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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
  
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  15(d)&nbsp;OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">May&nbsp;11, 2008</font></b></p>
  
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  below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
  filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;8.01&#160; Other Events</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;11, 2008, Tribune
  Company, a Delaware corporation (&#147;Tribune&#148;), and Newsday,&nbsp;Inc., a New York
  corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tribune (&#147;Newsday&#148;), entered into
  a Formation Agreement (&#147;Formation Agreement&#148;) with CSC Holdings,&nbsp;Inc., a
  Delaware corporation (&#147;CSC Holdings&#148;), and NMG Holdings,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware
  corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cablevision (&#147;Holdings&#148;), to form
  a new limited liability company (&#147;Newsday LLC&#148;).&#160; Under the terms of the Formation Agreement,
  Tribune, through Newsday and other subsidiaries, will contribute certain assets
  and related liabilities of the Newsday business (the &#147;Newsday Media Group
  Assets&#148;), and CSC Holdings will contribute newly issued Senior Notes of
  Cablevision Systems Corporation (&#147;Cablevision&#148;) with a fair market value of
  $650 million on the contribution date.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Also on the contribution date,
  Newsday LLC will borrow $650 million under a new secured credit facility, and
  Tribune will receive $630 million in cash from the proceeds of that financing
  (which includes the $18 million of prepaid rent, as described below).&#160; CSC Holdings will also provide funds to
  Newsday LLC to pay certain transaction costs.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a result of these
  transactions, CSC Holdings, through Holdings, will own approximately 97% and
  Tribune, through Newsday, will own approximately 3% of the equity in Newsday
  LLC.&#160; CSC Holdings will have operational
  control of Newsday LLC.&#160; The Newsday
  Media Group Assets were valued at $632 million in the transaction, and Tribune
  will also receive $18 million at closing as prepaid rent under certain leases
  of property used in the business, bringing the total transaction value to $650
  million.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The debt securities contributed
  by CSC Holdings will have terms which mirror Cablevision&#146;s 8% Senior Notes due
  2012.&#160; Bank of America has provided a
  firm financing commitment with respect to the $650 million of financing to be
  raised by Newsday LLC.&#160; Under the
  commitment letter from Bank of America, borrowings by Newsday LLC will be
  guaranteed by CSC Holdings and secured by a lien on the assets of Newsday LLC,
  including the Cablevision Senior Notes contributed by CSC Holdings.&#160; Newsday LLC will generally be prohibited from
  using the proceeds received from any repayment of the Cablevision Senior Notes
  contributed by CSC Holdings to acquire non-publicly traded notes or debt instruments
  of Cablevision or CSC Holdings, and Newsday LLC will be required under the
  financing agreements to maintain cash or cash equivalents or publicly traded
  notes or debt instruments of Cablevision or CSC Holdings with an aggregate
  principal amount that exceeds the then-outstanding borrowings by Newsday LLC.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tribune and CSC Holdings will
  enter into a Tax Matters Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, CSC
  Holdings will agree that it will indemnify Tribune for certain taxes incurred
  by Tribune if, prior to January&nbsp;1, 2018, Newsday LLC sells or otherwise
  disposes of the Newsday Media Group Assets contributed by Tribune or fails to
  maintain outstanding indebtedness in specified minimum amounts over time
  (reducing to $335 million on January&nbsp;1, 2018).</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tribune and CSC Holdings will
  also enter into a Tribune Indemnity Agreement pursuant to which, among other
  things, Tribune will agree to indemnify CSC Holdings with respect to any
  payments that CSC Holdings makes under its guarantee of the Newsday LLC financing.&#160; To the extent that Tribune makes any
  indemnification payments to CSC Holdings under the Tribune Indemnity Agreement,
  Tribune will be subrogated to all rights of CSC Holdings against Newsday LLC in
  respect of such indemnification payments.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At any time after the tenth
  anniversary of the closing of the transaction and prior to the thirteenth
  anniversary of the closing, CSC Holdings will have the right to purchase
  Newsday&#146;s entire interest in Newsday LLC.&#160;
  At any time after the thirteenth anniversary of the closing and on or
  prior to the date that is six months after such anniversary, Tribune will have
  the right to require CSC Holdings to purchase Newsday&#146;s entire interest in
  Newsday LLC.&#160; In either case, the purchase
