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Pulitzer Announces Interim Management Changes
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pulitzer Inc. (NYSE:PTZ) today
announced a series of interim management changes following the resignation of
Mark G. Contreras, senior vice president of Pulitzer Inc. and Pulitzer
Newspapers, Inc. (PNI), who will be leaving the Company effective January 3,
2005, to become vice president/newspaper operations for The E.W. Scripps
Company.
"Mark played a vital role in helping to formulate and execute our growth
strategy since he started in March 1999," said Robert C. Woodworth, president
and chief executive officer of Pulitzer Inc. "Today, the quality of journalism
at PNI newspapers and in Tucson has never been better. Over the years, Mark has
helped attract top-flight talent to lead our newspapers and because of that PNI
and Tucson are in very capable hands. We feel optimistic about the continued
growth at PNI and in Tucson. We are sorry to see Mark leave, but he has an
excellent opportunity with a fine company. We wish him and his family well."
Pulitzer said it is currently evaluating a number of internal and external
candidates to replace Contreras, who also had responsibility for overseeing the
operations of Pulitzer's interest in the Tucson Newspaper Agency.
Effective January 4, 2005, the following people will, on an interim basis,
assume additional responsibilities for the management and operations of PNI:
- Henry Bird, vice president/PNI and president and publisher of The
Pantagraph will assume oversight responsibility for Pulitzer's
newspaper operations in Provo, Utah; Santa Maria, Lompoc, Napa, and
Hanford, Calif.; in addition to his current oversight responsibility
for operations in Bloomington and DeKalb, Ill., and Rhinelander, Wis.
- Don Rowley, vice president/PNI and president and publisher of the
Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff, Ariz., will continue his
responsibilities in Flagstaff as well as his oversight responsibility
for Pulitzer's newspaper operations in Park Hills, Mo.
- Robin Davis, vice president and chief financial officer of PNI will
assume oversight responsibility for Pulitzer's newspaper operations in
Coos Bay, Ore. and Lihue, Hawaii in addition to her current
responsibilities as the chief financial officer for PNI and Pulitzer's
primary financial contact for its interest in the Tucson Newspaper
Agency.
Bird, Rowley, Davis, Mike Jameson, president and chief executive of the Tucson
Newspaper Agency, and Jane Amari, editor and publisher of the Arizona Daily
Star and vice president/news for PNI, will report directly to Woodworth.
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 38 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 more information, visit our Web site at
http://www.pulitzerinc.com/.
DATASOURCE: Pulitzer Inc.
CONTACT: James V. Maloney, Director of Shareholder Relations, of
Pulitzer Inc., +1-314-340-8402
Web site: http://www.pulitzerinc.com/