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PULITZER EXHIBIT 10.43                                               EXHIBIT D-1



                                AMENDMENT 2002-1
                                     OF THE
                          JOSEPH PULITZER PENSION PLAN


     The Joseph Pulitzer Pension Plan ("Plan") is amended in the manner set
forth below, effective as of June 1, 2002.


     1.   Section 4.07(a) of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

          "(a) Suspension on Re-Employment. Benefit payments under the Plan will
          be suspended for each calendar month following a Participant's Annuity
          Starting Date during which the Participant completes more than 72.5
          Hours of Service with the Company or an Affiliate, or, if the actual
          number of Hours of Service is not determined, during which such
          Participant performs at least five Hours of Service on each of eleven
          or more days (or separate work shifts). The Administrative Committee
          may amend the time periods set forth in the preceding sentence to
          avoid suspension of benefits for other Participants who return to work
          for the Company or an Affiliate following an earlier termination of
          employment and who, during the period of re-employment, are not
          entitled to participate in the Plan or in the Pulitzer Inc. Pension
          Plan or the Pulitzer Inc. Cash Balance Plan."


     2.   The first sentence of Section 4.07(b) of the Plan is amended to read
          as follows:

          "Payments suspended in accordance with this Section shall resume no
          later than the first day of the third calendar month following the
          calendar month in which the Participant again fails to complete more
          than 72.5 Hours of Service with the Company or an Affiliate or to
          perform at least five Hours of Service on each of eleven or more days
          or separate work shifts."



                                                  PULITZER INC.



     Dated: July 24, 2002                         By: /s/ ALAN G. SILVERGLAT
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                                                      Senior Vice-President-
                                                      Finance
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                                                                     EXHIBIT D-2


                                AMENDMENT 2002-1
                                     OF THE
                           PULITZER INC. PENSION PLAN

     The Pulitzer Inc. Pension Plan ("Plan") is amended in the manner set forth
below, effective as of June 1, 2002.

     1.   Section 4.05(a) of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

          "(a) Suspension on Re-Employment. Benefit payments under the Plan will
          be suspended for each calendar month following a Participant's Annuity
          Starting Date during which the Participant completes more than 72.5
          Hours of Service with the Company or an Affiliate, or, if the actual
          number of Hours of Service is not determined, during which such
          Participant performs at least five Hours of Service on each of eleven
          or more days (or separate work shifts). The Administrative Committee
          may amend the time periods set forth in the preceding sentence to
          avoid suspension of benefits for other Participants who return to work
          for the Company or an Affiliate following an earlier termination of
          employment and who, during the period of re-employment, are not
          entitled to participate in the Plan or in the Joseph Pulitzer Pension
          Plan or the Pulitzer Inc. Cash Balance Plan."


     2.   The first sentence of Section 4.05(b) of the Plan is amended to read
          as follows:

          "Payments suspended in accordance with this Section shall resume no
          later than the first day of the third calendar month following the
          calendar month in which the Participant again fails to complete more
          than 72.5 Hours of Service with the Company or an Affiliate or to
          perform at least five Hours of Service on each of eleven or more days
          or separate work shifts."



                                                  PULITZER INC.



     Dated:  July 24, 2002                        By: /s/ ALAN G. SILVERGLAT
           ------------------------------            --------------------------
                                                      Senior Vice-President-
                                                      Finance