POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the
undersigned hereby authorizes Crane H. Kenney a
nd Mark W. Hianik, or either of them, to execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of Tribune Company (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any Amendments thereto, and
cause such form(s) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, relating to
the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities
in the Company.  The undersigned hereby grants to such
attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorneys-in-fact, or substitute or substitutes of
such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of November, 2005.




/s/ John E. Reardon

John E. Reardon