PTZ Pulitzer

Pulitzer Stockholders Adopt Merger Agreement NEW YORK, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pulitzer Inc. (NYSE:PTZ) today announced that, at a special meeting of stockholders held today, its stockholders adopted the Agreement and Plan of Merger for Lee Enterprises, Incorporated's (NYSE:LEE) proposed acquisition of Pulitzer. The transaction is expected to close today or as soon as practicable thereafter. Under the terms of the agreement dated January 29, 2005, and approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, Lee will acquire Pulitzer's 14 daily newspapers and over 100 non-daily publications. 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, Ariz., and, through its Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. (PNI) subsidiary, 12 other dailies and more than 65 weekly newspapers, shoppers, and niche publications. The PNI dailies are 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, Wis. The Company's newspaper operations also include the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis, a group of 36 weekly papers and various niche publications. DATASOURCE: Pulitzer Inc. CONTACT: James V. Maloney, Director of Shareholder Relations of Pulitzer Inc., +1-314-340-8402

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