Tribune to Announce Second Quarter 2005 Earnings on July 14

Tribune to Announce Second Quarter 2005 Earnings on July 14

Company Also Announces Presentation at the Mid-Year Media Review

CHICAGO, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB) will announce second quarter 2005 earnings on Thursday, July 14, 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 877/847-0401 (domestic) or 706/679-5349 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled 8 a.m. start. The conference ID is 6965667. Replays of the conference call will be available July 14 through July 21. To hear the replay, dial 800/642-1687 (domestic) or 706/645-9291 (international) and use access code 6965667.

A live webcast will be accessible through http://www.tribune.com/ and through CCBN at http://www.ccbn.com/ . An archive of the webcast will be available July 14 through July 28.

Mid-Year Media Review Presentation

Tribune Company executives will present at Mid-Year Media Review, an annual analyst conference held by media companies in New York on Wednesday, June 22. Dennis FitzSimons, Tribune chairman, president and chief executive officer, Scott Smith, Tribune Publishing president, and Pat Mullen, Tribune Broadcasting president, will speak on behalf of the company.

Mid-Year Media Review takes place at the McGraw-Hill Building in New York City. Tribune's presentation begins at 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 10:00 a.m. PT). A live webcast of the presentation will be available through the company's website, http://www.tribune.com/ , or the Mid-Year Media Review's website, http://www.midyearmediareview.com/ . An archive of the webcast will be available for four weeks.

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, Gary Weitman, +1-312-222-3394, or fax, +1-312-222-1573, gweitman@tribune.com , or Investors, Ruthellyn Musil, +1-312-222-3787, or fax, +1-312-222-1573, rmusil@tribune.com , both of Tribune Company

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

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