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Lee Enterprises Inc. (LEE) is in the Media Industry
- Revenue
- Sep 30 2007
- $1.1B
- Profit
- Sep 30 2007
- $80.9M
- Market Cap
- Oct 10 2008
- $107.4M
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Lee's St. Louis Post-Dispatch Lays Off 20; Second Round In As Many Months
The week ends with word of more job losses in the troubled newspaper industry. Lee Enterprises' (NYSE: LEE) St. Louis Post-Dispatch cut 20 jobs on Friday and will reduce its Washington bureau to one following the election, according to a memo posted on Romenesko. The staff notice, attributed to...
Can Newspapers Learn Anything from Casinos?
Robert Salomon submits: Apparently more than just the lines in the sports book, …at least so says the CEO of MGM Mirage see Casino CEO Encourages Newspapers to Change. According to Terry Lanni, the CEO of MGM Mirage Casinos MGM, newspapers stand to learn a fair amount about change...
Newspaper Ad Revenues Gaining Downhill Momentum; Online Struggling Too
Erick Schonfeld submits: Can it get any worse for the newspaper industry? The steep decline in print advertising just keeps getting steeper and, for the first time, even online ad sales have gone down. by Erick Schonfeld
How Newsrooms Throw Away Value by Not Linking to Web Sources
A lot of research can go into a piece of reporting, and in print the value of that research can only be passed on through brief quotes or references. But on the web, no longer limited by finite column inches, newsrooms can create huge value for readers by providing links...
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Ad-Owl Captures Over $5.5 Million in Past Year
Newspaper customers are increasingly adoptingnew online technology to place classified ads. In the last year, for example, the 126 newspapers using TownNews.com'sAd-Owl system for online ad order taking took in more than $5.5 million inclassified advertising. That compares with 113 newspapers and $4.1 millionin revenue in the equivalent 12-month period...
Heartland, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Lee Oil Company
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. -- Heartland, Inc. (OTCBB:HTLJ) acquired the Lee Oil Company including Lee Food Marts and Lee Enterprises for cash, stock and promissory notes in exchange for 100% of the stock in those businesses on October 1, 2008. This addition makes Heartland a company with sales in excess of $130...
HealthiNation Announces $7.5 M in Series B Funding Led By Intel Capital
Secures New Partnerships with Leading Online Publishers NEW YORK -- HealthiNation, a leading digital health video network, announced $7.5 million in Series B funding led by Intel Capital. Previous investor MK Capital also invested in the round. In addition, HealthiNation announced an expansion in its online video network,...
Lee Newspapers Report Jump in Readership and Online Use
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- The reach of newspapers and their online sites among young adults in Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) markets has grown from 54 to 64 percent over the last year. Use of the printed newspaper alone among young adults has grown from 48 to 55 percent. Those...
Lee Enterprises Reports Earnings for Third Fiscal Quarter
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), reported today that diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations were 6 cents for its third fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2008. Earnings were reduced 19 cents as a result of the final determination of previously announced non-cash impairment charges related...
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Nancy L. Green has been named vice president of circulation for St. Louis operations and president of STL Distribution Services. Most recently, she served both as the company's vice president of circulation and publisher of The Courier in Waterloo, Iowa...
Lee Enterprises Will Webcast Presentation June 9
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), will provide an audio webcast of its presentation Monday, June 9, at the Deutsche Bank 2008 Media & Telecom Conference in New York City. The 25-minute presentation and response to questions is scheduled for 8:10 a.m. Central...
Lee Enterprises Declares Quarterly Dividend
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- The Board of Directors of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 19 cents per share. The dividend is payable July 1, 2008, to stockholders of record of both the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as of June...
Kevin Mowbray: Growing the Post of the Future
And without a doubt, he enjoys it. Even in a friendly game of racquetball, with a couple of friends, his competitive nature takes over. "I used to play several times a week with a couple of guys. We'd get up around 5:30 in the morning just to be the...
Lee dumps Post guards
As Lee Enterprises comes up with new ways to cut expenses at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, its recent firing of 11 security guards has angered many employees. "Sickening" and "heartbreaking" were some of words used by Post staffers when they heard of how the guards were tossed aside...
Lee Enterprises Newspapers Report Audience Growth
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Both print and online audiences continued to grow in March at newspapers owned by Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE). According to research conducted in Lee's 10 largest markets by Wilkerson & Associates, Lee newspapers and online sites reach 72 percent of all adults in their...
Lee Enterprises Reports Preliminary Results for Second Fiscal Quarter
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- As a result of a previously announced non-cash accounting charge, Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE:LEE), has recorded a loss of 10 cents per common share in preliminary results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2008, compared with earnings of 26 cents a year ago. Net income...
Lee Enterprises to Include Non-Cash Charges in March 2008 Financial Statements
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), has initiated its periodic process of performing impairment testing of goodwill and other intangible assets, and expects to record a significant non-cash impairment charge to earnings in its financial statements for the quarter ending March 30, 2008. This accounting result is consistent...
BPT, BTM, CLS, FHN, LEE, JKA Have Been Removed From Naked Short List Today.
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 March 2008-BUYINS.NET: BPT, BTM, CLS, FHN, LEE, JKA Have Been Removed From Naked Short List TodayC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28032008 BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been removed from the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE...
Lee Enterprises Appoints Vice President - Audience
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), has elevated Suzanna Frank from director of research and marketing to the new position of vice president - audience. Mary Junck, chairman and chief executive officer, said the new position reflects the increasing importance of developing both print and online...
Nancy Green Will Head Lee Enterprises Circulation Operations in St. Louis; David Braton Advances to Publisher in Waterloo
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), publishing executive Nancy L. Green has been appointed vice president of circulation for Lee St. Louis and president of STL Distribution Services. David Braton will succeed her as publisher of The Courier in Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa. Green, who...
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- Incorporated: 1950
- CEO: Ms. Mary E. Junck
Lee Enterprises is a provider of local news, information and advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 51 daily newspapers and a joint interest in five others, online sites and more than 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications in 23 states as of Sep 30 2007. In addition, Co.'s online activities include websites supporting each of its daily newspapers and certain of its other publications. Co. is also engaged in providing commercial printing services, and it owns 82.5% of an Internet service company, INN Partners, L.C., which provides online infrastructure and online publishing services for more than 1,500 daily and weekly newspapers and shoppers.
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Lee Enterprises Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Ms. Mary E. Junck
Chairman
Dr. Richard R. Cole Ph.D.
Ms. Nancy S. Donovan
Mr. Herbert W. Moloney III
Mr. William E. Mayer
Mr. Gregory P. Schermer
Mr. Mark B. Vittert
Mr. Andrew E. Newman
Mr. Gordon D. Prichett
Contact Information
201 N. Harrison Street
Suite 600
Davenport, IA
563 383-2100