First	Second	Third	Fourth
		Quarter	Quarter	Quarter	Quarter
1997
Operating revenues
	Advertising	$278,528	$327,949	$286,074	$344,326
	Circulation and subscriber	123,674	128,901	134,238	132,807
	Other	51,899	44,525	58,063	45,269
		454,101	501,375	478,375	522,402
Operating costs and expenses
	Operating	243,504	246,478	253,565	276,322
	Selling, general, and administrative	106,886	118,875	107,186	117,049
	Depreciation and amortization of property, plant, and equipment	17,790	17,871	18,007	17,810
	Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles	7,953	8,214	8,382	9,010
		376,133	391,438	387,140	420,191
Income from operations		77,968	109,937	91,235	102,211
Other income (expense)
	Equity in earnings of affiliates	125	3,331	4,712	1,787
	Interest income	1,112	1,079	725	554
	Interest expense	(165)	(158)	(182)	(747)
	Other income (expense), net	(846)	1,668	23,471	45,257
Income before income taxes		78,194	115,857	119,961	149,062
Provision for income taxes		30,500	44,500	48,410	58,090
Net income		47,694	71,357	71,551	90,972
Redeemable preferred stock dividends		(478)	(239)	(239)	0
Net income available for common stock		$ 47,216	$ 71,118	$ 71,312	$ 90,972
Basic earnings per common share		$ 4.35	$ 6.62	$ 6.66	$ 8.66
Diluted earnings per common share		$ 4.35	$ 6.60	$ 6.64	$ 8.63
Basic average number of common shares outstanding		10,844	10,744	10,708	10,502
Diluted average number of common shares outstanding		10,866	10,772	10,743	10,544

		First	Second	Third	Fourth
		Quarter	Quarter	Quarter	Quarter
1996
Operating revenues
	Advertising	$252,807	$310,459	$274,719	$334,720
	Circulation and subscriber	117,070	121,488	124,916	127,498
	Other	46,742	40,905	60,691	41,430
		416,619	472,852	460,326	503,648
Operating costs and expenses
	Operating	242,482	253,639	245,763	265,173
	Selling, general, and administrative	100,792	100,562	103,937	108,988
	Depreciation and amortization of property, plant, and equipment	16,160	16,004	15,979	16,960
	Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles	6,985	7,162	7,427	8,262
		366,419	377,367	373,106	399,383
Income from operations		50,200	95,485	87,220	104,265
Other income (expense)
	Equity in earnings of affiliates	7,353	7,807	2,537	2,005
	Interest income	1,224	1,175	1,358	1,602
	Interest expense	(1,083)	(139)	(168)	(124)
	Other income (expense), net	2,867	(689)	(53)	(2,625)
Income before income taxes		60,561	103,639	90,894	105,123
Provision for income taxes		23,619	40,421	35,503	39,857
Net income		36,942	63,218	55,391	65,266
Redeemable preferred stock dividends		(202)	--	(478)	--
Net income available for common shares		$ 36,740	$ 63,218	$ 54,913	$ 65,266
Basic earnings per common share		$ 3.34	$ 5.76	$ 5.01	$ 5.97
Diluted earnings per common share		$ 3.34	$ 5.76	$ 5.00	$ 5.96
Basic average number of common shares outstanding		10,997	10,970	10,957	10,931
Diluted average number of common shares outstanding		11,011	10,970	10,975	10,953