Dr. Richard R. Cole is an Independent Director of the Company. Dr. Cole is the John Thomas Kerr Jr. Distinguished Professor-Emeritus at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1979 to 2005, Dr. Cole served as dean of the school and brings to the Board over 40 years’ experience in the profession of journalism and journalism-mass communications education.
Richard Cole is 77, he's been the Independent Director of Lee Enterprises since 2006. There are 1 older and 24 younger executives at Lee Enterprises. The oldest executive at Lee Enterprises, Inc. is William Mayer, 80, who is the Independent Director.
Richard's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED, 201 N. HARRISON STREET, STE. 600, DAVENPORT, IA, 52801.
Over the last 21 years, insiders at Lee Enterprises have traded over $1,996,869 worth of Lee Enterprises stock and bought 476,469 units worth $2,731,693 . The most active insiders traders include Capital Llc Cannell, David T. Pearson, eRock Capital Ltd Brown Andr.... On average, Lee Enterprises executives and independent directors trade stock every 307 days with the average trade being worth of $271,079. The most recent stock trade was executed by Steven C. Fletcher on 7 August 2024, trading 1,000 units of LEE stock currently worth $9,350.
lee enterprises is a leading provider of local news, information and advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 46 daily newspapers and a joint interest in two others, along with rapidly growing digital products and nearly 300 specialty publications in 21 states. lee was founded in 1890 in iowa, by a.w. lee. most of our papers trace their beginnings to the mid-1800s. among our alumni, teenage sam clemens wrote for the muscatine journal in iowa before becoming world-renowned as mark twain. a reporter from our newspaper in bismarck, north dakota, died with george custer at the battle of the little big horn. in 1973, our newspaper in davenport, iowa, became the first in the world to be produced totally by computer.
Lee Enterprises executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: