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	<footnotes>
		<footnote id="F1">The total includes 158 shares acquired in 2002 under the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on December 10, 2004.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F3">The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on April 7, 2000.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F4">The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on December 17, 2000.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F5">The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on December 11, 2001.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F6">The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on December 6, 2002.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F7">The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on December 11, 2003.</footnote>
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		<signatureName>/s/ Maloney, James V</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-12-12</signatureDate>
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