LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc — Director's Dealing 2004

Oct 22, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: LEE ENTERPRISES INC (LEE ENT)
CIK: 0000058361
Period of Report: 2004-10-21

Reporting Person: DONOVAN NANCY S (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-10-21	Common Stock	A	473	$38.670	Acquired	3473	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Reporting Person is a participant in the issuer's Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, under
which participants have the right to elect in writing to receive all or 50 percent of their director compensation, which
would otherwise be payable in cash, in shares of Common Stock. The number of shares awarded was determined by dividing the
amount of the compensation to be paid by the closing price of the Company's Common Stock as reported for NYSE-Composite
Transactions on the trading day immediately preceding the date of payment and rounding to the nearest whole number.
Elections under this section must be made at least 1 week prior to the beginning of the Company's next fiscal quarter. A
change in an election is effective, if timely made, beginning with the Company's next fiscal quarter. Reporting Person will
be issued 473 shares of Common Stock (inclusive of accrued dividends),

F2: at a range of prices between $38.670-$47.330 for the period 9-30-03-8-31-04.