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FORM 4
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[X] Check box if no longer WASHINGTON, D.C. 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)
Bush William R. | Pulitzer Publishing Company (PTZ) | X Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement for | Officer (give title below)
| Number of | Month/Year | -----
| Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below)
900 North Tucker Boulevard | if an Entity | March 1999 | -----
| (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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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).
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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 | | (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative
| Deriv- | (Month/| | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur-
| ative | Day/ | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity
| Security | Year) | | 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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Stock Option | $45.6250 |03/18/1999| D | | | 1667 | 06/04/|04/25/ | Common | 1667 | $33.3375
(right to buy) | | | (01) | | | | 1998 | 2007 | Stock, | |
| | | | | | | | | $.01 | |
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Stock Option | $88.2812 |03/18/1999| D | | | 1667 | 05/12/|06/04/ | Common | 1667 |
(right to buy) | | | (01) | | | | 1999 | 2008 | Stock, | |
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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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0 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
(01) Table II. Item 3.
Effective as of March 18, 1999, Pulitzer Publishing Company (the "Company") completed the spin-off of its publishing and
new media properties and consummated the merger of the Company with and into Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. Immediately
prior to the effectiveness of the merger, all outstanding options under the Pulitizer Publishing Company 1994 Stock Option
Plan, whether or not vested, were cashed out by taking the excess of the cashout price of $78.9625 subtracted by the option
exercise price covering each of the options.
(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/ William R. Bush 4/9/99
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Signature of Reporting Person(1) Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of informations contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
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