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Lee Enterprises is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 54 daily newspapers in 23 states, and more than 300 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is based in Davenport, Iowa. The company also provides online services, including websites supporting its daily newspapers and other publications. As of September 2013, Lee had 23.2 million unique web and mobile visitors, with 209.1 million pages viewed. 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 Howard Publications (16 daily newspapers) for $694 million in 2002 and Pulitzer, Inc. (14 daily, over 100 non-daily), for $1.5 billion in 2005. Since January 2012, its President, CEO and Chairman, Mary Junck, has also been Chairman of the Associated Press.〔("Mary Junck of Lee Enterprises named new AP board chairman", Associated Press press release, January 26, 2012. )〕 == Chapter 11 bankruptcy, debt discharge and reorganization (2011) == The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2011.〔("Newspaper group Lee Enterprises files for bankruptcy" ), Thomson Reuters, December 12, 2011.〕 It emerged from bankruptcy less than two months later. In April 2012, Warren Buffett took a stake in Lee Enterprises (through Berkshire Hathaway Inc.), buying $85 million of the company's debt from Goldman Sachs Group. In June 2012, Berkshire Hathaway filed an amended Form 13F (13F-HR/A) for the period ending March 31, 2012.〔("Berkshire Hathaway SEC Archives March 31, 2012 13F-HR/A amendment" )〕 This document disclosed that Berkshire accumulated $2,119,000 or 1,655,125 common shares of Lee Enterprises, or a 3.2 percent stake. The document noted that the confidentiality of this transaction was requested but denied by the SEC on May 25, 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Enterprises」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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