Exhibit 23 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8, No. 333-45408) pertaining to Journal Employees' Stock Trust submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission for filing on September 8, 2000 with respect to 15,000,000 units of beneficial interest in said trust, and in the related prospectus of our report dated January 25, 2002 with respect to the Financial statements of Journal Employees' Stock Trust included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. ERNST & YOUNG LLP /s/ Ernst & Young LLP Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 25, 2002 19