Pulitzer, Inc. was an American media company who 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 in buying the company prior to Lee's acquisition). Pulitzer had previously acquired Scripps League's 16 daily and 30 non-daily publications in 1996.
In May 1998, Pulitzer sold its broadcast group, including nine television stations and five radio stations, to Hearst-Argyle. The acquisition was completed in March 1999. Hearst-Argyle Television complete acquisition of Pulitzer broadcast
Television stations owned (until 1999) Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license. Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station built and signed on by Pulitzer, Inc.
+ Stations owned by Pulitzer, Inc. Media market State Station Purchased Sold Tucson Arizona KVOA 1968 1972 Orlando–Daytona Beach–Melbourne Florida WESH 1993 1999 Fort Wayne Indiana WPTA 1983 1989 Des Moines–Ames Iowa KCCI 1993 1999 Louisville Kentucky WLKY 1983 1999 New Orleans Louisiana WDSU 1989 1999 St. Louis Missouri KSD-TV/KSDK** 1947 1983 Omaha Nebraska KETV 1976 1999 Albuquerque–Santa Fe New Mexico KOAT-TV 1969 1999 Winston-Salem–Greensboro–High Point North Carolina WXII-TV 1983 1999 Harrisburg–Lancaster–York Pennsylvania WGAL 1979 1999 Providence Rhode Island WTEV-TV/WLNE-TV 1979 1983 Greenville–Spartanburg South Carolina WFBC-TV/WYFF 1983 1999
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External links
Data Yahoo! - Pulitzer Inc. Company Profile