Lee Enterprises, Incorporated is a provider of local news, information and advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 51 daily newspapers and a joint interest in five others, growing online sites and more than 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications in 23 states. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 (fiscal 2006), the Company sold the assets of its publishing and commercial printing operations in Seattle and Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon.