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Lee Enterprises

Brand

2.7

Company overview

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 72 markets in 25 states. Lee's markets include St. Louis, MO; Buffalo, NY; Omaha, NE; Richmond, VA; Lincoln, NE; Madison, WI; Davenport, IA; and Tucson, AZ. Lee Common Stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol LEE. For more information about Lee, please visit www.lee.net.
Davenport, Iowa, USA
1.6K employees (594 in marketing)
www.lee.net
20% recommend to a friend
10% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$65,000 – $75,000

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People

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount -2.3% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$55.5M

Last raise

$50M

Post IPO Equity, 2 months ago

Funding history

Dec 2025

Post IPO Equity Lee Enterprises · $50M

Feb 2024

Post IPO Equity Lee Enterprises · $5.5M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
271K
Month over month+8.4%
Quarter over quarter+27.2%
Top sourceDirect (44.7%)
Ad budget per month$17.8
Average search rank61.6
Traffic source mix
Direct
44.7%
Referral
43.1%
Search
9.2%
Social
2.1%
Paid referral
0.8%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

15K

12-mo growth

—

Monthly growth

+0.7%

News

Links

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