Tribune Chairman and CEO Recovering From Surgery

Tribune Chairman and CEO Recovering From Surgery

CHICAGO, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB) announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dennis FitzSimons is recovering from successful prostate cancer surgery performed earlier today. He expects to return to work full time before the end of August.

"My prognosis is excellent, and I look forward to a quick and full recovery," said FitzSimons. "Tribune has a strong, experienced management team that will continue to execute on our performance improvement plan during my absence. I will be engaged with them in that process."

TRIBUNE (NYSE:TRB) is one of the country's top media companies, operating businesses in publishing, interactive 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. 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, VP-Corporate Communications,
+1-312-222-3394, gweitman@tribune.com , or Investor Contact, Ruthellyn Musil,
SVP-Corporate Relations, +1-312-222-3787, rmusil@tribune.com , both of Tribune
Company

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

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