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<center>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2001</center>

<p ALIGN="RIGHT">Registration No. 333-</P>


<CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=4>Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></CENTER>

<H3 ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</H3>

<H3 ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>The Securities Act of 1933</H3>


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<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>
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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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<CENTER><B>TRIBUNE COMPANY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN</B><BR>
<FONT SIZE=3>(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT></CENTER>
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<CENTER><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<BR>(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)</B></CENTER>
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<CENTER>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</CENTER>
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     <TD COLSPAN="1" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Title of Securities to be<br>Registered</FONT></TD>
     <TD COLSPAN="1" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Amount to be<br>Registered</FONT></TD>
     <TD COLSPAN="1" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Proposed Maximum<br>Offering Price Per Share</FONT></TD>
     <TD COLSPAN="1" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Proposed Maximum<br>Aggregate Offering Price</FONT></TD>
     <TD COLSPAN="1" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Amount of<br>Registration Fee</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH="25%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT SIZE="-1">Common Stock, $.01 par<BR>value</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">25,000 shares (1)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">$31.49 (2)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">$787,250 (2)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="25%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">$197 </FONT></TD>
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               <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></TD>
               <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
               <TD WIDTH="90%"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT SIZE=2>
          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, pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)
          thereunder, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on
          September 28, 2001, as reported in the consolidated reporting system.</FONT> </P></TD>
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<CENTER><B>PART II</B></CENTER>

<CENTER><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></CENTER>

<P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Item 3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</U></B></P>

     <P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&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;) are incorporated herein by
reference: </P>


<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2000;</P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Registrant's Quarterly\
Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended April 1 and July 1, 2001;</P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) 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 </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) 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. </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&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;). </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&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. </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Item 4. <U>Description of Securities.</U></B></P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</P>
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<P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Item 5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</U></B></P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</P>


<P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Item 6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</U></B></P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&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. </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article TWELFTH of the
Registrant&#146;s 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 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. </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Section 145 of the
DGCL and the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the
directors and officers of the Registrant are covered by Directors and Officers
Liability and Corporation Reimbursement insurance policies. </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Item 7. <U>Exemptions from Registration Claimed.</U></B></P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.</P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Item 8. <U>Exhibits.</U></B></P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the attached Exhibit Index.</P>

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<P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Item 9. <U>Undertakings.</U></B></P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)  The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes:</P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in
which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement: </P>

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          <TD><P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any
          prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
         "Securities Act");</p></td>
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          <TD><P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&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 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 &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
     table in the effective registration statement; and </P></TD>
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          <TD><P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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; </P></TD>
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<P ALIGN="LEFT"><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 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement. </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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. </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) 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</P>


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<P>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. </P>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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. </P>

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<CENTER><B>SIGNATURES</B></CENTER>

<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&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 1st day of October, 2001. </P>

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    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="LEFT"><b>TRIBUNE COMPANY</b><BR>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</TD></tr>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">By:&nbsp;<u> /s/ John W. Madigan</u><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        &nbsp;&nbsp;John W. Madigan<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<br>
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<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&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 October 1, 2001. </P>

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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><u>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John W. Madigan</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John W. Madigan
</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><u>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dennis Fitzsimons</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dennis Fitzsimons</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">President, Chief Operating Officer and Director</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><u>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Donald C. Grenesko</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Donald C. Grenesko</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Senior Vice President/Finance and Administration (principal financial officer)</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><u>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R. Mark Mallory</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R. Mark Mallory</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)</td>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jeffrey Chandler</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jack Fuller</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roger Goodan</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enrique Hernandez, Jr.</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nancy Hicks Maynard</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Andrew J. McKenna</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Patrick G. Ryan</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William Stinehart, Jr.</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dudley S. Taft</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"><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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Arnold R. Weber</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<br>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">*By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Crane H. Kenney</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Crane H. Kenney
</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"> Attorney-in-Fact</td>
  </tr>
</table>

<BR>



<P ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&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 1st day
of October, 2001. </P>

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    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="LEFT"><b>TRIBUNE COMPANY DEFINED<br>CONTRIBUTION RETIRMENT PLAN</b><BR>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</TD></tr>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left"></td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">By:&nbsp;<u> &nbsp;/s/ Donald C. Grenesko</u><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        &nbsp;&nbsp;Donald C. Grenesko<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman, Tribune Company Employee <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Benefits Committee<br>
</td>
  </tr>
</table>


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<center>6</center>

<BR>
<CENTER><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></CENTER>

<P>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.</P>


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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<u>EXHIBIT NUMBER</u></td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT</u></td>
  </tr>
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<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.1*</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
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, 2000)</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.2*</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended an in effect on June 12, 2000 (Exhibit 3.2
to Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 12, 2000)</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.3*</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
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)</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.4*</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
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)</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.5</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, as amended and restated
effective January 1, 1994
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.6</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
First Amendment of Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan dated
as of December 16, 1994</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.7</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
Second Amendment of Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan dated
as of June 11, 1998</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.8</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
Third Amendment of Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan dated
as of June 11, 1998</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.9    </TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
Fourth Amendment of Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan dated
as of September 10, 1999</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

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<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>23.1</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>23.2</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD WIDTH=80%>
Power of Attorney</TD>
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FORM S8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2001
Registration No. 333-
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 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT 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 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
25,000 shares (1)
$31.49 (2)
$787,250 (2)
$197
(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, pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)
          thereunder, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on
          September 28, 2001, as reported in the consolidated reporting 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") are incorporated herein by
reference:
(a) The Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2000;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly\
Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended April 1 and July 1, 2001;
(c) 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
(d) 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 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 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 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.
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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 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
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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.
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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 1st day of October, 2001.
TRIBUNE COMPANY
By:
/s/ John W. Madigan
John W. Madigan
Chairman 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 October 1, 2001.
Signature
Title(s)
/s/   John W. Madigan
John W. Madigan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
/s/   Dennis Fitzsimons
Dennis Fitzsimons
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
/s/   Donald C. Grenesko
Donald C. Grenesko
Senior Vice President/Finance and Administration (principal financial officer)
/s/   R. Mark Mallory
R. Mark Mallory
Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)
*
Jeffrey Chandler
Director
*
Jack Fuller
Director
*
Roger Goodan
Director
*
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
Director
*
Nancy Hicks Maynard
Director
*
Andrew J. McKenna
Director
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*
Patrick G. Ryan
Director
*
William Stinehart, Jr.
Director
*
Dudley S. Taft
Director
*
Arnold R. Weber
Director
*By:
/s/   Crane H. Kenney
Crane H. Kenney
Attorney-in-Fact
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 1st day
of October, 2001.
TRIBUNE COMPANY DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION RETIRMENT PLAN
By:
/s/ Donald C. Grenesko
Donald C. Grenesko
Chairman, Tribune Company Employee
Benefits Committee
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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.
EXHIBIT 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, 2000)
4.2*
By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended an in effect on June 12, 2000 (Exhibit 3.2
to Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 12, 2000)
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)
4.5
Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, as amended and restated
effective January 1, 1994
4.6
First Amendment of Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan dated
as of December 16, 1994
4.7
Second Amendment of Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan dated
as of June 11, 1998
4.8
Third Amendment of Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan dated
as of June 11, 1998
4.9
Fourth Amendment of Tribune Company Defined Contribution Retirement Plan dated
as of September 10, 1999
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Power of Attorney