Pulitzer, Inc.

Pulitzer, Inc.
Public
Industry Television, Newspapers
Successor Hearst-Argyle Television
Lee Enterprises
Founded 1947
Defunct 2005
Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Area served
United States (Nationwide)
Key people
David J. Barrett,
(President/COO)
Products Television, Newspapers
Revenue Increase $785.4 million USD (2006)
Increase $228.8 million USD (2006)
Increase $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 1999, Pulitzer sold its broadcast group nine television stations and five radio stations to Hearst-Argyle.[4]

Television stations owned (until 1999)

City of License / Market Station Channel
TV (RF)
Years Owned Current Ownership Status
Tucson, Arizona KVOA 4 (23) 1968-72 NBC affiliate owned by Cordillera Communications
Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne WESH 2 (11) 1993-99 NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Fort Wayne WPTA 21 (24) 1983-89 ABC affiliate owned by Quincy Newspapers
Des Moines - Ames KCCI 8 (8) 1993-99 CBS affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Louisville WLKY-TV 32 (26) 1983-99 CBS affiliate owned by Hearst Television
New Orleans WDSU 6 (43) 1989-99 NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
St. Louis KSD-TV ** 5 (35) 1947-83 NBC affiliate, KSDK, owned by Tegna, Inc.
Omaha - Council Bluffs KETV 7 (20) 1976-99 ABC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Albuquerque - Santa Fe KOAT 7 (7) 1969-99 ABC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Winston-Salem - Greensboro - High Point WXII-TV 12 (31) 1983-99 NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Harrisburg - Lancaster - York WGAL 8 (8) 1979-99 NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Providence - New Bedford WTEV-TV/WLNE-TV 6 (49) 1979-83 ABC affiliate owned by Citadel Communications
Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville WFBC-TV/WYFF 4 (36) 1985-99 NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television

Competition

References

  1. "Gannett, Scripps consider Pulitzer purchase".
  2. Steinberg, Jacques (February 1, 2005). "Pulitzer to Be Acquired by Lee Enterprises". New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. Jones, Dow (July 5, 1996). "Pulitzer Acquires Scripps League". New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  4. http://www.hearst.com/press-room/pr-19990318a.php Hearst-Argyle Television complete acquisition of Pulitzer broadcast

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