---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-002342"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEE"
cik: "0000058361"
company_name: "LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc"
filed_at: "2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T11:59:56.550101+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lee Enterprises Q1: digital-only subs up 57% to 450k; total digital revenue $55M (+17% YoY)

## Summary
- GAAP net income $13.2M on total operating revenue $202.3M; Adjusted EBITDA $26.1M.
- Digital advertising revenue grew 19% to $43M; Amplified Agency revenue up 69% to $15M.
- Digital-only subscription revenue up 26%; digital-only subscribers reached 450k, +57%.
- Principal debt reduced $20.2M sequentially to $462.6M; down $113M since March 2020 refinancing.
- FY2022 outlook: 495k digital subs year-end; total digital revenue $230M; Adjusted EBITDA $95-98M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-002342
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEE
- cik: 0000058361
- company_name: LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
- filed_at: 2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000143774922002342/0001437749-22-002342-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000143774922002342/lee20211222_8k.htm

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