Pulitzer, Inc.
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television, Newspapers |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Fate | Acquired by Lee Enterprises (television stations sold to Hearst-Argyle Television) |
| Successor | Hearst-Argyle Television Lee Enterprises |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Area served | United States (nationwide) |
Key people | David J. Barrett, (President/COO) |
| Products | Television, Newspapers |
| Revenue |  $785.4 million USD (2006) |
| $228.8 million USD (2006) | |
| $98.7 million USD (2006) | |
Number of employees | approx. 3000 (full time) |
Pulitzer, Inc. owned newspapers, television stations and radio stations across the United States. Founded by Joseph Pulitzer (who also funded the Pulitzer Prizes, which are not affiliated with the company), its papers included the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), and Chicago's Daily Southtown and Lerner Newspapers chain.
Ownership
Pulitzer Inc., which published 14 daily newspapers at the time, was sold to Lee Enterprises for $1.5 billion in 2005 (with both Gannett and the E. W. Scripps Company expressing interest[1] in buying the company prior to Lee's acquisition).[2] Pulitzer had previously acquired Scripps League's 16 daily and 30 non-daily publications in 1996.[3]
In 1998, Pulitzer sold its broadcast group — nine television stations and five radio stations — to Hearst-Argyle.[4]
Television stations owned (until 1998)
- (**) – Indicates that it was built and signed on by Pulitzer.
| City of License / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years owned | Current ownership status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson, Arizona | KVOA | 4 (23) | 1968–1972 | NBC affiliate owned by Allen Media Group |
| Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne | WESH | 2 (11) | 1993–1998 | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Fort Wayne | WPTA | 21 (24) | 1983–1989 | ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| Des Moines - Ames | KCCI | 8 (8) | 1993–1998 | CBS affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Louisville | WLKY | 32 (26) | 1983–1998 | CBS affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| New Orleans | WDSU | 6 (43) | 1989–1998 | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| St. Louis | KSD-TV ** | 5 (35) | 1947–1983 | NBC affiliate, KSDK, owned by Tegna Inc. (sale to Standard General pending[5]) |
| Omaha - Council Bluffs | KETV | 7 (20) | 1976–1998 | ABC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Albuquerque - Santa Fe | KOAT | 7 (7) | 1969–1998 | ABC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Winston-Salem - Greensboro - High Point | WXII-TV | 12 (31) | 1983–1998 | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Harrisburg - Lancaster - York | WGAL | 8 (8) | 1979–1998 | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Providence - New Bedford | WTEV-TV/WLNE-TV | 6 (49) | 1979–1983 | ABC affiliate owned by Standard Media (sale to Cox Media Group pending[6]) |
| Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville | WFBC-TV/WYFF | 4 (36) | 1985–1998 | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
References
- ^ "Gannett, Scripps consider Pulitzer purchase".
- ^ Steinberg, Jacques (February 1, 2005). "Pulitzer to Be Acquired by Lee Enterprises". New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ Jones, Dow (July 5, 1996). "Pulitzer Acquires Scripps League". New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ^ "Hearst Corporation". Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2012-07-08. Hearst-Argyle Television complete acquisition of Pulitzer broadcast
- ^ Miller, Mark K. (2022-02-22). "Tegna Selling To Standard General For $5.4 Billion". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ Venta, Lance (February 22, 2022). "Radio Implications To Today's Standard General Acquisition of TEGNA". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
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- Defunct newspaper companies of the United States
- Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States
- Mass media companies established in 1947
- Mass media companies disestablished in 2005
- 1947 establishments in Missouri
- Hearst Television
- 2005 disestablishments in Missouri
- 2005 mergers and acquisitions
- Lee Enterprises publications
- United States publishing company stubs