Mary E. Junck is the CEO of Lee Enterprises, Inc..
Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) operates newspapers across the United States, mostly serving small and midsized markets in the midwest and west. The company has 52 daily newspapers and over 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications.
The company bought newspaper publishing company Pulitzer Inc. from the Pulitzer family in June 2005 for $1.46 billion. Lee gained control of Pulitzer's 14 daily newspapers, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, along with more than 75 weekly and biweekly community papers.
Former company chairman Lloyd Schermer and his family have nearly 40% voting control of Lee Enterprises. 2004 sales are estimated at $683 million.