---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-011101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEE"
cik: "0000058361"
company_name: "LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc"
filed_at: "2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:05:20.786987+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lee Enterprises Q2 digital revenue up 33% to $58M, digital-only subscribers up 59% to 492K

## Summary
- Total digital revenue $58.1M (+33% YoY); digital-only subscribers 492K (+59% YoY).
- Digital advertising revenue $43.4M (+36% YoY); Amplified Digital revenue $18.6M (+108%).
- Total operating revenue $190M; net loss $6.7M; Adjusted EBITDA $16.9M.
- Cost reduction actions early Q3 provide $45M annualized benefit; FY2022 EBITDA guidance $95-98M.
- Print revenue fell 11.3% to $131.9M; debt $462.6M principal at fixed 9% rate.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-011101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEE
- cik: 0000058361
- company_name: LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
- filed_at: 2022-05-05T23:59:59+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/58361/000143774922011101/0001437749-22-011101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000143774922011101/lee20220327_8k.htm

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