Tribune Revenues Down For August

Publishing Advertising Revenues down 2.3%; Television Revenues down 1.2%

CHICAGO, Sept 14, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Tribune Company (TRB) today reported its summary of revenues and newspaper advertising volume for period 8, ended Aug. 27, 2006. Consolidated revenues for the period were $419 million, down 1.6 percent from last year's $425 million.

Publishing revenues in August were $292 million compared with $298 million last year, down 2.1 percent. Advertising revenues decreased 2.3 percent to $229 million, compared with $234 million in August 2005. Excluding Newsday, advertising revenues decreased 1.0 percent.