# UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

# FORM 10-Q/A

# Amendment No. 1

|[X] | QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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# For the quarterly
period ended: March 27, 2005

or

|[_] | TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition
period from ________________ to _____________________ Commission File Number: 1-31805

|JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.                          
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|(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

|WISCONSIN                                     | 20-0020198                          
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|(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
|or organization)                             
|333 W. State Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin     | 53203                               
|(Address of principal executive offices)      | (Zip Code)                          

|414-224-2616                                      
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|Registrant's telephone number, including area code

Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

# Yes  X  No

Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)

# Yes  X  No

Number of shares outstanding of each
of the issuers classes of common stock as of May 2, 2005 (excluding 8,676,705 shares
of class B common stock held by our subsidiary, The Journal Company):

|Class                | Outstanding at May 2, 2005
|-------------------- | --------------------------
|Class A Common Stock | 31,933,425                
|Class B Common Stock | 40,084,806                
|Class C Common Stock | 3,264,000                 

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The
Form 10-Q of Journal Communications, Inc. (the Company) for the quarterly
period ended March 27, 2005, as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 4,
2005, incorrectly reported the number of shares of the Companys Class B Common Stock
outstanding at May 2, 2005. The correct number of shares of the Companys Class B
Common Stock outstanding at May 2, 2005 is 40,084,806 (excluding 8,676,705 shares of class
B common stock held by the Companys subsidiary, The Journal Company) and is
reflected on the cover page hereto.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

|                  | JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.                                          
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|Date: May 9, 2005 | /s/ Paul M. Bonaiuto                                                  
|                  | Paul M. Bonaiuto, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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