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Lee Enterprises Declares Quarterly Dividend

February 23, 2005
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DAVENPORT, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 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 on April 1, 2005, to stockholders of record of both the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as of March 1, 2005.

Lee Enterprises owns 38 daily newspapers and a joint interest in six others, along with associated online services. Lee also publishes nearly 200 weekly newspapers, shoppers and classified and specialty publications. Lee is based in Davenport, Iowa, and its stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LEE. More information about Lee Enterprises is available at www.lee.net. On Jan. 30, Lee announced plans to acquire Pulitzer Inc. (NYSE:PTZ), which publishes 14 daily newspapers, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Closing is expected in the June quarter.


    CONTACT: Lee Enterprises, Davenport
             Dan Hayes, 563-383-2100
             dan.hayes@lee.net

    SOURCE: Lee Enterprises