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



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