Lee_Enterprises

Lee Enterprises

Lee Enterprises 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.

Lee newspapers

State	City	Newspaper
Arizona	Flagstaff	Arizona Daily Sun
Arizona	Tucson	Arizona Daily Star
California	Escondido	North County Times
	Hanford	The Sentinel
	Lompoc	The Lompoc Record
	Napa	Napa Valley Register
	Santa Maria	Santa Maria Times
Hawaii	Lihue	The Garden Island
Idaho	Burley	South Idaho Press
Idaho	Twin Falls	Times-News
Illinois	Bloomington	The Pantagraph
	Carbondale	The Southern Illinoisan
	Charleston	Times-Courier
	Decatur	Herald & Review
	DeKalb	Daily Chronicle
	Gibson City	Gibson City Courier
	Mattoon	Journal Gazette
Indiana	Munster	The Times
Iowa	Davenport	Quad-City Times
	Mason City	Globe Gazette
	Muscatine	Muscatine Journal
	Sioux City	Sioux City Journal
	Waterloo	Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Kentucky	Maysville	The Ledger Independent
Minnesota	Winona	Winona Daily News
Missouri	Park Hills	Daily Journal
	St. Louis	St. Louis Post Dispatch
	Town and Country	Suburban Journals
Montana	Billings	Billings Gazette
	Butte	Montana Standard
	Hamilton	Ravalli Republic
	Helena	Independent Record
	Missoula	Missoulian
Nebraska	Beatrice	Beatrice Daily Sun
	Columbus	Columbus Telegram
	Fremont	Fremont Tribune
	Lincoln	Lincoln Journal Star
Nevada	Elko	Elko Daily Free Press
New York	Auburn	The Citizen
New York	Glens Falls	The Post-Star
North Dakota	Bismarck	The Bismarck Tribune
Oregon	Albany	Albany Democrat-Herald
	Coos Bay	The World
	Corvallis	Corvallis Gazette-Times
	Lebanon	Lebanon Express
	Newport	Newport News-Times
Pennsylvania	Carlisle	The Sentinel
South Carolina	Orangeburg	The Times and Democrat
South Dakota	Rapid City	Rapid City Journal
Utah	Provo	The Daily Herald
Washington	Longview	The Daily News
Wisconsin	Baraboo	Baraboo News Republic*
	Beaver Dam	Daily Citizen*
	Chippewa Falls	The Chippewa Herald
	La Crosse	La Crosse Tribune
	Madison	The Capital Times*
	Madison	Wisconsin State Journal*
	Portage	Portage Daily Register*
	Racine	The Journal Times
	Viroqua	The Vernon Broadcaster
	Westby	The Westby Times
Wyoming	Casper	Casper Star-Tribune

* Newspaper owned by Capital Newspapers, a partnership with The Capital Times Company.

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

, and have all been sold, as of 2007, to other companies.

DMA Rank	Market	Station	Years Owned	Currently
22.	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
72.	Honolulu	KGMB 9	1977-2000	CBS network affiliate owned by HITV Operating Company
76.	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
138.	Topeka	KSNT 27	1995-2000	NBC network affiliate owned by New Vision Television
154.	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