**EXHIBIT      31.1**

**FORM      10-Q CERTIFICATION**

| 1.   | I                have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Tribune                Company; |
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| 2.   | Based                on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue                statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary                to                make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which                such                statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered                by                this quarterly report; |
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| 3.   | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this quarterly report, fairly present, in all material                respects, the financial condition, results of operations and cash                flows of                Tribune Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly                report; |
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| 4.   | Tribune                Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing                and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in                Exchange                Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial                reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))                for                Tribune Company and have: |
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| a)   | Designed                such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to                ensure                that material information relating to Tribune Company, including                its                consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those                entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly                report is                being prepared; |
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| b)   | Designed                such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal                control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,                to                provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial                reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external                purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting                principles; |
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| c)   | Evaluated                the effectiveness of Tribune Company’s disclosure controls and procedures                and presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the                effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the                end of                the period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation;                and |
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| d)   | Disclosed                in this quarterly report any change in Tribune Company’s internal control                over financial reporting that occurred during Tribune Company’s most                recent fiscal quarter (Tribune Company’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case                of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably                likely                to materially affect, Tribune Company’s internal control over financial                reporting; and |
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| 5.   | Tribune                Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most                recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to                Tribune                Company’s auditors and the audit committee of Tribune Company’s board of                directors: |
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| a)   | All                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal control over financial reporting which are                reasonably likely to adversely affect Tribune Company’s ability to record,                process, summarize and report financial information;                and |
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| b)   | Any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees who have a significant role in Tribune Company’s internal                control over financial reporting. |
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| Date:                July 28, 2006 | /s/                Dennis J. FitzSimonsDennis                J. FitzSimonsChairman,                President andChief                Executive Officer |
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