CHICAGO, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tribune Company's board of directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.18 per share on common stock payable on Mar. 9, 2006, to shareholders of record at the close of business Feb. 23, 2006. The board took the action at today's regularly scheduled meeting.

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.

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+1-312-222-3394 (office), +1-312-222-1573 (fax), gweitman@tribune.com , or
investors, Ruthellyn Musil, SVP-Corporate Relations, +1-312-222-3787 (office),
+1-312-222-1573 (fax), rmusil@tribune.com , both of Tribune Company/
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