As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 1995. 
                                                 Registration No. 33-_____

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC  50549



                                    FORM S-8
                          Registration Statement Under
                           the Securities Act of 1933



                                 TRIBUNE COMPANY
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          DELAWARE                           36-1880355
(State or Other Jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)           Identification No.)

                            435 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
                             CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 TRIBUNE COMPANY
                   1995 NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                              STANLEY J. GRADOWSKI
                          VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
                                 TRIBUNE COMPANY
                            435 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
                                CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
                     (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                 (312) 222-9100
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                     Proposed      Proposed
      Title of                       Maximum        Maximum
     Securities        Amount        Offering      Aggregate     Amount of
        to be          to be          Price        Offering     Registration
     Registered     Registered<F1>  Per Share<F2>  Price<F2>        Fee

Common Stock       100,000 Shares     $59.125      $5,912,500     $2,039.00
(without par
value) including 
Preferred Share
Purchase Rights<F3>

<F1>      An undetermined number of additional shares may be issued if the anti-
          dilution adjustment provisions of the plan become operative.

<F2>      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
          in accordance with rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of
          1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the
          Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 11,
          1995.

<F3>      Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Share
          Purchase Rights will not be evidenced separately from the Common
          Stock.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents are incorporated by reference into this
registration statement:

          (1)  The Annual Report of Tribune Company (the "Company") on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 25, 1994, which has heretofore been filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act").

          (2)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended March 26, 1995 filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
the 1934 Act.

          (3)  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission pursuant
to Section 12 of the 1934 Act.

          (4)  The description of the Company's Preferred Share Purchase Rights
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as amended, filed
with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act.

          All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents
enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents");
provided, however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by
the registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 in each year during which the offering made by this
registration statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of
the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be
Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on
Form 10-K.

          Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

          The securities to be offered are registered under Section 12(b) of the
1934 Act.

Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          Certain provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware provide that the Company may indemnify the directors and officers of
the Company and affiliated companies against liabilities and expenses incurred
by reason of the fact that such persons were serving in such capacities, subject
to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the statute.  Article Twelfth
of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides that the
Company shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law.

          The Company maintains directors and officers liability insurance
covering all directors and officers of the Company against claims arising out of
the performance of their duties.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

          Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

          Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

          The registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3)  That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the
Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and where applicable each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (4)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

          (5)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.


                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on the 10th day of
May, 1995.

                                   TRIBUNE COMPANY

                                   By:/s/ Charles T. Brumback              
                                      ___________________________________
                                      Charles T. Brumback,
                                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          We, the undersigned officers and directors of Tribune Company, hereby
severally constitute Charles T. Brumback and John W. Madigan, and each of them
singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them
singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement, and
generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in the capacities
indicated below to enable Tribune Company to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

          Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 10th
day of May, 1995.

           Signature                       Title

 /s/ Charles T. Brumback       Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
     Charles T. Brumback       (principal executive officer)

 /s/ John W. Madig an          President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
     John W. Madigan

 /s/ Donald C. Grenesko        Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
     Donald C. Grenesko        (principal financial officer)

 /s/ R. Mark Mallory           Vice President and Controller
     R. Mark Mallory           (principal accounting officer)

 /s/ Stanton R. Cook           Director
     Stanton R. Cook

 /s/ James C. Dowdle           Director
     James C. Dowdle

 /s/ Diego E. Hernandez        Director
     Diego E. Hernandez

 /s/ Robert E. La Blanc        Director
     Robert E. La Blanc

 /s/ Nancy Hicks Maynard       Director
     Nancy Hicks Maynard

 /s/ Andrew J. McKenna         Director
     Andrew J. McKenna

 /s/ Kristie Miller            Director
     Kristie Miller

 /s/ Newton N. Minow           Director
     Newton N. Minow

 /s/ James J. O'Connor         Director
     James J. O'Connor

 /s/ Donald H. Rumsfeld        Director
     Donald H. Rumsfeld

 /s/ Arnold R. Weber           Director
     Arnold R. Weber





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibits marked with an asterisk (*) are incorporated by reference to documents
previously filed by Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
indicated.  All other documents listed are filed with this Registration
Statement.


Exhibit Number                   Description

  4.1     *   Tribune Company 1995 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan
              (Exhibit A to Registrant's Proxy Statement for its annual meeting
              of stockholders held on May 2, 1995).

  4.2     *   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (Exhibit 3.1
              to Registrant's Form 10-K for 1991).

  4.3     *   By-laws of Registrant (Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Form 10-K for
              1993).

  4.4     *   Rights Agreement between Tribune Company and The First National
              Bank of Chicago, as Rights Agent, dated as of December 22, 1987
              (Exhibit 1 to Form 8-K Current Report dated January 6, 1988);
              First Amendment thereto dated as of July 31, 1990 (Exhibit 4 to
              Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter ended July 1, 1990);
              Second Amendment thereto dated as of October 31, 1990 (Exhibit 4
              to Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September 30,
              1990).

