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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.8.2


                                  AMENDMENT

                                      OF

                      PULITZER RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN


     Pursuant to a resolution adopted on October 30, 1996 by the Board of
Directors of Pulitzer Publishing Company, the Pulitzer Retirement Savings Plan
(the "Plan") is hereby amended as follows:

  1.   The first sentence of Section 3.30 of the Plan is revised as follows,
       effective January 1, 1997:

       Except as otherwise provided in Schedule B annexed hereto, each Employer
  will contribute $50 per month ($40 per month effective January 1, 1994
  through December 31, 1996 and $30 per month prior to January 1, 1994) for
  each Participant who is a non-union Employee (of the Employer) on the first
  day of the month.


     PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY


     10/30/96                                /s/  Ronald H. Ridgway
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     Date                                       Ronald H. Ridgway
                                                Senior Vice President - Finance


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                                 SCHEDULE  B
                                 -----------

                      PULITZER RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                                SPECIAL RULES
                                     FOR
                    EMPLOYER PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS
                    -------------------------------------                     


     The following special rules apply to Section 3.03 of the Plan:


     1.  There are no Employer Profit Sharing Contributions for Participants
who are Employees of Pulitzer Broadcasting Company (except Participants who are
Employees of the Pulitzer Broadcasting Corporate Group), KOAT Television, Inc., 
KETV Television, Inc., WGAL-TV, Inc., Phoenix Broadcasting, Inc., WDSU 
Television, Inc., and Star Publishing Company.

     2.  The Employer Profit Sharing Contribution for each Participant who is a
non-union Employee of Pulitzer Community Newspapers, Inc. is 2% of the
Employee's Base Compensation (excluding for this purpose 1/3 of the Employee's
commission income).

     3.  The Company will make monthly Employer Profit Sharing Contributions on
behalf of its covered union Employees included in the following bargaining
units in the amounts set forth opposite the names of the unit:


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<CAPTION>
                                 Monthly Employer
                                  Profit Sharing          Effective
Bargaining Unit                   Contribution              Date
---------------                   ---------------         ---------
<S>                                 <C>                    <C>
St. Louis Typographical              $30                   3/1/88
Union No. 8                          $40                   3/1/90
                                     $50                   3/1/92


Miscellaneous Drivers, Helpers,      $30                   3/1/88
Health Care and Public               $40                   3/1/90
Employees Local No. 610              $50                   1/1/93

International Union of               $30                   3/1/88
Operating Engineers Local No. 2      $40                   3/1/92

St. Louis Newspaper Guild            $30                   3/1/88
No. 47                               $40                   4/1/90
                                     $50                   2/1/95

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                                 SCHEDULE  B
                                 -----------

                      PULITZER RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                                SPECIAL RULES
                                     FOR
                    EMPLOYER PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS
                    ------------------------------------- 


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Monthly Employer
                                    Profit Sharing               Effective
Bargaining Unit                      Contribution                   Date
---------------                     -------------                ----------
<S>                                    <C>                         <C>
International Brotherhood of           $30                         3/1/88
Electrical Workers Local No. 1         $40                         1/1/91


Communications Workers of              $30                         3/1/88
America, AFL-CIO CLC                   $40                         2/1/91
Local 14620 (Mailers)                  $50                         2/1/93


International Brotherhood of           $30                         3/1/88
Firemen & Oilers, Local No. 7          $40                         3/1/95
                                       $50                         3/1/96

International Association of
Machinists & Aerospace Workers,        $30                         3/1/88
District 9                             $40                         3/1/96


Graphics Communications                $30                         3/1/88
International Union, Local No.         $40                         5/1/91
38N (Pressmen)                         $50                         5/1/93


Graphics Communications
International Union, Local No.         $30                         3/1/88
38N (Job Printing Pressmen)            $40                         7/1/91


Graphics Communications
International Union, Local No.
16H (Paperhandlers)                    $30                         3/1/88


Graphics Communications                $30                         3/1/88
International Union, Local No.         $40                        10/1/94
505 (Photomechanical)                  $50                         1/1/96

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