POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the
undersigned hereby authorizes Crane H. Kenney
and 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 6th day of
December, 2005.



												Timothy J. Landon