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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950150-98-001194.txt : 19980716
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950150-98-001194
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19980715
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980715
SROS:			NYSE
SROS:			PCX

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TIMES MIRROR CO /NEW/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000925260
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NEWSPAPERS:  PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711]
		IRS NUMBER:				944481525
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13492
		FILM NUMBER:		98666886

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TIMES MIRROR SQUARE
		STREET 2:		220 WEST FIRST STREET
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90053
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2132373700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TIMES MIRROR SQUARE
		STREET 2:		202 WEST 1ST ST
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90053

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEW TMC INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940613
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 8-K DATED JULY 15, 1998
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 15, 1998


                            THE TIMES MIRROR COMPANY
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


<TABLE>
<S>                                           <C>                                  <C>
               Delaware                                1-13492                         95-4481525
     (State or Other Jurisdiction             (Commission File Number)              (I.R.S. Employer
          of Incorporation)                                                        Identification No.)

                     Times Mirror Square                                                90053
                   Los Angeles, California
           (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                                   (Zip Code)
</TABLE>


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (213) 237-3700

                                      None
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

The following holder of the Registrant's zero coupon subordinated Liquid Yield
Option (TM) Notes due 2017 (the "LYONs") has recently notified the Registrant
that it beneficially owns the principal amount at maturity of the LYONs shown
below, which it may from time to time offer and sell pursuant to the
Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-30773 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, relating to the LYONs and the Prospectus dated August 22, 1997
included therein.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                Principal Amount
                                                                  at Maturity
                                                                   of LYONs
                                                                ----------------
<S>                                                             <C>
Smith Barney, Inc. (1)     .................................       $ 2,000,000
</TABLE>


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                                   SIGNATURES


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        THE TIMES MIRROR COMPANY


Date: July 15, 1998                     By: /s/ THOMAS UNTERMAN
                                            ----------------------------
                                            THOMAS UNTERMAN
                                            Executive Vice President and
                                            Chief Financial Officer


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