  price will be the fair market value of the interest.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consummation of the transaction
  is subject to customary closing conditions, including the expiration or
  termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
  Improvements Act.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tribune and Newsday have made
  customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Formation Agreement,
  including among others, covenants not to solicit proposals relating to
  alternative business combination transactions and not to enter into discussions
  concerning or provide information in connection with an alternative business
  combination transaction.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing summary of
  the Formation Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby do not
  purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by,
  the full text of the Formation Agreement attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1, which
  is incorporated herein by reference.&#160; The
  Formation Agreement has been attached to provide investors with information
  regarding its terms.&#160; It is not intended
  to be a source of factual, business or operational information about
  Tribune.&#160; Moreover, certain
  representations and warranties in the Formation Agreement are qualified by
  information contained in confidential disclosure schedules that the parties exchanged
  in connection with signing the Formation Agreement.&#160; While we do not believe that they contain
  information securities laws </font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">require us to publicly
  disclose, other than information that has already been so disclosed, the
  disclosure schedules do contain information that modifies, qualifies and
  creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the
  Formation Agreement.&#160; Accordingly you
  should not rely on the representations and warranties as characterizations of
  the actual state of facts, since they are modified in important part by the
  underlying disclosure schedules.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
  9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial Statements
  and Exhibits.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Exhibits.</font></p>
  
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    dated as of May&nbsp;11, 2008, by and among Tribune Company, Newsday,&nbsp;Inc.,
    CSC Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. and NMG Holdings,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TRIBUNE
    COMPANY</font></b></p>
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    2008</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
  15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  May 11, 2008
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  TRIBUNE COMPANY
  (Exact name of registrant as
  specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  1-8572
  36-1880355
  (State or other jurisdiction of
    incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification
    No.)
  435 North Michigan
    Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
  60611
  (Address of principal executive
    offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code
  312-222-9100
  Check the appropriate box
  below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
  filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 8.01  Other Events
  On May 11, 2008, Tribune
  Company, a Delaware corporation ("Tribune"), and Newsday, Inc., a New York
  corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tribune ("Newsday"), entered into
  a Formation Agreement ("Formation Agreement") with CSC Holdings, Inc., a
  Delaware corporation ("CSC Holdings"), and NMG Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
  corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cablevision ("Holdings"), to form
  a new limited liability company ("Newsday LLC").  Under the terms of the Formation Agreement,
  Tribune, through Newsday and other subsidiaries, will contribute certain assets
  and related liabilities of the Newsday business (the "Newsday Media Group
  Assets"), and CSC Holdings will contribute newly issued Senior Notes of
  Cablevision Systems Corporation ("Cablevision") with a fair market value of
  $650 million on the contribution date.
  Also on the contribution date,
  Newsday LLC will borrow $650 million under a new secured credit facility, and
  Tribune will receive $630 million in cash from the proceeds of that financing
  (which includes the $18 million of prepaid rent, as described below).  CSC Holdings will also provide funds to
  Newsday LLC to pay certain transaction costs.
  As a result of these
  transactions, CSC Holdings, through Holdings, will own approximately 97% and
  Tribune, through Newsday, will own approximately 3% of the equity in Newsday
  LLC.  CSC Holdings will have operational
  control of Newsday LLC.  The Newsday
  Media Group Assets were valued at $632 million in the transaction, and Tribune
  will also receive $18 million at closing as prepaid rent under certain leases
  of property used in the business, bringing the total transaction value to $650
  million.
