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EXHIBIT 10.9    
    

 
 

TRIBUNE COMPANY
  1995 NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
  (As Amended and Restated Effective December 9, 2003)    
    

ARTICLE I

GENERAL  

1.1    Purpose.    The purpose of the 1995 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") is to increase the stock ownership of
nonemployee directors of Tribune Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to further align their interests with those of the Company's other stockholders and to foster and promote the
long-term financial success of the Company by attracting and retaining outstanding nonemployee directors by enabling them to participate in the Company's growth through automatic,
nondiscretionary grants of Options (as defined in Article II). 

1.2    Participation.    Only directors of the Company who at the time a grant is made are not employees of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company ("Directors") shall receive grants under the Plan. 

1.3    Shares Subject to the Plan.    Shares of stock covered by grants under the Plan may be in whole or in part authorized and
unissued or treasury shares of the Company's common stock or such other shares as may be substituted pursuant to Section 3.2 ("Common Stock"). The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which
may be issued for all purposes under the Plan shall be 400,000* (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2). Any shares of Common Stock subject to an Option which for any
reason is cancelled or terminated, without having been exercised, shall again be available for grants under the Plan. 

ARTICLE II

STOCK OPTIONS  

2.1    Grant of Stock Options.    Effective on the date of each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which Directors
are elected ("Annual Meeting") commencing with the Annual Meeting in 1995, each Director in office on adjournment of said meeting will automatically be awarded a non-qualified stock option
(an "Option") under the Plan to purchase 4,000* (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2) shares of Common Stock. In the event that there are insufficient shares available for issuance
under the Plan at any grant date to award an Option to each eligible nonemployee director to purchase 4,000 shares of Common Stock, the Option shall be reduced to cover that number of shares
determined by dividing the total number of shares available for issuance under the Plan on the grant date by the total number of eligible nonemployee directors on such date. The Options are not
intended to qualify as "incentive stock options" under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

2.2    Stock Option Certificates.    The grant of an Option shall be evidenced by a Notice of Grant and Terms Sheet executed by an
officer of the Company. 

2.3    Option Price.    The purchase price of Common Stock under each Option (the "Option Price") granted shall be the Fair Market
Value of the Common Stock as of the date of the Annual Meeting. 

	*
	Number
of shares available and size of annual grants have been adjusted to reflect 2 for 1 stock splits in January, 1997 and September, 1999. 

2.4    Exercise and Term of Options.  

        (a)    Options may be exercised by the delivery of written notice of exercise and the Option Price for the shares to be purchased to the Corporate
Secretary of the Company. The Option Price shall be paid in cash (including check, bank draft or money order) or, unless in the opinion of counsel to the Company to do so may result in a possible
violation of law, by delivery of Common Stock already owned by the
Director for at least six months valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. As soon as practicable after receipt of each notice and full payment, the Company shall deliver to the Director a
certificate or certificates representing the acquired shares of Common Stock. 

        (b)    Each
Option shall become exercisable beginning six months and one day after the date it is granted and may be exercised at any time until (subject to Section 3.1)
the first to occur of the tenth anniversary of the date such Option was granted or the third anniversary of the date the Director ceases to be a Director (whether by death, disability, retirement or
resignation). In the event of the death of a former Director prior to the exercise of any Options which were then exercisable, such Options may be exercised as provided in Section 3.1 until the
third anniversary of the date the former Director ceased to be a Director; provided, that Options not exercisable on the day a person ceases to be a Director for any reason shall be cancelled. 

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS  

3.1    Nontransferability; Beneficiaries.    Options granted under the Plan shall generally be nontransferable by the Director
otherwise than by will or, if the Director dies intestate, by the laws of descent and distribution. All grants shall be exercisable during the Director's lifetime only by the Director or his personal
representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the discretion of the Board of Directors or the Governance and Compensation Committee (if it qualifies under Rule 16b-3 as a
nonemployee director committee), an Option granted under the Plan may be transferable to members of the Director's immediate family or trusts or family partnerships for the benefit of such persons,
subject to such terms and conditions as may be established by the Board of Directors or the Committee. In the event of a Director's death prior to the exercise of any Options which were then
exercisable, such Options may be exercised by the Director's beneficiary, designated as provided below, or, in the absence of any such designation, the Director's estate for the period indicated in
Section 2.4(b) above. Each Director may name, from time to time, any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) who may exercise such Options and receive such
certificates. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by such Director, and will be effective only when filed by the Director during the Director's lifetime with the Corporate Secretary. 

3.2    Adjustments Upon Certain Changes.    If any of the events described in Sections 13.1 and 13.2 of the Company's 1997 Incentive
Compensation Plan shall occur, the number of shares authorized by the Plan, the number of shares covered by Outstanding Options and the Option Prices specified therein shall be automatically adjusted
on the same basis to give the proper effect to such change so as to prevent the dilution or enlargement of rights under Options. In the event fractional shares would otherwise result from any such
adjustment, the number of shares so authorized and covered and the Option Prices thereof shall be further adjusted so as to eliminate such fractions. 

