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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
Pulitzer Inc. Voting Trust Under | | to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Agreement dated 3/18/99 | Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ) | Director X 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement for | Officer (give title below)
| Number of | Month/Year | -----
900 North Tucker Boulevard | Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below)
| if an Entity | 09/2000 | -----
| (Voluntary) | |
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | (Check applicable line)
St. Louis MO 63101 | | (Month/Year) | X 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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| | | |100,000 | | | (3)| |
Class B Common Stock, $.01, (1) | 09/22/2000 | Z | V |(2) | D | | 11,555,111 | I | (4)
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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/ Ronald H. Ridgway October 8, 2000
See attached page. -------------------------------- ---------------
Signature of Reporting Person(1) Date
Ronald H. Ridgway, Voting Trustee
(1)Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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FORM 4 (continued) Explanation of Responses
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NAME: Pulitzer Voting Trust, Under Agreement STATEMENT FOR MONTH/YEAR: 09/2000
dated 03/18/99 ISSUER NAME: Pulitzer Inc.(PTZ)
900 North Tucker Boulevard
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 4.
Conversion of Class B Common Stock into Common Stock. Class B
shareholder converted Class B Common Stock into Common Stock, which is
not subject to the Pulitzer Inc. Voting Trust described below.
Note: 3 Table I. Item 5.
Pursuant to Rule 16a-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, beneficial ownership of these shares has been disclaimed.
Note: 4 Table I. Item 7.
Held in a voting trust covering 11,555,111 shares of Class B Common
Stock, $.01 par value, convertible into 11,555,111 shares of Common
Stock.
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