Pulitzer, Inc.

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Founded by legendary yellow-journalist Joseph Pulitzer (who also funded the Pulitzer Prizes, which are not affiliated with the company), Pulitzer Inc., owned 14 daily newspapers across the United States. Its papers included the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), which was published by its Star Publishing Company subsidiary.

1 Television stations owned
2 Ownership
3 Competition
4 External links
- 4.1 Data

[edit] Television stations owned

Prior to 1999, Pulitzer owned a sizable television group, whose stations are listed in the table below:

Current DMA Rank	Market	Station	Years Owned	Currently
19.	Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne	WESH 2	1993-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
21.	St. Louis	KSD-TV 5**	1947-83	NBC network affiliate KSDK owned by Gannett Company
36.	Greenville - Spartanburg - Asheville	WFBC-TV/ WYFF 4	1985-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
41.	Harrisburg - Lancaster - York	WGAL 8	1979-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
44.	Albuquerque - Santa Fe	KOAT 7	1969-99	ABC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
46.	Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point	WXII-TV 12	1983-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
48.	Louisville	WLKY-TV 32	1983-99	CBS network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
52.	Providence - New Bedford	WTEV-TV/ WLNE-TV 6	1979-84	ABC network affiliate owned by Global Broadcasting
53.	New Orleans	WDSU 6	1989-99	NBC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
71.	Des Moines - Ames	KCCI 8	1993-99	CBS network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
75.	Omaha - Council Bluffs	KETV 7	1976-99	ABC network affiliate owned by Hearst-Argyle Television
107.	Fort Wayne	WPTA 21	1983-89	ABC network affiliate owned by Malara Broadcasting and operated by Granite Broadcasting Corporation

** KSD-TV was the only television station built and signed-on by Pulitzer.

In 1998, Pulitzer announced the sale of its entire television group to Hearst-Argyle Television, with the sale closing in March of 1999.

[edit] Ownership

Pulitzer Inc. was sold to Lee Enterprises for $1.46 billion on June 3, 2005 (although both Gannett and the E.W. Scripps Company had expressed interest in buying the Pulitzer company [1] prior to Lee's acquisition of the company).