<PAGE>   1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 1999
                        Registration No. 333 - _________

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                       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 its charter)

          DELAWARE                                      43-1819711
(State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                           900 NORTH TUCKER BOULEVARD
                            ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63101
          (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

                                  PULITZER INC.
                        1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                                  PULITZER INC.
                         1999 KEY EMPLOYEES' RESTRICTED
                               STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                                  PULITZER INC.
                             1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plans)

                                   ------------

                                RONALD H. RIDGWAY
                                  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
                                 (212) 318-3000
                            FACSIMILE: (212) 752-5958

                                   ------------

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                         -------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                                         
                                                     PROPOSED MAXIMUM        PROPOSED MAXIMUM          
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE        AMOUNT TO BE        OFFERING PRICE PER      AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE      AMOUNT OF
REGISTERED                       REGISTERED(1)       SHARE(2)                (2)                           REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------        -------------       ------------------      ------------------------      ---------------- 
<S>                                <C>                 <C>                     <C>                         <C>
COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE         300,000           $40.81                  $ 12,243,000.00             $ 3,403.55 
(3)
COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE         500,000           $40.81                  $ 20,405,000.00             $ 5,672.59         
(4)
COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE       3,000,000           $40.81                  $122,430,000.00             $34,035.54
(5)
TOTAL                              3,800,000           $40.81   TOTAL:         $155,078,000.00             $43,111.68
===========================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

   
(1)    PLUS SUCH ADDITIONAL INDETERMINABLE NUMBER OF SHARES AS MAY BE REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO THE PULITZER INC. 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, THE
       PULITZER INC. 1999 KEY EMPLOYEES' RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AND
       THE PULITZER INC. 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN IN THE EVENT OF A STOCK
       DIVIDEND, STOCK SPLIT, RECAPITALIZATION OR OTHER SIMILAR CHANGE IN THE
       COMMON STOCK.

(2)    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, BASED UPON THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGH AND LOW PRICES
       PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AS REPORTED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE,
       INC. ON MARCH 31, 1999.

(3)    REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THIS REGISTRATION 
       STATEMENT THAT MAY BE ISSUED UNDER THE PULITZER INC. 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK 
       PURCHASE PLAN.
(4)    REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THIS REGISTRATION
       STATEMENT THAT MAY BE ISSUED UNDER THE PULITZER INC. 1999 KEY EMPLOYEES'
       RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN.
(5)    REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THIS REGISTRATION 
       STATEMENT THAT MAY BE ISSUED UNDER THE PULITZER INC. 1999 STOCK OPTION 
       PLAN.
    



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                                     PART I

     In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), the documents containing the information called 
for in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to individuals who participate 
in the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Pulitzer Inc. 1999
Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase Plan and/or the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 
Stock Option Plan, as the case may be, adopted by Pulitzer Inc. (the "Company" 
or the "Registrant") and are not being filed with or included in this Form S-8.



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                                     PART II


ITEM 3.           INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents filed by the Company are incorporated herein by 
reference:

                  (i)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal 
year ended December 31, 1998.

                  (ii) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained 
in its Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 1-14541), as amended.

     In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the 
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment indicating that all of the securities offered hereunder have been sold
or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is
also incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4.           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 5.           INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

                  The legality of the Common Stock offered hereby has been
passed on for the Company by Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., 666 Fifth Avenue, New
York, New York 10103. William Bush, a partner of such firm, is a director of the
Company.

ITEM 6.           INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

                  Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware grants corporations the power to indemnify their directors, officers,
employees and agents in accordance with the provisions set forth therein.

                  Article XI of the Company Charter provides for indemnification
of directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company to the fullest
extent provided by law. The Company currently maintains directors' and officers'
liability insurance. Sections 1, 2 and 11 of Article XI include the basic
indemnification provisions and provide as follows:

         (1) Action Not By or on Behalf of Corporation. The Corporation shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed 



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action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding
by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the
person's conduct was unlawful.

         (2) Action By or on Behalf of Corporation. The Corporation shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court
of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

         (11) A director's liability to the Corporation for breach of duty to
the Corporation or its stockholders shall be limited to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law as now in effect or hereafter amended. In particular,
no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or
any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
director, except for liability (A) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders; (B) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law; (C) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same
exists or hereafter may be amended; or (D) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General
Corporation Law hereafter is amended to authorize the further elimination or
limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of
the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided
herein, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended Delaware
General Corporation law. Any repeal or modification of this Article by the
stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not
adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the
Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.



