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About Lee Enterprises
From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Lee Enterprises is based in Davenport, Iowa and is incorporated in Delaware. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker LEE. The SEC classifies its business as newspapers: publishing or publishing & printing. In the fiscal year to 28 September 2025, it reported revenue of $562.3m and a net loss of $37.6m. At that date it held total assets of $601.7m and shareholders' equity of −$43.3m.
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated is a leading digital-first subscription and marketing services company committed to delivering high-quality, trusted, and deeply local news and information. We serve 72 mid-sized communities across 25 states, engaging audiences through a rapidly expanding digital platform that now reaches more than 633,000 digital-only subscribers.
Our mission is to strengthen and enrich the communities we serve by providing compelling local content, superior subscriber experiences, and innovative, data-driven advertising and marketing solutions. Through a premium, high-margin portfolio of digital products and marketing services — including owned-and-operated platforms, branded content, over-the-top advertising, AI-powered solutions, and targeted print — we enable more than 20,000 local advertisers to meaningfully engage customers, strengthen their brands, and accelerate growth.
Our core strategy is to expand audiences and deepen engagement by delivering robust, hyper-local content that informs and connects our communities. We are committed to creating, collecting, and distributing trusted local news and information across platforms designed to meet audiences wherever they are — print, web, mobile, social, and emerging channels. At the same time, we are investing in world-class digital products that elevate the subscriber experience through personalization, seamless access, and continuous innovation.
Quoted from its 10-K, filed 26 Nov 2025. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗
Company facts
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Media
- Listed since
- 17 Mar 1980
- Employees
- 2,500
- Website
- lee.net ↗
- Head office
- 4600 E. 53RD STREET, DAVENPORT, IA, 52807
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Classification
- Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing
- Filer status
- Non-accelerated filer<br>Smaller reporting company
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Ms. Mary JunckIndependent Chairman of the Board, since 1999$430,000
- Mr. Kevin MowbrayPresident, Chief Executive Officer, Director, since 2002$1.1m
- Mr. Timothy MillageChief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer$625,346
- Mr. Nathan BekkeChief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President - Operations and Audience Strategy$657,214
- Mr. Joseph BattistoniVice President - Sales and Marketing
- Ms. Astrid GarciaVice President - Human Resources and Legal, Chief Legal Officer
- Ms. Jolene ShermanVice President - Business Development and Market Strategy
- Mr. Les OttolenghiChief Transformation and Commercial Officer
- Mr. Herbert MoloneyLead Independent Director$195,000
- Mr. Steven FletcherIndependent Director$172,500
- Ms. Margaret LibermanIndependent Director$160,000
- Mr. Brent MagidIndependent Director$172,500
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 32
- Environment
- 5
- Social
- 23
- Governance
- 68
- Carbon reduction policy
- No
- Human rights policy
- No
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