SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

PULITZER MICHAEL E

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

900 NORTH TUCKER BOULEVARD

(Street)

ST. LOUIS

631011069

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PULITZER INC [ PTZ ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/25/2005

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, $.01 par value	01/25/2005		S		1,500	D	$64.1	9,000	D
Common Stock, $.01 par value	01/26/2005		S		1,500	D	$63.59	7,500	D
Common Stock, $.01 par value	01/27/2005		S		1,500	D	$63.21	6,000	D
Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value⁽¹⁾								1,000	I	By Spouse
Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value⁽¹⁾								1,438,716⁽²⁾	I	By Voting Trust⁽³⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option (right to buy)	$39.875							04/07/2000⁽⁴⁾	04/07/2009	Common Stock, $.01 par value	139,800		139,800	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	$39.6875							12/17/2000⁽⁵⁾	12/17/2009	Common Stock, $.01 par value	75,000		75,000	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	$43.87							12/11/2001⁽⁶⁾	12/11/2010	Common Stock, $.01 par value	50,000		50,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Class B Common Stock which is convertible at any time, on a share-for-share basis, into Common Stock.

2. Right to acquire upon conversion of 1,438,716 shares of Class B Common Stock held in a Voting Trust described in footnote #3 below. Of these 1,438,716 shares indirectly held by Michael E. Pulitzer, (i) voting trust certificates representing 2,500 shares are held by a Trust for the benefit of Mr. Pulitzer under a Trust Agreement dated as of March 22, 1982; (ii) voting trust certificates representing 46,170 shares are held by a Trust for the benefit of Mr. Pulitzer under a Trust Agreement dated as of August 16, 1983, and (iii) voting trust certificates representing 1,390,046 shares are held by a limited liability company (the LLC) owned by eight Trusts established for the benefit of his family members and Mr. Pulitzer.

3. Mr. Pulitzer may be deemed a 10% Owner by virtue of the fact that he shares voting power with respect to 11,119,830 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.

4. The option vested on April 7, 2002.

5. The option vested on December 17, 2002.

6. The option vested on December 11, 2003.

	By: /s/ James V. Maloney, Attorney-in-fact	01/27/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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