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ITEM 7.      EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED


             Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.      EXHIBITS

    4.1      --      Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase
                     Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to 
                     the Company's Registration Statement (No. 1-14541)
                     on Form 10, as amended)

    4.2      --      Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (incorporated herein
                     by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company's Registration
                     Statement (No. 1-14541) on Form 10, as amended)

    4.3      --      Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan 
                     (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the 
                     Company's Registration Statement (No. 1-14541) on Form 10,
                     as amended)

    5        --      Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

    23.1     --      Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

    23.2     --      Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in 
                     Exhibit 5)

    24       --      Power of Attorney (included in signature page)


ITEM 9.      UNDERTAKINGS

(a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being 
         made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
                  the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                  after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
                  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
                  change in the information set forth in the registration
                  statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
                  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
                  value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
                  registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
                  estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
                  of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
                  424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
                  represent no more than 20 percent 


<PAGE>   6

                  change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in 
                  the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
                  registration statement;

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
                  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                  registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement;

         provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
         not apply if the information required to be included in a
         post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
         reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
         pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
         that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

                  (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability 
                  under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective 
                  amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement 
                  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering 
                  of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the 
                  initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

         (b)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for 
         purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
         each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
         or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
         applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
         pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that
         is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
         deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (h)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
         Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
         controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
         provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
         opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
         is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and
         is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event a claim for indemnification
         against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
         expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person
         of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
         proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling
         person of the registrant in connection with the securities being
         registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
         the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
         of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
         by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
         1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE>   7


                                   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, State of Missouri, on the 5th day of
April, 1999.

                                            PULITZER INC.

                                            By:  /s/ Robert C. Woodworth
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Robert C. Woodworth
                                                 President and Chief Executive
                                                 Officer


                         -------------------------------

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Robert C. Woodworth and Ronald H.
Ridgway, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and any
registration statement relating to the offering hereunder pursuant to Rule 462
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either 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:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


Signature                                            Title                                       Date
---------                                            -----                                       ----
<S>                                         <C>                                          <C>
/s/ Michael E. Pulitzer                     Director, Chairman of the Board              April 5,  1999
-----------------------------                                                                 
Michael E. Pulitzer


/s/ Robert C. Woodworth                     Director, President and Chief                April 5,  1999
-----------------------------               Executive Officer                                 
Robert C. Woodworth                         (principal executive officer)


/s/ Ronald H. Ridgway                       Director, Senior Vice President              April 5, 1999
------------------------------              - Finance (principal financial                    
Ronald H. Ridgway                           and accounting officer)


/s/ Ken J.Elkins                            Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
Ken J. Elkins


/s/ David E. Moore                          Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
David E. Moore


/s/ Emily Rauh Pulitzer                     Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
Emily Rauh Pulitzer


/s/ Alice B. Hayes                          Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
Alice B. Hayes


/s/ William Bush                            Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
William Bush

/s/ James M. Snowden Jr.                    Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
James M. Snowden Jr.

</TABLE>




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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit
  No.                 Description
-------               -----------


5                     Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

23.1                  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

23.2                  Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
                      (included in Exhibit 5).

24                    Power of Attorney (included in signature page).
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1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 1999
                        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 its charter)

          DELAWARE                                      43-1819711
(State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                           900 NORTH TUCKER BOULEVARD
                            ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63101
          (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

                                  PULITZER INC.
                        1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                                  PULITZER INC.
                         1999 KEY EMPLOYEES' RESTRICTED
                               STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                                  PULITZER INC.
                             1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plans)

                                   ------------

                                RONALD H. RIDGWAY
                                  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
                                 (212) 318-3000
                            FACSIMILE: (212) 752-5958

                                   ------------

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                         -------------------------------
PROPOSED MAXIMUM        PROPOSED MAXIMUM          
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE        AMOUNT TO BE        OFFERING PRICE PER      AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE      AMOUNT OF
REGISTERED                       REGISTERED(1)       SHARE(2)                (2)                           REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------        -------------       ------------------      ------------------------      ----------------
COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE         300,000           $40.81                  $ 12,243,000.00             $ 3,403.55 
(3)
COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE         500,000           $40.81                  $ 20,405,000.00             $ 5,672.59         
(4)
COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE       3,000,000           $40.81                  $122,430,000.00             $34,035.54
(5)
TOTAL                              3,800,000           $40.81   TOTAL:         $155,078,000.00             $43,111.68
===========================================================================================================================
(1)    PLUS SUCH ADDITIONAL INDETERMINABLE NUMBER OF SHARES AS MAY BE REQUIRED
       PURSUANT TO THE PULITZER INC. 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, THE
       PULITZER INC. 1999 KEY EMPLOYEES' RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AND
       THE PULITZER INC. 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN IN THE EVENT OF A STOCK
       DIVIDEND, STOCK SPLIT, RECAPITALIZATION OR OTHER SIMILAR CHANGE IN THE
       COMMON STOCK.

(2)    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, BASED UPON THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGH AND LOW PRICES
       PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AS REPORTED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE,
       INC. ON MARCH 31, 1999.

(3)    REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THIS REGISTRATION 
       STATEMENT THAT MAY BE ISSUED UNDER THE PULITZER INC. 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK 
       PURCHASE PLAN.
(4)    REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THIS REGISTRATION
       STATEMENT THAT MAY BE ISSUED UNDER THE PULITZER INC. 1999 KEY EMPLOYEES'
       RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN.
(5)    REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THIS REGISTRATION 
       STATEMENT THAT MAY BE ISSUED UNDER THE PULITZER INC. 1999 STOCK OPTION 
       PLAN.
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                                     PART I

     In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), the documents containing the information called 
for in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to individuals who participate 
in the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Pulitzer Inc. 1999
Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase Plan and/or the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 
Stock Option Plan, as the case may be, adopted by Pulitzer Inc. (the "Company" 
or the "Registrant") and are not being filed with or included in this Form S-8.
3

                                     PART II

ITEM 3.           INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents filed by the Company are incorporated herein by 
reference:

                  (i)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal 
year ended December 31, 1998.

