PULITZER INC
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP CHANGE PREFERABILITY LETTER
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.42


May 8, 2002

Pulitzer Inc.
900 North Tucker Blvd.
St. Louis, MO  63101

Dear Sirs/Madams:

At your request, we have read the description included in your Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the quarter ended
March 31, 2002, of the facts relating to the Company's change in its newsprint
inventory valuation practice from the last-in, first-out method to the first-in,
first-out method. We believe, on the basis of the facts so set forth and other
information furnished to us by appropriate officials of the Company, that the
accounting change described in your Form 10-Q is to an alternative accounting
principle that is preferable under the circumstances.

We have not audited any consolidated financial statements of Pulitzer Inc. and
its consolidated subsidiaries as of any date or for any period subsequent to
December 30, 2001. Therefore, we are unable to express, and we do not express,
an opinion on the facts set forth in the above-mentioned Form 10-Q on the
related information furnished to us by officials of the Company, or on the
financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of Pulitzer Inc. and
its consolidated subsidiaries as of any date or for any period subsequent to
December 30, 2001.

Yours truly,


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

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