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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>KTLA INC. HOURLY EMPLOYEES' 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</b><BR>(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)</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">75,000 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">$2,361,750 (2)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="25%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">$591</FONT></TD>
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               <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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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, 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.
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>PART II</FONT></H1>

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




<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</u></FONT></H2>

<P>&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>&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>&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>&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>&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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&#160;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>&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>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<u>Description of Securities.</u></FONT></H2>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.</u></FONT></H2>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</p>
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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</u></FONT></H2>

<P>&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>&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>&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>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Exemptions from Registration Claimed.</u></FONT></H2>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.</p>

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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Exhibits.</u></FONT></H2>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the attached Exhibit Index.
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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT SIZE=3>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Undertakings.</u></FONT></H2>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</p>
<P>&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 WIDTH=95%><FONT SIZE=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
         "Securities Act"); </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT SIZE=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement; and </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT SIZE=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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; </FONT>
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<P><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>&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>&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>

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<P>&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 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>&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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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>SIGNATURES</FONT></H1>

<P>&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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>&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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<u>Signature</u></td>
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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
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    <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;</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;</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;</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;</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;</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;</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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<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;</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;</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;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Arnold R. Weber</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">Director</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><p ALIGN="left">*By:<u>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Crane H. Kenney</u>
<br>&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>
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<P>&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>KTLA INC. HOURLY EMPLOYEES'<br> RETIREMENT 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>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>EXHIBIT INDEX</FONT></H1>

<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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<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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<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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<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>
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<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>
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<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%>
KTLA Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan, effective as of January 1, 1992</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.6</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
First Amendment of KTLA Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan dated as of December
16, 1994</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>4.7</TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%>
Second Amendment of KTLA Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan dated as of June 11,
1998</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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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 KTLA Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan dated as of April 9,
1999</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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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>
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<TD WIDTH=5%>&nbsp;</TD>
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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)
KTLA INC. HOURLY EMPLOYEES' 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
75,000 shares (1)
$31.49 (2)
$2,361,750 (2)
$591
(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.
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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 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.
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(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.
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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.
KTLA INC. HOURLY EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT 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
KTLA Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan, effective as of January 1, 1992
4.6
First Amendment of KTLA Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan dated as of December
16, 1994
4.7
Second Amendment of KTLA Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan dated as of June 11,
1998
4.8
Third Amendment of KTLA Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan dated as of April 9,
1999
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Power of Attorney