Pulitzer, Inc.


Pulitzer Inc. owned newspapers, television stations and radio stations across the United States. Founded by Joseph Pulitzer, its papers included the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Arizona Daily Star, 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. Pulitzer had previously acquired Scripps League's 16 daily and 30 non-daily publications in 1996.
In 1998, Pulitzer sold its broadcast group — nine television stations and five radio stations — to Hearst-Argyle.

Television stations owned (until 1998)

City of License / MarketStationChannel
TV 		Years ownedCurrent ownership status
Tucson, ArizonaKVOA4 1968–1972NBC affiliate owned by Quincy Media
Orlando - Daytona Beach - MelbourneWESH 2 1993–1998NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Fort WayneWPTA21 1983–1989ABC affiliate owned by Quincy Media
Des Moines - AmesKCCI8 1993–1998CBS affiliate owned by Hearst Television
LouisvilleWLKY32 1983–1998CBS affiliate owned by Hearst Television
New OrleansWDSU6 1989–1998NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
St. LouisKSD-TV **5 1947–1983NBC affiliate, KSDK, owned by Tegna Inc.
Omaha - Council BluffsKETV7 1976–1998ABC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Albuquerque - Santa FeKOAT7 1969–1998ABC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Winston-Salem - Greensboro - High PointWXII-TV12 1983–1998NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Harrisburg - Lancaster - YorkWGAL8 1979–1998NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Providence - New BedfordWTEV-TV/WLNE-TV6 1979–1983ABC affiliate owned by Standard Media
Greenville - Spartanburg - AshevilleWFBC-TV/WYFF4 1985–1998NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television

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