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 10th
day of May, 2007.



      /s/ Samuel Zell
    	Samuel Zell