2012 Q3 Earnings Release 8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM  8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 17, 2012

_______________________________________________________________________
 
LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
 
 (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

_______________________________________________________________________

Commission File Number 1-6227

Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
42-0823980
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


201 N. Harrison Street, Davenport, Iowa  52801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


(563) 383-2100
Registrant's telephone number, including area code

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 2.02.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 17, 2012, Lee Enterprises, Incorporated reported its results for the third fiscal quarter ended June 24, 2012.  A copy of the earnings release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and information from the earnings release is hereby incorporated by reference.  The information in this report shall not be treated as filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
(d)   Exhibits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
99.1

 
Earnings Release dated July 17, 2012



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
July 17, 2012
By:
 
 
 
 
Carl G. Schmidt
 
 
 
 
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
 
 
 
 
and Treasurer
 




INDEX TO EXHIBITS



Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
99.1
Earnings Release dated July 17, 2012