Pulitzer, Inc. was an American media company who owned newspapers, television stations and radio stations across the

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. Founded by

Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer ( ; born , ; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American politician and a newspaper publisher of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' and the ''New York World''. He became a leading national figure in the U.S. Democ ...

(who also funded the

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, which are not affiliated with the company), its papers included the ''

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,'' the ''

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'' (Tucson), and Chicago's '' Daily Southtown'' and

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chain.

Ownership

Pulitzer Inc., which published 14 daily newspapers at the time, was sold to

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for $1.5 billion in 2005 (with both

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and the E. W. Scripps Company expressing interest in buying the company prior to Lee's acquisition). Pulitzer had previously acquired Scripps League's 16 daily and 30 non-daily publications in 1996. In May 1998, Pulitzer sold its broadcast group, including nine television stations and five radio stations, to Hearst-Argyle. The acquisition was completed in March 1999. Hearst-Argyle Television complete acquisition of Pulitzer broadcast

Television stations owned (until 1999)

* Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and

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. * Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station built and signed on by Pulitzer, Inc.

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Yahoo! - Pulitzer Inc. Company Profile
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