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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)
Pulitzer Michael E. | 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 | -----
| Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below)
900 North Tucker Boulevard | if an Entity | 10/99 | -----
| (Voluntary) | | Chairman of the Board
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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
| | | | Owned at End| Direct | Bene-
| |---------------|--------------------------| of Month | (D) or | ficial
| | | | | (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(1) | 10/28/99 | Z(2) | | 3,708 | D | N/A | | I | Note 3
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Common Stock, $.01 par value(1) | 10/29/99 | Z(2) | |30,622 | D | N/A | 3,505,576(4)| I | Note 3
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Common Stock, $.01 par value | 10/28/99 | Z(2) | | 3,708 | A | N/A | | D |
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Common Stock, $.01 par value | 10/29/99 | Z(2) | |30,622 | A | N/A | | D |
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Common Stock, $.01 par value | 10/28/99 | S | | 3,708 | D |$42.0714 | | D |
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Common Stock, $.01 par value | 10/29/99 | S | |30,622 | D |$42.5206 | 0 | D |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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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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| | | | |Date |Expira- | | Amount or |
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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:
/s/ Michael E. Pulitzer 11-8-99
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**Signature of Reporting Person(1) Date
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Pulitzer, Michael E
900 North Tucker Boulevard
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. St. Louis MO 63101-
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 procedure. Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ)
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 a currently
valid OMB Number.
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES
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NAME: Pulitzer, Michael E. STATEMENT FOR MONTH/YEAR: 10/1999
900 North Tucker Boulevard ISSUER NAME: Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ)
St. Louis MO 63101-
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Note: 1
Table I. Item 1.
Class B Common Stock which is convertible at any time, on a
share-for-share basis, into Common Stock.
Note: 2
Table I. Item 3.
Immediately prior to their sale, the reporting person
converted these shares of Class B Common Stock into the
same number of shares of Common Stock and withdrew those
shares from the voting trust described below.
Note: 3
Table I. Item 7.
Right to acquire upon conversion of 3,505,576 shares of
Class B Common Stock held in the voting trust described
below. Of these 3,505,576 shares indirectly owned by
Michael E. Pulitzer, beneficial ownership is disclaimed for
46,065 shares held in trust for the benefit of the wife of
the reporting person; 3,375,561 shares are held by a Trust
for the benefit of Mr. Pulitzer under a Trust Agreement
dated as of March 22, 1982; 46,170 shares are held by a
Trust for the benefit of Mr. Pulitzer under Trust Agreement
dated as of August 16, 1983; and 37,780 shares are held by
The Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Foundation, Inc., a
charitable foundation for the benefit of Mr. Pulitzer who
claims beneficial ownership of these 37,780 shares.
Note: 4
Table I. Item 5.
Mr. Pulitzer 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.
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