---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-018849"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEE"
cik: "0000058361"
company_name: "LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc"
filed_at: "2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T04:35:07.667555+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lee Enterprises Q3 digital subs hit 501K (+49% YoY), digital ad revenue now 51% of total

## Summary
- Total operating revenue $195M; net income $0.2M; Adjusted EBITDA $23M.
- Digital-only subscribers 501,000 (+49% YoY), exceeding full-year target early.
- Digital advertising & marketing services revenue 51% of total ad revenue; Amplified Digital up 74% to $21M.
- Full-year Adjusted EBITDA guidance reaffirmed at $95-$98M; Q4 EBITDA expected $29-$32M.
- Debt principal $462.6M, net of cash $446.9M; fixed 9% rate, no financial covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-018849
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEE
- cik: 0000058361
- company_name: LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc
- filed_at: 2022-08-04T23:59:59+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/58361/000143774922018849/0001437749-22-018849-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58361/000143774922018849/lee20220609_8k.htm

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