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Pulitzer Inc. to Ring NYSE Closing Bell in Observance of Company's 125th Anniversary ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Monday, December 8, Pulitzer Inc. will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange in observance of the 125th anniversary of the company and its flagship newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. When Pulitzer began publishing the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1878, it contained four pages and was trundled by a wheelbarrow to various distribution points for a circulation of just under 1,000. Today, the company publishes the Post-Dispatch and the Suburban Journals in the St. Louis metropolitan area, owns leading dailies surrounded by weekly and niche publications in 12 other U.S. markets, publishes the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson in a joint operating agreement, and operates market-leading online sites integrated with its print publications in all 14 of its markets. "The Pulitzer organization takes great pride in the legacy of journalistic excellence that Joseph Pulitzer launched in 1878," said Robert Woodworth, president and chief executive officer. "As an editor, he set high standards for accuracy, fairness, and community service. As a publisher, he was committed to market leadership and innovation. The company that he founded still adheres to those principles as we continue to bring readers and advertisers together, in print and with the innovative offerings that online capabilities enable us to deliver." Pulitzer Inc., through various subsidiaries and affiliated entities, is engaged in newspaper publishing and related new media activities. The Company's newspaper operations include two major metropolitan dailies, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona, and 12 other dailies: The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.; The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah; the Santa Maria Times, Santa Maria, Calif.; The Napa Valley Register, Napa, Calif.; The World, Coos Bay, Ore.; The Sentinel, Hanford, Calif.; the Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Ariz.; the Daily Chronicle, DeKalb, Ill.; The Garden Island, Lihue, Hawaii; the Daily Journal, Park Hills, Mo.; The Lompoc Record, Lompoc, Calif.; and The Daily News, Rhinelander, Wisc. The Company's newspaper operations also include the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis, a group of 37 weekly papers and various niche publications. The Company's new media and interactive initiatives include STLtoday.com in St. Louis, azstarnet.com in Tucson, and Web sites for all of its other dailies. Pulitzer Inc. is the successor to the company originally founded by Joseph Pulitzer in St. Louis in 1878. For further information, visit our Web site at http://www.pulitzerinc.com/. Photos and Video Footage: Photos of Pulitzer ringing the closing bell will be available via Associated Press/New York (212-621-1902), Reuters America (646-223- 6285), Bloomberg Photo (212-893-3420), and on Pulitzer's Web site, http://www.pulitzerinc.com/. Video feeds will be available beginning at 3:55 p.m. Eastern Time and can be accessed by fiber line at Waterfront #1630. A video of the ceremony will be ceremony will be available on Pulitzer's Web site, http://www.pulitzerinc.com/. DATASOURCE: Pulitzer Inc. CONTACT: James V. Maloney of Pulitzer, Inc., +1-314-340-8402, or Web site: http://www.pulitzerinc.com/

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