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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>Registration No. 333- </FONT></P>

<CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2004 </FONT></CENTER>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>UNITED STATES<BR>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>FORM S-8 </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </FONT></H1>

<CENTER><FONT SIZE=4><B>TRIBUNE COMPANY</B></FONT> <br><FONT SIZE=3>(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</FONT></CENTER>
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    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Delaware</B><BR>(State or Other
    Jurisdiction of<BR>Incorporation or Organization)<P></td>
    <td WIDTH="40%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="CENTER"><B>36-1880355</B><BR>
    (I.R.S. Employer<BR>
    Identification No.)<BR></td></tr>
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    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="CENTER"><B>435 North Michigan Avenue<BR>
    Chicago, Illinois</B><BR>
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)<BR></td>
    <td WIDTH="40%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="CENTER"><B>60611</B><BR>
    (Zip Code)</td>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>TRIBUNE COMPANY 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN </FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

<CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3><B>Crane H. Kenney, Esq.<BR>Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>Tribune Company <BR>435 North Michigan
Avenue<BR>Chicago, Illinois 60611<BR>(312) 222-9100</B> <BR>(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</FONT></CENTER>
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<center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></center>

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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>Title of Each Class of<BR>Securities To Be<BR>Registered</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>Amount To Be<BR>Registered</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>Proposed Maximum<BR>Offering Price Per<BR>Share</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>Proposed Maximum<BR>Aggregate Offering<BR>Price</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>Amount of<BR>Registration Fee</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>Common Stock, $.01 par value</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>3,000,000 shares (1)</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>$40.96</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>$122,880,000 (2)</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>$15,569</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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          Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
          Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
          pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. In addition, Preferred
          Stock Purchase Rights initially are attached to and trade with the shares of
          Common Stock being registered under this Registration Statement. The value
          attributed to such Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the
          Common Stock. </FONT></P></TD>
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          Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by
          Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Rules 457(c)
          and 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common
          Stock on August 11, 2004, as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite
          Quotation System. </FONT></P></TD>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>PART II </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE<BR>REGISTRATION STATEMENT  </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item
3.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</U> </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) by Tribune Company (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) and the Tribune
Company 401(k) Savings Plan (formerly the Tribune Company Savings Incentive Plan, the
&#147;Plan&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
28, 2003;  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2003;  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
March 28, 2004 and June 27, 2004;  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) and 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
since December 28, 2003;  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The description of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Registrant
which is contained in the Registrant&#146;s report on Form 8-A, filed with the
Commission on September 8, 1983; and  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The description of the preferred stock purchase rights of the Registrant which is
contained in the Registrant&#146;s report on Form 8-A, filed with the
Commission on December 12, 1997 and amended September 17, 1999.  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or by the
Plan pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents
(such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as
&#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;). </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Description of Securities.</U> </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
applicable.  </FONT></P>

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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</U> </FONT></H1>

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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</U> </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) empowers a Delaware
corporation to indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any
threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer or director of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided that such officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests, and,
for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was illegal. A
Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right
of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted
without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation in the performance of his duty. Where an officer or director is successful on
the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation
must indemnify him against the expenses which such officer or director actually and
reasonably incurred. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article
Twelfth of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law. In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the
Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no
directors of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for
(i) breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders,
(ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) unlawful payment of dividends under Section 174 of the
DGCL or (iv) transactions from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to Section 145 of the DGCL and the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, the directors and officers of the Registrant are covered by Directors and
Officers Liability and Corporation Reimbursement insurance policies. </FONT></P>

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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Exemptions from Registration Claimed. </U></FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<U>Exhibits.</U> </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See
the attached Exhibit Index. </FONT></P>

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9.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Undertakings.</U> </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:  </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
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or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;table
in the effective registration statement; and  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;               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;  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement. </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities 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.  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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.  </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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<I> bona
fide</I> offering thereof.  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.  </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>SIGNATURES </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The
Registrant.</I> Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 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 this 16th day of August, 2004. </FONT></P>


