Tribune Company Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (TRB)

Tribune Company (TRB)
Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call
February 1st 2006, 9:00 AM.

Executives:

Ruthellyn Musil, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations
Dennis FitzSimons, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Donald Grenesko, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration
John Reardon, President and Chief Executive of Tribune Broadcasting
Scott Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Tribune Company
Timothy Landon, President

Analysts:

Lauren Fine, Merrill Lynch
William Bird, Citigroup
Douglas Arthur, Morgan Stanley
Alexia Quadrani, Bear Stearns
Steven Barlow, Prudential Equity
Frederick Searby, JP Morgan
John Janedis, Banc of America Securities
Lee Westerfield, Harris Nesbitt
Peter Appert, Goldman Sachs
Craig Huber, Lehman Brothers
Paul Ginocchio, Deutsche Bank
Brian Shipman, UBS
Jacqueline Spring, Thomas Weisel Partners

Presentation

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2005 Tribune Earnings Conference Call. My name is Ann Marie, and I’ll be your coordinator for today. At this time all participants are in listen-only mode, we will be facilitating a question and answer sessi00on towards the end of today’s conference. If at any time during the call you require assistance please press “*