3.3    Amendment, Suspension and Termination of Plan.    The Board of Directors may suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion
thereof at any time and may amend it from time to time in such respects as the Board of Directors may deem advisable in order that any grants thereunder shall conform to or otherwise reflect any
change in applicable laws or regulations, or to permit the Company or the Directors to enjoy the benefits of any change in applicable laws or regulations, or in any other respect the Board of
Directors may deem to be in the best interests of the Company; provided, however, that no such amendment shall, without stockholder approval to the extent required by law, agreement or the rules of
any exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed (a) except as provided in Section 3.2, materially increase the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan,
(b) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan, or (c) materially increase the benefits accruing to Directors under the Plan. No such amendment, 

suspension,
or termination shall impair the rights of Directors under any outstanding Options without the consent of the Directors affected thereby. 

3.4    Definition of Fair Market Value.    The term "Fair Market Value" unless otherwise required by any applicable provision of the
Code or any regulations issued thereunder shall mean, as of any date, the closing price of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions List (or such other
consolidated transaction reporting system on which the Common Stock is primarily trade) for such day, or if the Common Stock was not traded on such day, then the next preceding day on which the stock
was traded, all as reported by such source as the Board of Directors may select. If the Common Stock is not readily tradeable on a national securities exchange or other market system, its Fair Market
Value shall be set under procedures established by the Board of Directors on the advice of an investment advisor. 

3.5    Plan Not Exclusive.    The adoption of the Plan shall not preclude the adoption by appropriate means of any other stock
option or other incentive plan for Directors. 

3.6    Listing, Registration and Legal Compliance.    Each Option shall be subject to the requirement that if at any time counsel to
the Company shall determine that the listing, registration or qualification thereof or of any shares of Common Stock or other property subject thereto upon any securities exchange or under any
foreign, federal or state securities or other law or regulation, or the consent or approval of any governmental body or the taking of any other action to comply with or otherwise with respect to any
such law or regulation, is necessary or desirable as a condition to or in connection with the grant of such Option or the issue, delivery or purchase of shares of Common Stock or other property
thereunder, no such Option may be exercised unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not
acceptable to the Company and the holder of the Option will supply the Company with such certificates, representations and information as the Company shall request and shall otherwise cooperate with
the Company in effecting or obtaining such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action. The Company may at any time impose any limitations upon the exercise, of any Option
which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, are necessary or desirable in order to cause the Plan or any other plan of the Company to comply with Rule 16b-3. If the Company, as
part of an offering of securities or otherwise, finds it desirable because of foreign, federal or state legal or
regulatory requirements to reduce the period during which Options may be exercised, the Board of Directors may, without the holders' consent, so reduce such period on not less than 15 days'
written notice to the holders thereof. 

3.7    Rights of Directors.    Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon any Director any right to serve as a Director for a period of
time or to continue his present or any other rate of compensation. 

3.8    Requirements of Law; Governing Law.    The granting of Options and the issuance of shares of Common Stock shall be subject to
all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. The Plan, and all agreements hereunder, shall be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. 

3.9    Change in Control.    In the event of a change in control of the Company (as defined in Article XII of the Company's
1997 Incentive Compensation Plan), all outstanding Options granted prior to the change in control shall be fully vested and immediately exercisable in their entirety. 

3.10    Effective Date.    The Plan shall, subject to the approval of the holders of a majority of the votes of all shares present,
or represented, and entitled to be cast on the matter at the 1995 Annual Meeting, be deemed effective as of such Annual Meeting. No grants shall be made hereunder after May 31, 2005. 

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TRIBUNE COMPANY
  1996 NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
  (As amended and restated effective December 9, 2003)    
    

ARTICLE I

GENERAL  

1.1    Purpose.    Tribune Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby adopts this 1996 Nonemployee Director Stock
Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The purpose of the Plan is to increase the stock ownership of nonemployee directors, to further align their interests with those of the Company's other stockholders and
to foster and promote the long-term financial success of the Company by attracting and retaining outstanding nonemployee directors by enabling them to participate in the Company's growth
through stock ownership. 

1.2    Participation.    Only directors of the Company who at the time an award is made meet the following criteria ("Directors")
shall receive awards under the Plan: (a) the director is not an employee of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company and (b) the director is a "disinterested person" as such term is
defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any similar rule which may subsequently be in effect
("Rule 16b-3"). 

1.3    Shares Subject to the Plan.    Shares of stock covered by awards under the Plan may be in whole or in part authorized and
unissued or treasury shares of the Company's common stock or such other shares as may be substituted pursuant to Section 4.2 ("Common Stock"). The maximum number of shares of Common Stock,
which may be issued for all purposes under the Plan, shall be 300,000 (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.2). 

