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Sioux City Journal one of ‘10 That Do It Right’

By Jason Hancock 8/11/09

It’s been an extremely difficult year for the newspaper industry, and Iowa has not been immune. Layoffs, cut backs, company losses and furloughs have ruled the day at all of Iowa’s largest newspapers.
The trade journal Editor and Publisher has manged to finally bring some good news to Iowa journalists with its annual “10 That Do [...]

Lee lays off 39 at St. Louis paper

By Jason Hancock 1/9/09

Davenport-based Lee Enterprises Inc., which owns 49 daily newspapers including the Quad City Times, the Sioux City Journal and the Mason City Globe Gazette, announced yesterday that it was laying off 39 employees at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The news follows earlier reports that the company’s average share value has fallen below $1 per share over [...]

Newspaper earnings continue to plunge

By Jason Hancock 7/24/08

Davenport-based Lee Enterprises Inc., publisher of the Quad City Times, the Sioux City Journal and the Waterloo Courier, announced today that its second-quarter profit fell 87.4 percent mostly on one-time impairment charges. The company’s net income is $2.8 million, or 6 cents per share, for the three months ended June 29, compared with $22.5 million, [...]

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