Lee Enterprises Receives Extension of Covenant Waiver

January 30, 2009

DAVENPORT, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), has received an extension of a waiver of covenant conditions related to the $306 million Pulitzer Notes debt of its subsidiary St. Louis Post-Dispatch LLC. The waiver has been extended until Feb. 13, 2009, while financing discussions continue. The Pulitzer Notes mature in April 2009.

Lee Enterprises is a premier provider of local news, information and advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 49 daily newspapers and a joint interest in four others, online sites and more than 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications in 23 states. Lee’s markets include St. Louis, Mo.; Lincoln, Neb.; Madison, Wis.; Davenport, Iowa; Billings, Mont.; Bloomington, Ill.; and Tucson, Ariz. Lee stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LEE. For more information about Lee, please visit www.lee.net.

Source: Lee Enterprises, Incorporated

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
Dan Hayes, 563-383-2100
dan.hayes@lee.net