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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Doull Matthew W.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Hollinger International Inc.
712 Fifth Avenue
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(Street)
New York New York 10019
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
News Communications, Inc. (NCOM)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
(Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
August 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
|X| Director |_| 10% Owner
|_| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (check applicable line)
|X| Form Filed by One Reporting Person
|_| Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of 2. Transaction 2A. Deemed 3. Transaction 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership
Security Date (Month/ Execution Code Acquired (A) Securities Form: Direct
(Instr. 3) Day/Year) Date, if (Instr. 8) or Disposed of Beneficially (D) or
any (Month/ (D)(Instr. 3, Owned at end Indirect (I)
Day/Year) 4 and 5) of Issuer's (Instr. 4)
----------------------- Fiscal Year
Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4)
(D)
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7. Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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6. Date 7. Title and
Exer- Amount of
5. Number cisable Under-
of Deriv- and Ex- lying
ative piration Secur-
3A. Deemed Securities Date ities
1. Title 2. Conver- Execu- Acquired (Month/ (Instr.
of sion or 3. Trans- tion (A) or Day/Year) 3 and 4)
Deriv- Exercise action Date, 4. Trans- Disposed ----------------------------------- 8. Price of
ative Price of Date if any action of (D) Amount Deriv-
Security Deriv- (Month/ (Month/ Code (Instr. Date Ex- or ative
(Instr. ative Day/ Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, 5) Exer- pir- Number Security
3) Security Year) Year) 8) ---------- cis- ation of (Instr.
(A) (D) able Date Title Shares 5)
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Stock $0.789 08/17/02 A 3,333 08/17/02 08/17/07 Common 3,333
Option Stock
(right to buy)
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9. Number
of 10. Owner-
Deriv- ship of
ative Deriv- 11. Nature
Secur- ative of
ities Security: Indirect
Benefi- Direct Bene-
cially (D) or ficial
Owned at Indirect Owner-
End of (I) ship
Year (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4)
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3,333 D
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Matthew W. Doull 2/14/03
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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