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 2nd day of
November, 2004.



		/s/ Scott C. Smith
		Scott C. Smith