the CEO Council for Health and Innovation at the Bipartisan Policy Center and is a member of the Global Advisory Board of Bank of America. He is an Adjunct Professor of Surgery at UCLA, and a visiting Professor at the Imperial College of London and Dartmouth College.