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FORM 4
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[ ] Check box if no longer WASHINGTON, DC 20549
subject to Section 16. Form
4 or Form 5 obligations may STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
continue. See Instruction 1(b).
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1)|2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person
| | to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Ridgway Ronald H | Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ) | X Director X 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement for | X Officer (give title below)
| Number of | Month/Year | ----- Sr. V.P. - Finance
| Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below)
900 North Tucker Boulevard | if an Entity | 10/1999 | -----
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| ###-##-#### | Date of Original | X (Check applicable line)
St. Louis MO 63101- | | (Month/Year) | -- Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) | | Reporting Person
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TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security |2. Transaction| 3. Transaction|4. Securities Acquired (A)| 5. Amount of|6. Owner- |7. Nature
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of
| | (Instr. 8) | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Beneficially| Form: | Indirect
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| | | | | (A) | | (Instr. 3 | Indirect | Owner-
| (Month/Day/ | | | | or | | and 4) | (I) | ship
| Year) | Code | V | Amount | (D) | Price | |(Instr. 4)|(Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, $.01 par value | 10/05/99 | A | V | 46.605 | A | $38.622 |28,983.206(1)| D |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of |6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price
Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of
(Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities Ac- | Expiration | Securities | Deriv-
| Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative
| Deriv- | Day/ | | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur-
| ative | Year) | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity
| Security | | | and 5) | | | (Instr. 5)
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| | | Code |V | (A) |(D) |cisable|Date | | Shares |
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9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of
Derivative | Form of | Indirect
Securities | Derivative | Beneficial
Beneficially | Security: | Ownership
Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4)
of Month | or Indirect (I) |
(Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) |
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Explanation of Responses:
See attached pages(s) /s/ Ronald H. Ridgway 11-8-99
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Ridgway, Ronald H
900 North Tucker Boulevard
St. Louis MO 63101-
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ)
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 procedure. 10/1999
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays valid OMB
Number.
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(Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 4 (continued) EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES
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NAME: Ridgway, Ronald H. STATEMENT FOR MONTH/YEAR: 10/1999
900 North Tucker Boulevard ISSUER NAME: PULTIZER INC.(PTZ)
St. Louis MO 63101-
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Note: 1 Table I. Item 5.
Mr. Ridgway may be deemed a "10% Owner" by virtue of the fact that he shares voting power with respect to 13,557,004
shares of Class B Common Stock (which is convertible at any time, on a share-for-share basis, into Common Stock)
held by the 1999 Pulitzer Inc. Voting Trust, of which he is a trustee. Mr. Ridgway has no pecuniary interest in any
of the shares held by such trust.
The total includes .452 shares acquired on May 7, 1999 @ $45.375 per share and .458 shares acquired on August 6,
1999 @ $44.938 per share pursuant to a reinvestment of cash dividends received on shares owned through the Pulitzer
Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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