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| <schemaVersion> X0306 </schemaVersion> |
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| <periodOfReport> 2019-09-19 </periodOfReport> |
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| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000726513 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> TRIBUNE MEDIA CO </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> TRCO </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001626759 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> Walker Laura R </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> C/O TRIBUNE MEDIA COMPANY </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> 515 N. STATE STREET, SUITE 2400 </rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> CHICAGO </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> IL </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 60654 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
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| | | <isDirector> 1 </isDirector> |
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| | | <isTenPercentOwner> 0 </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> 0 </isOther> |
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| | </reportingOwner> |
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| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Class A Common Stock </value> |
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| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2019-09-19 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate> |
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| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 20172 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 46.6874 </value> |
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| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Disposed of for $46.687397 per share pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 30, 2018, by and among Tribune Media Company, Nextar Media Group, Inc. and Titan Merger Sub, Inc. (the "Merger Agreement"). </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <remarks></remarks> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Erin Conroy, Attorney-in-Fact for Laura Walker </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2019-09-20 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |