Pulitzer, Inc.

Pulitzer, Inc.

Type	Public
Industry	Broadcast Television (sold to Hearst-Argyle Television in 1999) Newspapers
Founded	1947
Headquarters	Hershey, Pennsylvania
Area served	United States (Nationwide)
Key people	David J. Barrett, president/chief operating officer
Products	Broadcast television (sold to Hearst-Argyle in 1999) Newspapers
Revenue	$785.4 million USD (2006)
Operating income	$228.8 million USD (2006)
Net income	$98.7 million USD (2006)
Employees	approx. 3000 (full time)

Founded by Joseph Pulitzer (who also funded the Pulitzer Prizes, which are not affiliated with the company), Pulitzer Inc., owned 14 daily newspapers across the United States, and one weekly chain. Its papers included the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), and Chicago's Daily Southtown and Lerner Newspapers chain.

Television stations owned

Prior to 1999, Pulitzer owned a sizable television group, whose stations are listed in the table below:

Current DMA Rank	Market	Station	Years Owned	Currently
19.	Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne	WESH 2	1993-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
21.	St. Louis	KSD-TV 5**	1947-83	NBC network affiliate KSDK owned by Gannett Company
36.	Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville	WFBC-TV/ WYFF 4	1985-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
41.	Harrisburg - Lancaster - York	WGAL 8	1979-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
44.	Albuquerque - Santa Fe	KOAT 7	1969-99	ABC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
46.	Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point	WXII-TV 12	1983-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
50.	Louisville	WLKY-TV 32	1983-99	CBS network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
52.	Providence - New Bedford	WTEV-TV/ WLNE-TV 6	1979-83	ABC network affiliate owned by Citadel Communications
53.	New Orleans	WDSU 6	1989-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
68.	Tucson, Arizona	KVOA 4	1968-72	NBC network affiliate owned by Evening Post Publishing Company
71.	Des Moines - Ames	KCCI 8	1993-99	CBS network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
76.	Omaha - Council Bluffs	KETV 7	1976-99	ABC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
107.	Fort Wayne	WPTA 21	1983-89	ABC network affiliate owned by Malara Broadcasting and operated by Granite Broadcasting Corporation

** KSD-TV was the only television station built and signed-on by Pulitzer.

In 1998, Pulitzer announced the sale of its entire television group to Hearst-Argyle Television, with the sale closing in March 1999.

Ownership

Pulitzer Inc. was sold to Lee Enterprises for $1.46 billion on June 3, 2005 (although both Gannett and the E.W. Scripps Company had expressed interest in buying the Pulitzer company prior to Lee's acquisition of the company).

Competition

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External links

Data

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