Pulitzer, Inc.
Pulitzer, Inc. was an American media company who owned newspapers, television stations and radio stations across the United States. Founded by Joseph Pulitzer, its papers included the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Arizona Daily Star, and Chicago's Daily Southtown and Lerner Newspapers chain.
Ownership
Pulitzer Inc., which published 14 daily newspapers at the time, was sold to Lee Enterprises for $1.5 billion in 2005. 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.
Television stations owned (until 1999)
- Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
- Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters indicate a station built and signed on by Pulitzer, Inc.
| Media market | State | Station | Purchased | Sold |
| Tucson | Arizona | KVOA | 1968 | 1972 |
| Orlando–Daytona Beach–Melbourne | Florida | WESH | 1993 | 1999 |
| Fort Wayne | Indiana | WPTA | 1983 | 1989 |
| Des Moines–Ames | Iowa | KCCI | 1993 | 1999 |
| Louisville | Kentucky | WLKY | 1983 | 1999 |
| New Orleans | Louisiana | WDSU | 1989 | 1999 |
| St. Louis | Missouri | KSD-TV/KSDK** | 1947 | 1983 |
| Omaha | Nebraska | KETV | 1976 | 1999 |
| Albuquerque–Santa Fe | New Mexico | KOAT-TV | 1969 | 1999 |
| Winston-Salem–Greensboro–High Point | North Carolina | WXII-TV | 1983 | 1999 |
| Harrisburg–Lancaster–York | Pennsylvania | WGAL | 1979 | 1999 |
| Providence | Rhode Island | WTEV-TV/WLNE-TV | 1979 | 1983 |
| Greenville–Spartanburg | South Carolina | WFBC-TV/WYFF | 1983 | 1999 |