                  (ii) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained 
in its Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 1-14541), as amended.

     In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the 
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment indicating that all of the securities offered hereunder have been sold
or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is
also incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4.           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 5.           INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

                  The legality of the Common Stock offered hereby has been
passed on for the Company by Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., 666 Fifth Avenue, New
York, New York 10103. William Bush, a partner of such firm, is a director of the
Company.

ITEM 6.           INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

                  Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware grants corporations the power to indemnify their directors, officers,
employees and agents in accordance with the provisions set forth therein.

                  Article XI of the Company Charter provides for indemnification
of directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company to the fullest
extent provided by law. The Company currently maintains directors' and officers'
liability insurance. Sections 1, 2 and 11 of Article XI include the basic
indemnification provisions and provide as follows:

         (1) Action Not By or on Behalf of Corporation. The Corporation shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed
4

action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding
by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the
person's conduct was unlawful.

         (2) Action By or on Behalf of Corporation. The Corporation shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court
of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

         (11) A director's liability to the Corporation for breach of duty to
the Corporation or its stockholders shall be limited to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law as now in effect or hereafter amended. In particular,
no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or
any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
director, except for liability (A) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders; (B) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law; (C) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same
exists or hereafter may be amended; or (D) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General
Corporation Law hereafter is amended to authorize the further elimination or
limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of
the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided
herein, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended Delaware
General Corporation law. Any repeal or modification of this Article by the
stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not
adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the
Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
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ITEM 7.      EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

             Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.      EXHIBITS

    4.1      --      Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase
                     Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to 
                     the Company's Registration Statement (No. 1-14541)
                     on Form 10, as amended)

    4.2      --      Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (incorporated herein
                     by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company's Registration
                     Statement (No. 1-14541) on Form 10, as amended)

    4.3      --      Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan 
                     (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the 
                     Company's Registration Statement (No. 1-14541) on Form 10,
                     as amended)

    5        --      Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

    23.1     --      Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

    23.2     --      Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in 
                     Exhibit 5)

    24       --      Power of Attorney (included in signature page)

ITEM 9.      UNDERTAKINGS

(a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being 
         made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
                  the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                  after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
                  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
                  change in the information set forth in the registration
                  statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
                  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
                  value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
                  registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
                  estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
                  of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
                  424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
                  represent no more than 20 percent
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                  change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in 
                  the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
                  registration statement;

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
                  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                  registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement;

         provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
         not apply if the information required to be included in a
         post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
         reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
         pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
         that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

                  (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability 
                  under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective 
                  amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement 
                  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering 
                  of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the 
                  initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

         (b)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for 
         purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
         each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
         or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
         applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
         pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that
         is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
         deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (h)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
         Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
         controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
         provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
         opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
         is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and
         is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event a claim for indemnification
         against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
         expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person
         of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
         proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling
         person of the registrant in connection with the securities being
         registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
         the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
         of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
         by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
         1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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, State of Missouri, on the 5th day of
April, 1999.

                                            PULITZER INC.

                                            By:  /s/ Robert C. Woodworth
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Robert C. Woodworth
                                                 President and Chief Executive
                                                 Officer

                         -------------------------------

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Robert C. Woodworth and Ronald H.
Ridgway, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and any
registration statement relating to the offering hereunder pursuant to Rule 462
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either 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:
Signature                                            Title                                       Date
---------                                            -----                                       ----
/s/ Michael E. Pulitzer                     Director, Chairman of the Board              April 5,  1999
-----------------------------                                                                 
Michael E. Pulitzer

/s/ Robert C. Woodworth                     Director, President and Chief                April 5,  1999
-----------------------------               Executive Officer                                 
Robert C. Woodworth                         (principal executive officer)

/s/ Ronald H. Ridgway                       Director, Senior Vice President              April 5, 1999
------------------------------              - Finance (principal financial                    
Ronald H. Ridgway                           and accounting officer)

/s/ Ken J.Elkins                            Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
Ken J. Elkins

/s/ David E. Moore                          Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
David E. Moore

/s/ Emily Rauh Pulitzer                     Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
Emily Rauh Pulitzer

/s/ Alice B. Hayes                          Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
Alice B. Hayes

/s/ William Bush                            Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
William Bush

/s/ James M. Snowden Jr.                    Director                                     April 5, 1999
------------------------------                                                                
James M. Snowden Jr.
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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
  No.                 Description
-------               -----------

5                     Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

23.1                  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

23.2                  Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
                      (included in Exhibit 5).

24                    Power of Attorney (included in signature page).