Lee Enterprises Declares Quarterly Dividend
DAVENPORT, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2005--The Board of Directors of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE:LEE), has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per share. The dividend is payable Jan. 3, 2006, to stockholders of record of both the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as of Dec. 1, 2005.
Lee Enterprises is a premier publisher of newspapers in midsize markets, with 52 dailies and a joint interest in six others, a rapidly growing online business and more than 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications in 23 states. Lee's newspapers have circulation of 1.7 million daily and 1.9 million Sunday, reaching more than four million readers daily, and its weekly publications have distribution of more than 4.5 million households. Lee's newspapers include such diverse markets as Napa, Calif.; Bloomington, Ill.; Billings, Mont.; Escondido, Calif.; Madison, Wis.; and St. Louis, Mo. Lee is based in Davenport, Iowa, and its stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LEE. For more information about Lee Enterprises, please visit www.lee.net.
CONTACT: Lee Enterprises
Dan Hayes, 563-383-2100
dan.hayes@lee.net
SOURCE: Lee Enterprises