Lee Enterprises Honors NW Indiana and TownNews.com
December 10 2014 - 04:30PM
Business Wire
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE) has selected Times
Media Company of Northwest Indiana and TownNews.com as 2014
Enterprises of the Year.
The recipients of the company's highest honor were selected from
among more than 50 divisions in 22 states, representing print and
digital daily newspaper operations, regional agricultural
publications and nationwide digital services.
“Northwest Indiana and TownNews posted spectacular performances
in revenue, customer satisfaction and overall growth,” said Mary
Junck, chairman and chief executive officer. “Because their
businesses are so different and their successes so outstanding,
both are being honored as Enterprise of the Year. They lead an
impressive list of many terrific performances across our company
this past year – among them, our other Enterprise of the Year
Finalists, The Sentinel in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and The World in
Coos Bay, Oregon.”
TIMES MEDIA COMPANY
Times Media Company, based in Munster, is a leading source of
news, information and advertising in Northwest Indiana. The Times
serves more than 77,000 households daily and more than 85,000
Sunday, while NWI.com attracts nearly 1.4 million unique visitors
and more than 9.0 million page views a month over desktop, mobile
and tablet.
Kevin Mowbray, Lee vice president and chief operating officer,
noted that Northwest Indiana was honored as Enterprise of the Year
in 2010 and was a finalist also in 2012 and 2013.
“Publisher Chris White and his team continue to excel in every
way,” Mowbray said. “Not only do they provide exceptional service
to subscribers and advertisers, resulting in outstanding financial
growth, they have been leaders in creating and sustaining regional
economic development partnerships. They also shine in serving other
Lee markets as regional centers for customer service and newspaper
design.”
TOWNNEWS.COM
TownNews.com is a Lee Enterprises subsidiary that provides
state-of-the-art digital publishing and revenue services to more
than 1,600 news organizations, producing more than 1 billion
advertising impressions, and nearly three-quarters of 1 billion
page views monthly. Members include daily and weekly newspapers, TV
and radio stations, shoppers and specialty publications from groups
and independents in all 50 states and Canada. TownNews.com is
headquartered in Moline, Illinois. The chairman and chief executive
officer is Marc Wilson, and the president and chief operating
officer is Brad Ward.
“TownNews provides the world-class infrastructure that powers
Lee’s rapid digital growth,” Junck said. “In addition, year after
year, Marc, Brad and their team have continued to innovate, provide
new services, add customers and post strong financial results.” She
noted that TownNews also was an Enterprise of the Year Finalist in
2004, 2008 and 2012.
Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news, information
and advertising services in its markets, with 46 daily newspapers
and a joint interest in four others, rapidly growing digital
products and nearly 300 specialty publications in 22 states. Lee's
markets include St. Louis, Missouri; Lincoln, Nebraska; Madison,
Wisconsin; Davenport, Iowa; Billings, Montana; Bloomington,
Illinois; and Tucson, Arizona. Lee Common Stock is traded on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LEE. For more information
about Lee, please visit lee.net.
Lee Enterprises, IncorporatedDan Hayes,
563-383-2100Dan.Hayes@lee.net
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