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FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL
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[ ] Check box if no longer WASHINGTON, DC 20549 OMB NUMBER 3235-0287
subject to Section 16. Form Expires: December 31, 2001
4 or Form 5 obligations may STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Estimated average burden
continue. See Instruction 1(b). hours per response ......0.5
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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)
| if an Entity | 12/2000 | -----
900 North Tucker Boulevard | (Voluntary) | | Chairman of the Board
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | (Check applicable line)
| | (Month/Year) | X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
St. Louis MO 63101 | | | --
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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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Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value |12/07/2000 | G | V | 360 | D | $42.00 | 2,012,916 | I | (3)
(1) | | | | | | | (2) | |
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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 Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of
Instruction 4(b)(v). information contained in this form are not required to
respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control
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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 | $43.87 | 12/11/ | A | | 16,667 | |12/11/ |12/11/ |Common | 16,667 | $43.87
(right to buy) (04) | | 2000 | | | | |2001 |2010 |Stock, | |
| | | | | | | | |$.01 par| |
| | | | | | | | |value | |
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Stock Option | $43.87 | 12/11/ | A | | 16,667 | |12/11/ |12/11/ |Common | 16,667 | $43.87
(right to buy) (04) | | 2000 | | | | |2002 |2010 |Stock, | |
| | | | | | | | |$.01 par| |
| | | | | | | | |value | |
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Stock Option | $43.87 | 12/11/ | A | | 16,666 | |12/11/ |12/11/ |Common | 16,666 | $43.87
(right to buy) (04) | | 2000 | | | | |2003 |2010 |Stock, | |
| | | | | | | | |$.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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50,000 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
See attached page (s)
** 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 /s/ Michael E. Pulitzer January 10, 2001
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form
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FORM 4(continued) Explanation of Responses
NAME: Michael E. Pulitzer STATEMENT FOR MONTH/YEAR: 12/2000
900 North Tucker Boulevard ISSUER NAME: Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ)
St. Louis, MO 63101
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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 5.
Mr. Pulitzer may be deemed a "10% Owner" by virtue of the fact that he
shares voting power with respect to 11,574,611 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.
Note: 3
Table I. Item 7.
Right to acquire upon conversion of 2,012,916 shares of Class B Common
Stock held in the voting trust described below. Of these 2,012,916
shares indirectly owned by Michael E. Pulitzer, beneficial ownership
is disclaimed for 1,500 shares held in trust for the benefit of the
wife of the reporting person; 1,922,466 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
42,780 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 42,780 shares.
Note: 4
Table II. Item 1.
Employee stock option granted under the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Stock
Option Plan in transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. The option becomes
exercisable in 33 1/3 percent increments on December 11, 2001,
December 11, 2002, and December 11, 2003, respectively.
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