  The debt securities contributed
  by CSC Holdings will have terms which mirror Cablevision's 8% Senior Notes due
  2012.  Bank of America has provided a
  firm financing commitment with respect to the $650 million of financing to be
  raised by Newsday LLC.  Under the
  commitment letter from Bank of America, borrowings by Newsday LLC will be
  guaranteed by CSC Holdings and secured by a lien on the assets of Newsday LLC,
  including the Cablevision Senior Notes contributed by CSC Holdings.  Newsday LLC will generally be prohibited from
  using the proceeds received from any repayment of the Cablevision Senior Notes
  contributed by CSC Holdings to acquire non-publicly traded notes or debt instruments
  of Cablevision or CSC Holdings, and Newsday LLC will be required under the
  financing agreements to maintain cash or cash equivalents or publicly traded
  notes or debt instruments of Cablevision or CSC Holdings with an aggregate
  principal amount that exceeds the then-outstanding borrowings by Newsday LLC.
  Tribune and CSC Holdings will
  enter into a Tax Matters Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, CSC
  Holdings will agree that it will indemnify Tribune for certain taxes incurred
  by Tribune if, prior to January 1, 2018, Newsday LLC sells or otherwise
  disposes of the Newsday Media Group Assets contributed by Tribune or fails to
  maintain outstanding indebtedness in specified minimum amounts over time
  (reducing to $335 million on January 1, 2018).
  Tribune and CSC Holdings will
  also enter into a Tribune Indemnity Agreement pursuant to which, among other
  things, Tribune will agree to indemnify CSC Holdings with respect to any
  payments that CSC Holdings makes under its guarantee of the Newsday LLC financing.  To the extent that Tribune makes any
  indemnification payments to CSC Holdings under the Tribune Indemnity Agreement,
  Tribune will be subrogated to all rights of CSC Holdings against Newsday LLC in
  respect of such indemnification payments.
  At any time after the tenth
  anniversary of the closing of the transaction and prior to the thirteenth
  anniversary of the closing, CSC Holdings will have the right to purchase
  Newsday's entire interest in Newsday LLC. 
  At any time after the thirteenth anniversary of the closing and on or
  prior to the date that is six months after such anniversary, Tribune will have
  the right to require CSC Holdings to purchase Newsday's entire interest in
  Newsday LLC.  In either case, the purchase
  price will be the fair market value of the interest.
  Consummation of the transaction
  is subject to customary closing conditions, including the expiration or
  termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
  Improvements Act.
  Tribune and Newsday have made
  customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Formation Agreement,
  including among others, covenants not to solicit proposals relating to
  alternative business combination transactions and not to enter into discussions
  concerning or provide information in connection with an alternative business
  combination transaction.
  The foregoing summary of
  the Formation Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby do not
  purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by,
  the full text of the Formation Agreement attached as Exhibit 99.1, which
  is incorporated herein by reference.  The
  Formation Agreement has been attached to provide investors with information
  regarding its terms.  It is not intended
  to be a source of factual, business or operational information about
  Tribune.  Moreover, certain
  representations and warranties in the Formation Agreement are qualified by
  information contained in confidential disclosure schedules that the parties exchanged
  in connection with signing the Formation Agreement.  While we do not believe that they contain
  information securities laws
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  require us to publicly
  disclose, other than information that has already been so disclosed, the
  disclosure schedules do contain information that modifies, qualifies and
  creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the
  Formation Agreement.  Accordingly you
  should not rely on the representations and warranties as characterizations of
  the actual state of facts, since they are modified in important part by the
  underlying disclosure schedules.
  Item
  9.01               Financial Statements
  and Exhibits.
  (d)           Exhibits.
  99.1
  Formation Agreement,
    dated as of May 11, 2008, by and among Tribune Company, Newsday, Inc.,
    CSC Holdings, Inc. and NMG Holdings, Inc.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.
  TRIBUNE
    COMPANY
  (Registrant)
  Dated: May 15,
    2008
  By:
  /s/ David P. Eldersveld
  Name:
  David P. Eldersveld
  Title:
  Vice President/Deputy
    General Counsel and Secretary
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