Lee Enterprises Declares Quarterly Dividend
DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug 15, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- 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 Oct. 2, 2006, to stockholders of record of both the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as of Sept. 1, 2006.
Lee Enterprises is a premier publisher of local news, information and advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 52 daily newspapers and a joint interest in six others, rapidly growing online sites 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. Lee's online sites reach more than two million users, and Lee's weekly publications have distribution of more than 4.5 million households. Lee's newspapers include such markets as Napa, Calif.; Bloomington, Ill.; Billings, Mont.; 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.
SOURCE: Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, Davenport
Dan Hayes, 563-383-2100
dan.hayes@lee.net