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    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>TRIBUNE COMPANY</B><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        <BR>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></tr>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/&nbsp;  Dennis J. FitzSimons</u><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dennis J. FitzSimons<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></td>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of August 16, 2004. </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>/s/ Dennis J. FitzSimons</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=10% ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH=48% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Dennis J. FitzSimons</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>/s/ Donald C. Grenesko</U></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Donald C. Grenesko</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>/s/ R. Mark Mallory</U></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Vice President and Controller</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>R. Mark Mallory</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Jeffrey Chandler</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>President, Tribune Publishing and Director</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Jack Fuller</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Roger Goodan</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Enrique Hernandez, Jr.</FONT> </TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Betsy D. Holden</FONT> </TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Robert S. Morrison</FONT> </TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>William A. Osborn</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Patrick G. Ryan</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>William Stinehart, Jr.</FONT> </TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Dudley S. Taft</FONT>  </TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Kathryn C. Turner</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>*By: &nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;/s/ &nbsp;Crane H. Kenney</U></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Attorney-in-Fact</FONT></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The
Plan</I>. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or
other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Chicago and the State of Illinois, on this 16th day of August, 2004. </FONT></P>
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    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>TRIBUNE COMPANY 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN</B><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/&nbsp;  Donald C. Grenesko</u><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Donald C. Grenesko<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman, Tribune Company Employee Benefits Committee</FONT></td>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Exhibits marked with an asterisk (*)
are incorporated by reference to documents previously filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as indicated. All other documents listed are filed
with this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated June 12, 2000 (Exhibit
3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 12, 2001)  </FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>By-Laws
of the Registrant, as amended an in effect on July 22, 2003 (Exhibit 3.2 to Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2003)  </FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Rights
Agreement between the Registrant and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights
Agent, dated as of December 12, 1997 (Exhibit 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated
December 12, 1997)  </FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amendment
No. 1, dated as of June 12, 2000, to the Rights Agreement between the Registrant and
First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent, dated as of December 12, 1997
(Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 12, 2000)  </FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent
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<TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
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Tribune Company 401(k) Savings Plan
Registration No. 333-
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2004
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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)
TRIBUNE COMPANY 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Crane H. Kenney, Esq.
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Tribune Company
435 North Michigan
Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 222-9100
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities To Be
Registered
Amount To Be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
3,000,000 shares (1)
$40.96
$122,880,000 (2)
$15,569
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
          Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
          pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. In addition, Preferred
          Stock Purchase Rights initially are attached to and trade with the shares of
          Common Stock being registered under this Registration Statement. The value
          attributed to such Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the
          Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by
          Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Rules 457(c)
          and 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common
          Stock on August 11, 2004, as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite
          Quotation System.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") by Tribune Company (the "Registrant") and the Tribune
Company 401(k) Savings Plan (formerly the Tribune Company Savings Incentive Plan, the
"Plan") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)       
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
28, 2003;
(b)       
The Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2003;
(c)       
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
March 28, 2004 and June 27, 2004;
(d)       
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) and 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
since December 28, 2003;
(e)       
The description of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Registrant
which is contained in the Registrant's report on Form 8-A, filed with the
Commission on September 8, 1983; and
(f)       
The description of the preferred stock purchase rights of the Registrant which is
contained in the Registrant's report on Form 8-A, filed with the
Commission on December 12, 1997 and amended September 17, 1999.
All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or by the
Plan pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents
(such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as
"Incorporated Documents").
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.
Not
applicable.
Item
5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item
6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") empowers a Delaware
corporation to indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any
threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer or director of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided that such officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, and,
for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was illegal. A
Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right
of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted
without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation in the performance of his duty. Where an officer or director is successful on
the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation
must indemnify him against the expenses which such officer or director actually and
reasonably incurred.
Article
Twelfth of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law. In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no
directors of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for
(i) breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders,
(ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) unlawful payment of dividends under Section 174 of the
DGCL or (iv) transactions from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
Pursuant
to Section 145 of the DGCL and the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, the directors and officers of the Registrant are covered by Directors and
Officers Liability and Corporation Reimbursement insurance policies.
Item
7.
Exemptions from Registration Claimed.
Not
Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
See
the attached Exhibit Index.
Item
9.
Undertakings.
(a)       
The undersigned 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:
(i)       
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii)       
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"table
in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)                      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;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2)       
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities 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)       
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.
(b)                 The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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.
(c)                 Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
The
Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 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 this 16th day of August, 2004.
TRIBUNE COMPANY
By:
/s/   Dennis J. FitzSimons
Dennis J. FitzSimons
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of August 16, 2004.
Signature
Title(s)
/s/ Dennis J. FitzSimons
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dennis J. FitzSimons
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Donald C. Grenesko
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration
Donald C. Grenesko
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ R. Mark Mallory
Vice President and Controller
R. Mark Mallory
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*
Director
Jeffrey Chandler
*
President, Tribune Publishing and Director
Jack Fuller
*
Director
Roger Goodan
*
Director
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
*
Director
Betsy D. Holden
*
Director
Robert S. Morrison
*
Director
William A. Osborn
*
Director
Patrick G. Ryan
*
Director
William Stinehart, Jr.
*
Director
Dudley S. Taft
*
Director
Kathryn C. Turner
*By:
/s/  Crane H. Kenney
Attorney-in-Fact
Crane H. Kenney
The
Plan
. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or
other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Chicago and the State of Illinois, on this 16th day of August, 2004.
TRIBUNE COMPANY 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/   Donald C. Grenesko
Donald C. Grenesko
Chairman, Tribune Company Employee Benefits Committee
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits marked with an asterisk (*)
are incorporated by reference to documents previously filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as indicated. All other documents listed are filed
with this Registration Statement.
NUMBER
DESCRIPTION OF
EXHIBIT
4.1*
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated June 12, 2000 (Exhibit
3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 12, 2001)
4.2*
By-Laws
of the Registrant, as amended an in effect on July 22, 2003 (Exhibit 3.2 to Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2003)
4.3*
Rights
Agreement between the Registrant and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights
Agent, dated as of December 12, 1997 (Exhibit 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated
December 12, 1997)
4.4*
Amendment
No. 1, dated as of June 12, 2000, to the Rights Agreement between the Registrant and
First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent, dated as of December 12, 1997
(Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 12, 2000)
23
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24
Power
of Attorney