The timeline is intended to identify generally what tasks the agency needs to accomplish in order to complete its review in cases involving complex or difficult issues, the normal order in which these tasks can be most efficiently performed, and the time normally needed to complete them. Any such general timeline necessarily oversimplifies the process. Statutes and regulations require different procedures for different types of licenses or authorizations, and the circumstances of individual cases will differ (for example, the actions taken by other government agencies considering the antitrust, national security, or law enforcement issues relating to the transaction). The timeline should therefore be viewed as a flexible tool, not an effort to force the review of all diverse transactions into one inflexible mold. For these reasons, the timeline clock may need to be started and stopped several times during the process. A record of these actions for Zell/Tribune is provided below.

Clock Stopped		Clock Restarted	Days Stopped	Reason for Stop
Day	Date
204	11/30/07			FCC Grants Applications for Transfer of Control of Tribune Company. Erratum (12/4/07): Word | Acrobat News Release: Word | Acrobat MO&O: Word | Acrobat Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat