<PAGE>   1

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 1994
                                                            Registration No. 33-


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         DELAWARE                                      430496290
(State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                   Identification Number)

                           900 NORTH TUCKER BOULEVARD
                            ST. LOUIS MISSOURI 63101
                                 (314) 340-8000
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's prinicipal executive offices)

                      PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1994 KEY
                   EMPLOYEES' RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               RONALD H. RIDGWAY
                          PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY
                           900 NORTH TUCKER BOULEVARD
                           ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63101
                                 (314) 340-8000
           (Name, address, and telephone number 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     

                   (Facing Page Continued on Following Page)
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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Proposed
                                                      Proposed           maximum
                                                      maximum            aggregate          Amount of
  Title of securities to be         Amount to be      offering price     offering price     registration
  registered                        registered        per share (1)      (2)                fee
- ---------------------------         -----------      --------------     ---------------     -----------------
  <S>          <C>                      <C>                <C>              <C>                <C>
  Common Stock, $0.01 par value
  per share                             250,000            $34.22           $8,555,693         $2,950.24
</TABLE>


(1)  Calculated by dividing the proposed maximum aggregate offering price by
     the  amount to be registered.

(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 and is the sum of (i) the product resulting from
     multiplying 2,905, the number of shares registered by this Registration
     Statement as to which shares have been granted under the Pulitzer
     Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase Plan, by
     $.01 per share, the average grant price of such shares, and (ii) the
     product resulting from multiplying 247,095, the number of shares
     registered by this Registration  Statement as to which shares may be
     granted under the Pulitzer Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees'
     Restricted Stock Purchase Plan, by $34.625, the closing price of the
     Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on October 26,
     1994.
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PROSPECTUS

                                 250,000 SHARES

                          PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY

                                  COMMON STOCK

                                ($.01 PAR VALUE)  

  All the shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"),
offered hereby are being offered by the Selling Stockholders.  See "Selling
Stockholders."  Pulitzer Publishing Company (the "Company") will not receive
any of the proceeds from the shares sold by the Selling Stockholders.

  The Common Stock of the Company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
See "Description of Capital Stock."  On October 26, 1994, the last sale price
for the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange was $34.625.

  All expenses of the registration of securities covered by this Prospectus
will be borne by the Company, except that the Selling Stockholders will pay
underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and fees and the expenses, if any,
of counsel or other advisers to the Selling Stockholders.

                             _____________________

  THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
 EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE COMMISSION
   OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
               THIS PROSPECTUS.  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
                                      IS A
                               CRIMINAL OFFENSE.  
                             _____________________

                The date of this prospectus is November 1, 1994
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                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION

  Pulitzer Publishing Company ("the Company") is subject to the informational
requirements of the Securites Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act") and, in accordance therewith, files reports and other information with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission).  The Registration
Statement, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, and reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company can be inspected and
copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room
1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20549 and at the
following Regional Offices of the Commission:  Chicago Regional Office, 500
West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60604 and New York Regional Office, 7
World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048.  Copies of such material can also
be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at Room 1024,
Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington D.C.  20549, at prescribed
rates.  Copies of such information may also be inspected at the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, NY, 10005, on which the Common Stock
is listed.


               INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION 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, 1993.

   (ii)  The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters 
         ended March 31, 1994, and June 30, 1994.

   (iii)  The Company's Form 8-A dated June 17, 1993.

  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 Exchange Act, 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 in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the 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 supeseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.





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  The Company will furnish without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon request, a copy of
any or all of the documents described above (other than exhibits to such
documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into
the documents that the Prospectus incorporates).  Such requests should be
directed to:  Pulitzer Publishing Company, 900 North Tucker Boulevard, St.
Louis, Missouri 63101, Attention:  Secretary (telephone number (314) 340-8000).





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                                  THE COMPANY

  The Company is engaged in newspaper publishing and television and radio
broadcasting.  Its newspaper operations consist of two major metropolitan
dailies, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (the "Post-Dispatch"), the only major
daily newspaper serving the St. Louis metrpolitan area; The Arizona Daily Star
(the "Star"), serving the Tucson metropolitan area; and the Daily Southtown, a
suburban daily newspaper in the Chicago area.  Prior to June 1, 1993, the
Daily Southtown was named the Southtown Economist and was published in the
afternoon daily and on Sunday.  The Company's broadcasting operations consist
of nine network-affiliated television stations located in Greenville, South
Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Winston-Salem, North
Carolina; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Louisville, Kentucky; Omaha, Nebraska;
Daytona Beach/Orlando, Florida and Des Moines, Iowa; and two radio stations
located in Phoenix, Arizona.  The Daytona Beach/Orlando and Des Moines
television stations were acquired during 1993 on June 30 and September 9,
respectively.

  The Company was founded by the first Joseph Pulitzer in 1878 to publish the
original St. Louis Post-Dispatch and has operated continuously since that time
under the direction of the Pulitzer family.  Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., a grandson
of the founder, served as Chairman of the Board until his death on May 26,
1993.  Michael E. Pulitzer, also a grandson of the founder, currently serves as
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

  The Company, a Delaware corporation, maintains its principal executive
offices at 900 North Tucker Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63101.  Its
telephone number is (314) 340-8000.

                                USE OF PROCEEDS

  The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Common
Stock by the Selling Stockholders.

                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

  The selling stockholders are those who own stock in the Company by having
received such stock pursuant to grants in accordance with the Pulitzer
Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase Plan.  As the
names and amounts of securities of the stockholders to be reoffered become
known, the registrant will supplement this prospectus with such information.
None of the proceeds from the sale of the shares offered by Selling
Stockholders will be received by the Company.

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

  The distribution of the shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders
may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions (which may
involve block transactions) on the New York Stock Exchange, or on any exchange
on which the





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Common Stock may then be listed, in negotiated transactions through the writing
of option shares (whether such options are listed on an options exchange or
otherwise), or a combination of such methods of sale, at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices or at negotiated prices.  The Selling Stockholders may effect such
transactions by selling shares to or through broker-dealers, and such
broker-dealers may receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts,
concessions or commissions from the Selling Stockholders and/or purchasers of
shares for whom they may act as agent (which compensation may be in excess of
customary commissions).  The Selling Stockholders may also pledge shares as
collateral for margin accounts and such shares could be resold pursuant to the
terms of such accounts.

  In connection with such sales, the Selling Stockholders and any participating
brokers or dealers may be deemed to be "underwriters" as defined in the
Securities Act.

  In order to comply with certain state securities laws, if applicable, the
Common Stock will not be sold in a particular state unless such securities have
been registered or qualified for sale in such state or any exemption from
registration or qualification is available and complied with.

                                 LEGAL MATTERS

  The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby
will be passed upon for the Company and the Selling Stockholders by Fulbright &
Jaworski L.L.P., New York, New York.  Peter J. Repetti, a retired partner of
such firm, is a director of the Company.

                                    EXPERTS

  The consolidated financial statements and the related financial statement
schedules incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 have been audited by
Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their reports, which
are incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance
upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.




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        No dealer, salesman or any other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations other than those contained in this
Prospectus in connection with the offer contained herein, and, if given, or     
made, such other information or representations must not be relied on as having
been authorized by the Company.  Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor
any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication
that the information contained or incorporated by reference herein is  correct
as of any subsequent time.  This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to
sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, by any person in any jurisdiction
in which it is unlawful for such person to make such offer or solicitation.

                               ________________


                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                           Page    
                                                           ----
                  Available Information..............        2
                  Incorporation of Certain
                     Information by Reference........        2
                  The Company........................        4
                  Use of Proceeds....................        4
                  Selling Stockholders...............        4
                  Plan of Distribution...............        4
                  Legal Matters......................        5
                  Experts............................        5



                                250,000 SHARES

                         PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY

                                 COMMON STOCK

                               ________________

                                  PROSPECTUS
                               ________________



                               November 1, 1994

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                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

                 The following documents filed by Pulitzer Publishing Company
(the "Company") are incorporated herein by reference:

                 (i)      The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                          fiscal year ended December 31, 1993.

                 (ii)     The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
                          fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1994 and 
                          June 30, 1994.

                 (iii)    The Company's Form 8-A dated June 17, 1993.

                 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, 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 in 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.  Peter J. Repetti, a retired partner of such firm, holds
an option to purchase 1,000 shares of Common Stock.





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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 Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
provides for indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents of
the Company to the fullest extent provided by law.  The Company does not
currently maintain any directors' and officers' liability insurance.  Sections
1, 2 and 10 of Article XI include 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 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 he 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 judgments and amounts paid in settlement and expenses (including
attorneys' fees), actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
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 his 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 he
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 his 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
he 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 him in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he 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 court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability and in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court
shall deem proper.





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         (10)  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 (i) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation law, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended, or (iv) 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.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

                 Not Applicable.

Item 8.  EXHIBITS

                 4.1      --    Pulitzer Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees'
                                Restricted Stock Purchase Plan

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

                 23(a)    --    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

                 23(b)    --    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;





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                 (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                          arising after the effective dates 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;

                 (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 (1)(i) and (1)(ii)
                          do not apply if the registration statement is on Form
                          S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be
                          included in a post-effective amendment by those
                          paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed 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





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                          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, as
amended, 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 St. Louis, Missouri on October 31,
1994.

                                Pulitzer Publishing Company

                                   s/ Michael E. Pulitzer
                                By:  Michael E. Pulitzer, Chairman of the Board,
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael E. Pulitzer and Ronald
H. Ridgway his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 to
this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of 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 might or
could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature                                 Title                       Date


s/ Michael E. Pulitzer            Director, Chairman of         October 31, 1994
Michael E. Pulitzer               the Board, President and
                                  Chief Executive Officer





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s/ Ronald H. Ridgway           Director, Senior Vice            October 31, 1994
Ronald H. Ridgway              President - Finance
                               (Principal Financial
                               and Accounting Officer)

s/ Ken J. Elkins               Director, Senior Vice            October 31, 1994
Ken J. Elkins                  President - Broadcast
                               Operations


s/ Nicholas G. Penniman IV     Director, Senior Vice            October 31, 1994
Nicholas G. Penniman IV        President - Newspaper
                               Operations


s/ David E. Moore              Director                         October 31, 1994
David E. Moore


s/ Emily Rauh Pulitzer         Director                         October 31, 1994
Emily Rauh Pulitzer


s/ Alice B. Hayes              Director                         October 31, 1994
Alice B. Hayes


s/ Peter J. Repetti            Director                         October 31, 1994
Peter J. Repetti

                                                                
s/ James M. Snowden, Jr.       Director                         October 31, 1994
James M. Snowden, Jr.





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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit
No.          Description                                               Page No.

  4.1          Pulitzer Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees'            16
               Restricted Stock Purchase Plan

  5            Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.                     19

  23(a)        Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP                           20

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

  24           Power of Attorney (see signature page)
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1

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 1994
                                                            Registration No. 33-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         DELAWARE                                      430496290
(State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                   Identification Number)

                           900 NORTH TUCKER BOULEVARD
                            ST. LOUIS MISSOURI 63101
                                 (314) 340-8000
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's prinicipal executive offices)

                      PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1994 KEY
                   EMPLOYEES' RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               RONALD H. RIDGWAY
                          PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY
                           900 NORTH TUCKER BOULEVARD
                           ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63101
                                 (314) 340-8000
           (Name, address, and telephone number 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     

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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
                                                      Proposed           maximum
                                                      maximum            aggregate          Amount of
  Title of securities to be         Amount to be      offering price     offering price     registration
  registered                        registered        per share (1)      (2)                fee
- ---------------------------         -----------      --------------     ---------------     -----------------
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
  per share                             250,000            $34.22           $8,555,693         $2,950.24
(1)  Calculated by dividing the proposed maximum aggregate offering price by
     the  amount to be registered.

(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 and is the sum of (i) the product resulting from
     multiplying 2,905, the number of shares registered by this Registration
     Statement as to which shares have been granted under the Pulitzer
     Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase Plan, by
     $.01 per share, the average grant price of such shares, and (ii) the
     product resulting from multiplying 247,095, the number of shares
     registered by this Registration  Statement as to which shares may be
     granted under the Pulitzer Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees'
     Restricted Stock Purchase Plan, by $34.625, the closing price of the
     Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on October 26,
     1994.
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PROSPECTUS

                                 250,000 SHARES

                          PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY

                                  COMMON STOCK

                                ($.01 PAR VALUE)  

  All the shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"),
offered hereby are being offered by the Selling Stockholders.  See "Selling
Stockholders."  Pulitzer Publishing Company (the "Company") will not receive
any of the proceeds from the shares sold by the Selling Stockholders.

  The Common Stock of the Company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
See "Description of Capital Stock."  On October 26, 1994, the last sale price
for the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange was $34.625.

  All expenses of the registration of securities covered by this Prospectus
will be borne by the Company, except that the Selling Stockholders will pay
underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and fees and the expenses, if any,
of counsel or other advisers to the Selling Stockholders.

                             _____________________

  THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
 EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE COMMISSION
   OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
               THIS PROSPECTUS.  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
                                      IS A
                               CRIMINAL OFFENSE.  
                             _____________________

                The date of this prospectus is November 1, 1994
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                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION

  Pulitzer Publishing Company ("the Company") is subject to the informational
requirements of the Securites Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act") and, in accordance therewith, files reports and other information with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission).  The Registration
Statement, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, and reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company can be inspected and
copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room
1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20549 and at the
following Regional Offices of the Commission:  Chicago Regional Office, 500
West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60604 and New York Regional Office, 7
World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048.  Copies of such material can also
be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at Room 1024,
Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington D.C.  20549, at prescribed
rates.  Copies of such information may also be inspected at the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, NY, 10005, on which the Common Stock
is listed.

               INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION 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, 1993.

   (ii)  The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters 
         ended March 31, 1994, and June 30, 1994.

   (iii)  The Company's Form 8-A dated June 17, 1993.

  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 Exchange Act, 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 in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the 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 supeseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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  The Company will furnish without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon request, a copy of
any or all of the documents described above (other than exhibits to such
documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into
the documents that the Prospectus incorporates).  Such requests should be
directed to:  Pulitzer Publishing Company, 900 North Tucker Boulevard, St.
Louis, Missouri 63101, Attention:  Secretary (telephone number (314) 340-8000).

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                                  THE COMPANY

  The Company is engaged in newspaper publishing and television and radio
broadcasting.  Its newspaper operations consist of two major metropolitan
dailies, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (the "Post-Dispatch"), the only major
daily newspaper serving the St. Louis metrpolitan area; The Arizona Daily Star
(the "Star"), serving the Tucson metropolitan area; and the Daily Southtown, a
suburban daily newspaper in the Chicago area.  Prior to June 1, 1993, the
Daily Southtown was named the Southtown Economist and was published in the
afternoon daily and on Sunday.  The Company's broadcasting operations consist
of nine network-affiliated television stations located in Greenville, South
Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Winston-Salem, North
Carolina; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Louisville, Kentucky; Omaha, Nebraska;
Daytona Beach/Orlando, Florida and Des Moines, Iowa; and two radio stations
located in Phoenix, Arizona.  The Daytona Beach/Orlando and Des Moines
television stations were acquired during 1993 on June 30 and September 9,
respectively.

  The Company was founded by the first Joseph Pulitzer in 1878 to publish the
original St. Louis Post-Dispatch and has operated continuously since that time
under the direction of the Pulitzer family.  Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., a grandson
of the founder, served as Chairman of the Board until his death on May 26,
1993.  Michael E. Pulitzer, also a grandson of the founder, currently serves as
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

  The Company, a Delaware corporation, maintains its principal executive
offices at 900 North Tucker Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63101.  Its
telephone number is (314) 340-8000.

                                USE OF PROCEEDS

  The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Common
Stock by the Selling Stockholders.

                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

  The selling stockholders are those who own stock in the Company by having
received such stock pursuant to grants in accordance with the Pulitzer
Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase Plan.  As the
names and amounts of securities of the stockholders to be reoffered become
known, the registrant will supplement this prospectus with such information.
None of the proceeds from the sale of the shares offered by Selling
Stockholders will be received by the Company.

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

  The distribution of the shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders
may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions (which may
involve block transactions) on the New York Stock Exchange, or on any exchange
on which the

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Common Stock may then be listed, in negotiated transactions through the writing
of option shares (whether such options are listed on an options exchange or
otherwise), or a combination of such methods of sale, at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices or at negotiated prices.  The Selling Stockholders may effect such
transactions by selling shares to or through broker-dealers, and such
broker-dealers may receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts,
concessions or commissions from the Selling Stockholders and/or purchasers of
shares for whom they may act as agent (which compensation may be in excess of
customary commissions).  The Selling Stockholders may also pledge shares as
collateral for margin accounts and such shares could be resold pursuant to the
terms of such accounts.

  In connection with such sales, the Selling Stockholders and any participating
brokers or dealers may be deemed to be "underwriters" as defined in the
Securities Act.

  In order to comply with certain state securities laws, if applicable, the
Common Stock will not be sold in a particular state unless such securities have
been registered or qualified for sale in such state or any exemption from
registration or qualification is available and complied with.

                                 LEGAL MATTERS

  The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby
will be passed upon for the Company and the Selling Stockholders by Fulbright &
Jaworski L.L.P., New York, New York.  Peter J. Repetti, a retired partner of
such firm, is a director of the Company.

                                    EXPERTS

  The consolidated financial statements and the related financial statement
schedules incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 have been audited by
Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their reports, which
are incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance
upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.

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        No dealer, salesman or any other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations other than those contained in this
Prospectus in connection with the offer contained herein, and, if given, or     
made, such other information or representations must not be relied on as having
been authorized by the Company.  Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor
any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication
that the information contained or incorporated by reference herein is  correct
as of any subsequent time.  This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to
sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, by any person in any jurisdiction
in which it is unlawful for such person to make such offer or solicitation.

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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                           Page    
                                                           ----
                  Available Information..............        2
                  Incorporation of Certain
                     Information by Reference........        2
                  The Company........................        4
                  Use of Proceeds....................        4
                  Selling Stockholders...............        4
                  Plan of Distribution...............        4
                  Legal Matters......................        5
                  Experts............................        5

                                250,000 SHARES

                         PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY

                                 COMMON STOCK

                               ________________

                                  PROSPECTUS
                               ________________

                               November 1, 1994
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                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

                 The following documents filed by Pulitzer Publishing Company
(the "Company") are incorporated herein by reference:

                 (i)      The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                          fiscal year ended December 31, 1993.

                 (ii)     The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
                          fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1994 and 
                          June 30, 1994.

                 (iii)    The Company's Form 8-A dated June 17, 1993.

                 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, 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 in 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.  Peter J. Repetti, a retired partner of such firm, holds
an option to purchase 1,000 shares of Common Stock.

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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 Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
provides for indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents of
the Company to the fullest extent provided by law.  The Company does not
currently maintain any directors' and officers' liability insurance.  Sections
1, 2 and 10 of Article XI include 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 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 he 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 judgments and amounts paid in settlement and expenses (including
attorneys' fees), actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
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 his 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 he
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 his 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
he 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 him in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he 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 court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability and in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court
shall deem proper.

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         (10)  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 (i) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation law, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended, or (iv) 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.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

                 Not Applicable.

Item 8.  EXHIBITS

                 4.1      --    Pulitzer Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees'
                                Restricted Stock Purchase Plan

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

                 23(a)    --    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

                 23(b)    --    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;

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                 (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                          arising after the effective dates 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;

                 (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 (1)(i) and (1)(ii)
                          do not apply if the registration statement is on Form
                          S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be
                          included in a post-effective amendment by those
                          paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed 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

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                          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, as
amended, 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 St. Louis, Missouri on October 31,
1994.

                                Pulitzer Publishing Company

                                   s/ Michael E. Pulitzer
                                By:  Michael E. Pulitzer, Chairman of the Board,
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael E. Pulitzer and Ronald
H. Ridgway his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 to
this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority of 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 might or
could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature                                 Title                       Date

s/ Michael E. Pulitzer            Director, Chairman of         October 31, 1994
Michael E. Pulitzer               the Board, President and
                                  Chief Executive Officer

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s/ Ronald H. Ridgway           Director, Senior Vice            October 31, 1994
Ronald H. Ridgway              President - Finance
                               (Principal Financial
                               and Accounting Officer)

s/ Ken J. Elkins               Director, Senior Vice            October 31, 1994
Ken J. Elkins                  President - Broadcast
                               Operations

s/ Nicholas G. Penniman IV     Director, Senior Vice            October 31, 1994
Nicholas G. Penniman IV        President - Newspaper
                               Operations

s/ David E. Moore              Director                         October 31, 1994
David E. Moore

s/ Emily Rauh Pulitzer         Director                         October 31, 1994
Emily Rauh Pulitzer

s/ Alice B. Hayes              Director                         October 31, 1994
Alice B. Hayes

s/ Peter J. Repetti            Director                         October 31, 1994
Peter J. Repetti

                                                                
s/ James M. Snowden, Jr.       Director                         October 31, 1994
James M. Snowden, Jr.

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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
No.          Description                                               Page No.

  4.1          Pulitzer Publishing Company 1994 Key Employees'            16
               Restricted Stock Purchase Plan

  5            Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.                     19

  23(a)        Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP                           20

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

  24           Power of Attorney (see signature page)