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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;15, 2004</B>



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>



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COMMISSION</b>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Pulitzer Inc.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation<BR>
or Organization)<BR>
<B>43-1819711</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>900 North Tucker Boulevard<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63101</B><BR>
(Address of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Pulitzer Inc. 2003 Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>James V. Maloney<BR>
Pulitzer Inc.<BR>
900 North Tucker Boulevard<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63101<BR>
(314)&nbsp;340-8000</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Richard A. Palmer, Esq.<BR>
Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.<BR>
666 Fifth Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10103-3198<BR>
(212)&nbsp;318-3000</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $.01
par value per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">1,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$53.66</TD>
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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$53,660,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$6,798.72</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;The price is estimated in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee and is $53.66, the average of the high and low prices of the
common stock of Pulitzer Inc. as reported on The New York Stock Exchange, on
November&nbsp;8, 2004.


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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c89742exv5w1.htm">Exhibit 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form S-8 in order to register 1,000,000 shares of Pulitzer Inc. common stock,
which shares are in addition to the 3,500,000 shares of common stock previously
registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-75697) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;5, 1999, as amended April
30, 1999, for issuance pursuant to the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and
the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Key Employees&#146; Restricted Stock Purchase Plan.
Effective May&nbsp;22, 2003, the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and the
Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Key Employees&#146; Restricted Stock Purchase Plan were amended,
restated and consolidated into the Pulitzer Inc. 2003 Incentive Plan (the &#147;2003
Incentive Plan&#148;). The contents of the previously-filed registration statements
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;William Bush, a director of Pulitzer Inc., is a partner at Fulbright &#038;
Jaworski L.L.P. The legality of our common stock offered hereby has been
passed on for Pulitzer Inc. by Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. Under the 2003
Incentive Plan, Mr.&nbsp;Bush has received (i)&nbsp;options to purchase shares of
Pulitzer Inc. common stock and (ii)&nbsp;restricted stock or stock units with a
value of $20,000 based on the fair market value of the Company&#146;s Common Stock
on the grant date, in connection with his service as a director of Pulitzer
Inc. Additionally, as a director of Pulitzer Inc. Mr.&nbsp;Bush is eligible to
receive certain equity-based and cash incentives under the 2003 Incentive Plan.

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    <TD width="96%">Incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;28, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March&nbsp;5, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of St. Louis and State of Missouri on the
15<sup>th</sup> day of
November&nbsp;2004.

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    <TD colspan="3">PULITZER INC.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Robert C. Woodworth
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    <TD colspan="2">Robert C. Woodworth&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2"><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Robert C. Woodworth, Alan G. Silverglat
and James V. Maloney his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting said
attorney-in-fact and agent and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Robert C. Woodworth<BR>
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Robert C. Woodworth</TD>
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Director, President and Chief<BR>
Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15 , 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Alan G. Silverglat<BR>
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Alan G. Silverglat</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">
Senior Vice President-Finance<BR>
(Principal Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ William Bush<BR>
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William Bush</TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Susan T. Congalton<BR>
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Susan T. Congalton</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Ken J. Elkins<BR>
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Ken J. Elkins</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Alice B. Hayes<BR>
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Alice B. Hayes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Richard W. Moore<BR>
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Richard W. Moore</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Emily Rauh Pulitzer<BR>
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Emily Rauh Pulitzer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Michael E. Pulitzer<BR>
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Michael E. Pulitzer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Ronald H. Ridgway<BR>
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Ronald H. Ridgway</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ James M. Snowden, Jr.<BR>
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James M. Snowden, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">
Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">November 15, 2004</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pulitzer Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
43-1819711
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
900 North Tucker Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Pulitzer Inc. 2003 Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
James V. Maloney
Pulitzer Inc.
900 North Tucker Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
(314) 340-8000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:
Richard A. Palmer, Esq.
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10103-3198
(212) 318-3000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Securities to be
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered(1)
Share (2)
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01
par value per share
1,000,000
$53.66
$53,660,000
$6,798.72
(1) The price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee and is $53.66, the average of the high and low prices of the
common stock of Pulitzer Inc. as reported on The New York Stock Exchange, on
November 8, 2004.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 5.1
Exhibit 23.2
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form S-8 in order to register 1,000,000 shares of Pulitzer Inc. common stock,
which shares are in addition to the 3,500,000 shares of common stock previously
registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-75697) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 1999, as amended April
30, 1999, for issuance pursuant to the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and
the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase Plan.
Effective May 22, 2003, the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and the
Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase Plan were amended,
restated and consolidated into the Pulitzer Inc. 2003 Incentive Plan (the "2003
Incentive Plan"). The contents of the previously-filed registration statements
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Mr. William Bush, a director of Pulitzer Inc., is a partner at Fulbright &
Jaworski L.L.P. The legality of our common stock offered hereby has been
passed on for Pulitzer Inc. by Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Under the 2003
Incentive Plan, Mr. Bush has received (i) options to purchase shares of
Pulitzer Inc. common stock and (ii) restricted stock or stock units with a
value of $20,000 based on the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock
on the grant date, in connection with his service as a director of Pulitzer
Inc. Additionally, as a director of Pulitzer Inc. Mr. Bush is eligible to
receive certain equity-based and cash incentives under the 2003 Incentive Plan.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Pulitzer Inc. 2003 Incentive Plan*
5.1
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 28, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 5, 2004.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of St. Louis and State of Missouri on the
15
th
day of
November 2004.
PULITZER INC.
By:
/s/ Robert C. Woodworth
Robert C. Woodworth
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Robert C. Woodworth, Alan G. Silverglat
and James V. Maloney his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting said
attorney-in-fact and agent and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Robert C. Woodworth
Robert C. Woodworth
Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 15 , 2004
/s/ Alan G. Silverglat
Alan G. Silverglat
Senior Vice President-Finance
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
November 15, 2004
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/s/ William Bush
William Bush
Director
November 15, 2004
/s/ Susan T. Congalton
Susan T. Congalton
Director
November 15, 2004
/s/ Ken J. Elkins
Ken J. Elkins
Director
November 15, 2004
/s/ Alice B. Hayes
Alice B. Hayes
Director
November 15, 2004
/s/ Richard W. Moore
Richard W. Moore
Director
November 15, 2004
/s/ Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Director
November 15, 2004
/s/ Michael E. Pulitzer
Michael E. Pulitzer
Director
November 15, 2004
/s/ Ronald H. Ridgway
Ronald H. Ridgway
Director
November 15, 2004
/s/ James M. Snowden, Jr.
James M. Snowden, Jr.
Director
November 15, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Pulitzer Inc. 2003 Incentive Plan*
5.1
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 28, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 5, 2004.