ARTICLE II

STOCK AWARDS  

2.1    Stock Awards.    Effective on the day after the date of each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which
Directors are elected ("Annual Meeting"), commencing with the Annual Meeting in 1998, each Director in office on adjournment of said meeting will automatically be awarded shares of Common Stock which
on the date of the Annual Meeting have a Fair Market Value of $50,000 (the "Stock Award"). The Fair Market Value of the Stock Award shall be increased to $75,000 beginning with the 2005 award payable
immediately following the 2005 Annual Meeting. A Director who is not initially elected at the Annual Meeting shall receive an award for a pro rata portion of the Stock Award on the day following his
or her becoming a Director based on the number of months remaining from such date until the anniversary date for the most recent Annual Meeting of the Company divided by twelve. 

2.2    Definition of Fair Market Value.    The term "Fair Market Value" unless otherwise required by any applicable provision of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any regulations issued hereunder shall mean, as of any date, the closing price of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite
Transactions List (or such other consolidated transaction reporting system on which the Common Stock is primarily traded) for such day, or if the Common Stock was not traded on such day, then the next
preceding day on which the stock was traded, as reported by such source as the Board of Directors may select. If the Common Stock is not readily tradeable on a national securities exchange or other
market system, its Fair Market Value shall be set under procedures established by the Board of Directors on the advice of an investment advisor. 

ARTICLE III

DEFERRAL OF STOCK AWARDS  

3.1    Deferral.    Each Director may elect to defer receipt of part or all of any stock awards hereunder. Any such election must be
made not less than 30 days prior to the date on which an award is made. The deferred award will be credited to an account established in the Director's name and held subject to the following
terms and conditions: 

                (a)        If
the Company pays a cash dividend with respect to its Common Stock at any time while there is a balance in the Director's account, the Company will
determine the cash dividend which the Director would have received had the Director been the actual owner of the number of shares shown in the account at the time of the dividend payment. The Company
will then determine the additional shares of Common Stock that could have been purchased with the dividend at the fair market value of the stock on the date of dividend payment and add this number to
the Director's account. 

                (b)        The
number of whole shares in a Director's account at the time the Director terminates service on the Board shall be delivered in a lump sum on the
February 15 following the year in which the Director terminates Board service or in no more than ten equal annual installments commencing on the February 15 following the year in which
the Director terminates Board service in accordance with the Director's original or amended deferral election. The value of any fractional shares shall be paid in cash upon termination. A Director may
amend an election with respect to the manner of the delivery of shares at any time up to six months prior to the date of termination of service. 

                (c)        If
a Director dies or becomes legally incapacitated, the Company will deliver the shares to the persons designated by the Director by a writing filed with
the Company. 

                (d)        The
Company's obligations with respect to the deferred stock awards shall not be funded or secured in any manner nor shall the Director's right to receive
shares be assignable or transferable voluntarily or involuntarily except as expressly provided herein. However, nothing shall prevent the Company from establishing a rabbi trust to provide a Director
additional assurance that the shares subject to a deferred award will be delivered in a timely fashion in accordance with the Director's election. 

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS  

4.1    Nontransferability.    No shares awarded under the Plan shall be sold for a period of six months and one day after the date
of the award. 

4.2    Adjustments Upon Certain Changes.    If any of the events described in Sections 13.1 or 13.2 of the Company's 1997 Incentive
Compensation Plan shall occur, the number of shares authorized by the Plan, shall be automatically adjusted on the same basis to give the proper effect to such change so as to prevent the dilution or
enlargement of the shares available under Section 1.3 hereof. 

4.3    Amendment or Discontinuation of Plan.    The Board of Directors may amend the Plan at any time or suspend or discontinue the
Plan at any time, but no such action shall adversely affect any prior award;
provided that this Plan may not be amended more frequently than once every six months and no amendment shall be adopted which would result in any Director losing his or her status as a "disinterested"
administrator under Rule 16b-3 with respect to any employee benefit plan of the Company or result in the Plan losing its status as a protected plan under
Rule 16b-3. 

4.4    Plan Not Exclusive.    The adoption of the Plan does not supersede the 1995 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan and shall
not preclude the adoption by appropriate means of any other stock or other compensation plan for Directors. 

4.5    Other Provisions; Securities Registration.    The grant of any award under the Plan may also be subject to other provisions
as counsel to the Company deems appropriate, including, without limitation, 

such
provisions as may be appropriate to comply with federal or state securities laws and stock listing requirements. 

4.6    Rights of Directors.    Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon any Director any right to serve as a Director for a period of
time or to continue his or her present or any other rate of compensation. 

4.7    Requirements of Law; Governing Law.    The awarding and the issuance of shares of Common Stock shall be subject to all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. The Plan, and all agreements hereunder, shall be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. 

4.8    Effective Date.    The Plan was approved by the holders of a majority of the votes of all shares present, or represented, and
entitled to be cast on the matter at the 1996 Annual Meeting, became effective as of such Annual Meeting. No grants shall be made hereunder after May 31, 2006. 

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