Tribune to Announce First Quarter 2006 Earnings on April 13

Tribune to Announce First Quarter 2006 Earnings on April 13

CHICAGO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB) will announce first quarter 2006 earnings on Thursday, April 13, before the market opens. A conference call to discuss the results will be held that day at 8 a.m. CT (9 a.m. ET, 6 a.m. PT). The full text of the earnings announcement and accompanying financial tables will be available on Tribune's website, http://www.tribune.com/ .

To access the call, dial 800/901-5218 (domestic) or 617/786-4511 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled 8 a.m. start. The participant access code is 11607847. Replays of the conference call will be available April 13 through April 20. To hear the replay, dial 888/286-8010 (domestic) or 617/801-6888 (international) and use access code 89538262.

A live webcast will be accessible through http://www.tribune.com/ and http://www.earnings.com/ . An archive of the webcast will be available April 13 through April 27.

TRIBUNE (NYSE:TRB) is one of the country's top media companies, operating businesses in publishing and broadcasting. It reaches more than 80 percent of U.S. households and is the only media organization with newspapers, television stations and websites in the nation's top three markets. In publishing, Tribune operates 11 leading daily newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Newsday, plus a wide range of targeted publications such as Spanish-language Hoy. The company's broadcasting group operates 26 television stations, Superstation WGN on national cable, Chicago's WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and extend the company's nationwide audience.

Source: Tribune Company

CONTACT: Media Contact, Gary Weitman, +1-312-222-3394 (office),
+1-312-222-1573 (fax), gweitman@tribune.com , or, Investor Contact,
Ruthellyn Musil, +1-312-222-3787 (office), +1-312-222-1573 (fax),
rmusil@tribune.com

Web site: http://www.tribune.com/

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