   5          Opinion (including consent) of McDermott, Will & Emery

   23         Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP<PAGE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 1995. 
                                                 Registration No. 33-_____

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC  50549

                                    FORM S-8
                          Registration Statement Under
                           the Securities Act of 1933

                                 TRIBUNE COMPANY
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          DELAWARE                           36-1880355
(State or Other Jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)           Identification No.)

                            435 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
                             CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 TRIBUNE COMPANY
                   1995 NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                              STANLEY J. GRADOWSKI
                          VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
                                 TRIBUNE COMPANY
                            435 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
                                CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
                     (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                 (312) 222-9100
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                     Proposed      Proposed
      Title of                       Maximum        Maximum
     Securities        Amount        Offering      Aggregate     Amount of
        to be          to be          Price        Offering     Registration
     Registered     Registered
Per Share
Price
Fee

Common Stock       100,000 Shares     $59.125      $5,912,500     $2,039.00
(without par
value) including 
Preferred Share
Purchase Rights
An undetermined number of additional shares may be issued if the anti-
          dilution adjustment provisions of the plan become operative.
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
          in accordance with rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of
          1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the
          Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 11,
          1995.
Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Share
          Purchase Rights will not be evidenced separately from the Common
          Stock.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents are incorporated by reference into this
registration statement:

          (1)  The Annual Report of Tribune Company (the "Company") on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 25, 1994, which has heretofore been filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act").

          (2)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended March 26, 1995 filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
the 1934 Act.

          (3)  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission pursuant
to Section 12 of the 1934 Act.

          (4)  The description of the Company's Preferred Share Purchase Rights
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as amended, filed
with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act.

          All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents
enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents");
provided, however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by
the registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 in each year during which the offering made by this
registration statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of
the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be
Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on
Form 10-K.

          Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

          The securities to be offered are registered under Section 12(b) of the
1934 Act.

Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          Certain provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware provide that the Company may indemnify the directors and officers of
the Company and affiliated companies against liabilities and expenses incurred
by reason of the fact that such persons were serving in such capacities, subject
to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the statute.  Article Twelfth
of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides that the
Company shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law.

          The Company maintains directors and officers liability insurance
covering all directors and officers of the Company against claims arising out of
the performance of their duties.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

          Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

          Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

          The registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3)  That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the
Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and where applicable each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (4)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

          (5)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on the 10th day of
May, 1995.

                                   TRIBUNE COMPANY

                                   By:/s/ Charles T. Brumback              
                                      ___________________________________
                                      Charles T. Brumback,
                                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          We, the undersigned officers and directors of Tribune Company, hereby
severally constitute Charles T. Brumback and John W. Madigan, and each of them
singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them
singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement, and
generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in the capacities
indicated below to enable Tribune Company to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

          Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 10th
day of May, 1995.

           Signature                       Title

 /s/ Charles T. Brumback       Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
     Charles T. Brumback       (principal executive officer)

 /s/ John W. Madig an          President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
     John W. Madigan

 /s/ Donald C. Grenesko        Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
     Donald C. Grenesko        (principal financial officer)

 /s/ R. Mark Mallory           Vice President and Controller
     R. Mark Mallory           (principal accounting officer)

 /s/ Stanton R. Cook           Director
     Stanton R. Cook

 /s/ James C. Dowdle           Director
     James C. Dowdle

 /s/ Diego E. Hernandez        Director
     Diego E. Hernandez

 /s/ Robert E. La Blanc        Director
     Robert E. La Blanc

 /s/ Nancy Hicks Maynard       Director
     Nancy Hicks Maynard

 /s/ Andrew J. McKenna         Director
     Andrew J. McKenna

 /s/ Kristie Miller            Director
     Kristie Miller

 /s/ Newton N. Minow           Director
     Newton N. Minow

 /s/ James J. O'Connor         Director
     James J. O'Connor

 /s/ Donald H. Rumsfeld        Director
     Donald H. Rumsfeld

 /s/ Arnold R. Weber           Director
     Arnold R. Weber

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibits marked with an asterisk (*) are incorporated by reference to documents
previously filed by Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
indicated.  All other documents listed are filed with this Registration
Statement.

Exhibit Number                   Description

  4.1     *   Tribune Company 1995 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan
              (Exhibit A to Registrant's Proxy Statement for its annual meeting
              of stockholders held on May 2, 1995).

  4.2     *   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (Exhibit 3.1
              to Registrant's Form 10-K for 1991).

  4.3     *   By-laws of Registrant (Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Form 10-K for
              1993).

  4.4     *   Rights Agreement between Tribune Company and The First National
              Bank of Chicago, as Rights Agent, dated as of December 22, 1987
              (Exhibit 1 to Form 8-K Current Report dated January 6, 1988);
              First Amendment thereto dated as of July 31, 1990 (Exhibit 4 to
              Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter ended July 1, 1990);
              Second Amendment thereto dated as of October 31, 1990 (Exhibit 4
              to Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September 30,
              1990).

   5          Opinion (including consent) of McDermott, Will & Emery

   23         Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP