Tribune Announces Executive Promotions

Gable, Eldersveld, Kazan, Sachs and Casanova Get New Titles

CHICAGO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Company today announced that its Board
of Directors has approved the promotions of several key executives within the
company effective immediately.

-- Steve Gable becomes EVP/Chief Technology Officer;
-- David Eldersveld is promoted to SVP/Deputy Counsel & Corporate
Secretary;
-- Dan Kazan is elevated to SVP/Development, and;

-- Naomi Sachs becomes SVP/Strategy.

"Steve, Dave, Dan and Naomi are important players within the company and are
an important part of Tribune's leadership team of the future," said Gerry
Spector, Tribune EVP/Chief Administration Officer. "They are team players and
are helping to drive essential change throughout Tribune -- change that makes
us more innovative, more responsive to our customers and more efficient."

Gable has served as SVP/Chief Technology Officer since joining Tribune last
year and is responsible for overseeing all of the company's technology
efforts. Gable has led a complete reorganization of Tribune's technology
systems and personnel, helping the company realize significant expense
savings.

Eldersveld was promoted to VP/Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
last year, after serving as Tribune's senior counsel/mergers and acquisitions
since 2005. Kazan, who joined Tribune in 1998 as counsel for mergers and
acquisitions, was named VP/Development in 2005. Sachs served as director of
investments in Tribune's finance department beginning in 2005 and was promoted
to VP/Strategy last year. All three are deeply involved in the company's
restructuring process.

"It's impossible to over-emphasize the hard work and long hours that Dave, Dan
and Naomi have put in since our Chapter 11 filing in December," said Don
Liebentritt, Tribune's EVP/General Counsel. "They are strategic thinkers who
are talented, creative, and thoroughly dedicated to the long-term success of
Tribune."

Tribune's publishing division also announced the promotion of Vince Casanova
to SVP/Circulation, effective immediately. Casanova has served as
VP/Circulation since 2005, and has overseen a number of innovative printing
and production changes at the company's newspapers that have increased
efficiency, expanded capacity and generated significant new revenue.

TRIBUNE is America's largest employee-owned media company, operating
businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing,
Tribune's leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago
Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando
Sentinel,Hartford Courant, Morning Call and Daily Press. The company's
broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America 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. At Tribune we take what we do
seriously and with a great deal of pride. We also value the creative spirit
and nurture a corporate culture that doesn't take itself too seriously.

SOURCE Tribune Company

Gary Weitman, SVP/Corporate Relations of Tribune Company, +1-312-222-3394,
gweitman@tribune.com