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  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON,
  DC 20549
  FORM
  8-K
  CURRENT
  REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
  OF
  THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  DATE
  OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):  May 7, 2008
  Commission
  file number 1-8572
  TRIBUNE
  COMPANY
  (Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State
        or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation
        or organization)
  36-1880355
  (I.R.S.
        Employer
  Identification
        No.)
  435
        North Michigan Avenue
  Chicago,
        Illinois
  (Address
        of principal executive offices)
  60611
  (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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following
  provisions:
  [
         ]
  Written
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        230.425)
  [
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  Soliciting
        material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.14a-12)
  [ 
        ]
  Pre-commencement
        communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.14d-2(b))
  [ 
        ]
  Pre-commencement
        communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.13e-4(c))
  ITEM
        5.02.
  DEPARTURE
        OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS;
  ELECTION
        OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN
  OFFICERS;
        COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN
  OFFICERS.
  As
  previously announced, Randy Michaels has been appointed Chief Operating Officer
  of Tribune Company, effective May 7, 2008. Mr. Michaels, 55, has been serving as
  Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company's
  Interactive and Broadcast divisions since December 20, 2007. Beginning in early
  2007, until his employment with the Company, Mr. Michaels served as chief
  executive officer of Local TV, LLC, a company that acquired the television
  stations formerly owned by The New York Times Company. Beginning in 1986, Mr.
  Michaels served in various executive capacities at Jacor Communications, later
  becoming its chief executive officer. When Clear Channel Communications acquired
  Jacor in 1999, Mr. Michaels became Clear Channel's division president and later
  chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Michaels left Clear Channel in 2002
  and started several private broadcast firms, including RadioActive and Product
  1st. He began working with Oak Hill Capital partners in early 2005 on
  acquisition opportunities, culminating in the creation of Local TV.
  As
  previously announced, Mark Shapiro was elected to the Board of Directors of the
  Company on May 7, 2008. Mr. Shapiro is President and Chief Executive Officer of
  Six Flags, Inc., a position he has held since December 2005. Prior to joining
  Six Flags, Mr. Shapiro served as Executive Vice President/Programming and
  Production at ESPN, Inc.
  SIGNATURE
  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)
  Date: 
        May 13, 2008
  By:
  /s/ David
        P. Eldersveld
  David
        P. Eldersveld
  Vice
        President/Deputy General
  Counsel
        and Secretary