Lee Enterprises
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| Lee Enterprises | |
|---|---|
| Type | Public (NYSE: LEE) |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Headquarters | Davenport, Iowa |
| Key people | A.W. Lee, Founder Mary Junck, President, CEO, Chairman |
| Industry | Media |
| Products | Newspapers and Television station |
| Employees | 10,700[1] |
| Website | Lee Enterprises website |
Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 56 daily newspapers in 23 states, and more than 300 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by A.W. Lee and is based in Davenport, Iowa.
The company also provides online services, including Web sites supporting its daily newspapers and certain of its other publications. Lee also owns 82.5% of TownNews.com, an Internet service company. The company offers commercial printing services to its customers. Lee Enterprises is currently the fourth largest newspaper group in the United States of America. The company acquired Pulitzer, Inc. in 2005.
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[edit] Lee newspapers
* Newspaper owned by Capital Newspapers, a partnership with The Capital Times Company.
[edit] Television
Lee formerly operated a broadcasting division, which it sold in 2000 in order to focus on newspaper publishing. Most of the TV stations were sold to Emmis Communications[1], and have all been sold, as of 2007, to other companies.
| DMA Rank | Market | Station | Years Owned | Currently |
| 23. | Portland | KOIN 6 | 1977-2000 | CBS network affiliate owned by New Vision Television |
| 44. | Albuquerque - Santa Fe | KRQE 13 | 1991-2000 | CBS network affiliate owned by LIN Television |
| 65. | Huntington - Charleston | WSAZ-TV 3 | 1971-2000 | NBC network affiliate owned by Gray Television |
| 68. | Tucson | KGUN 9 | 1986-2000 | ABC network affiliate owned by Journal Broadcast Group |
| 69. | Wichita - Hutchinson Plus | KSNW 3/ KSNC 2/ KSNG 11/ KSNK 8 |
1995-2000 | NBC network affiliates owned by New Vision Television |
| 73. | Honolulu | KGMB 9 | 1977-2000 | CBS network affiliate owned by HITV Operating Company |
| 75. | Omaha - Council Bluffs | KMTV 3 | 1986-2000 | CBS network affiliate owned by Journal Broadcast Group |
| 98. | El Paso - Las Cruces - Ciudad Juárez | KMAZ 48 | 1993-1998 | Telemundo network affiliate KTDO owned by ZGS Communications |
| 139. | Topeka | KSNT 27 | 1995-2000 | NBC network affiliate owned by New Vision Television |
| 153. | Rochester - Mason City - Austin | KGLO-TV 3** | 1954-1977 | CBS network affiliate KIMT owned by New Vision Television |
| 171. | Quincy - Hannibal - Keokuk - Macomb | KHQA-TV 7** | 1953-1986 | CBS network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting |
| 199. | Mankato | KEYC-TV 12** | 1960-1977 | CBS network affiliate owned by United Communications Corporation |
Note: ** - indicates a station built and signed-on by Lee Enterprises.
[edit] References
- ^ Lee Enterprises Inc.: publishing, newspapers, online, shoppers, classified, specialty publications
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