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FORM 4
------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[ ] 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)
Elkins Ken J. | Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ) | X Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement for | Officer (give title below)
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| Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below)
| if an Entity | | -----
900 North Tucker Boulevard | (Voluntary) | 05/2000 |
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | (Check applicable line)
| | (Month/Year) |
St. Louis MO 63101 | | | X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) | | Form Filed by More than One
| | --- 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-
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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 | | | | | | | 18,029.379 | D |
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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|
| | |-------------------------------|Exer- |tion | Title | Number of|
| | | Code |V | (A) |(D) |cisable|Date | | Shares |
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Stock Option (right to | $39.8125 |05/18/2000| A | | 3,000 | |05/18/ |05/18/ | Common | 3,000 | $39.8125
buy | | | (01) | | | |2001 |2010 | Stock, | | (01)
| | | | | | |(01) | | $.01 par| |
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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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3,000 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
(01) Table II. Item 4, Item 6 and Item 8:
An option to purchase 3,000 shares of Common Stock was granted to Mr. Elkins, as a non-employee director, on May 18, 2000 the
day following the Company's annual meeting of stockholders. The option becomes exercisable in full at the annual meeting of
the Company's stockholders next following the date as of which the option is granted. At this time, the next annual meeting
of the Company's stockholders has not been scheduled, but is expected to occur in May of 2001.
(1)Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Ken J. Elkins June 9, 2000
Note File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. ---------------------------------- -------------
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. **Signature of Reporting Person(1) Date
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