Lee Enterprises Publishing Executive Will Retire
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John VanStrydonck, publisher of the Missoulian and a vice
president of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE:LEE), announced today
that he is retiring at the end of October after 26 years with the
company.
In addition to the Missoulian, he has responsibility for daily
newspapers in Hamilton, Mont.; Albany, Corvallis and Coos Bay, Ore.;
Longview, Wash.; Santa Maria, Lompoc, Hanford and Napa, Calif.; and
Lihue, Hawaii.
"I have enjoyed working for Lee,”
he said. "It has been a privilege to work with
many exceptional people at the Missoulian and all across Lee.
Now, Mary Ann and I look forward to taking a little time off while we
decide what to do with the next phase of our life.”
Mary Junck, Lee chairman and chief executive officer, and Greg R. Veon,
vice president for publishing, praised VanStrydonck for making
significant contributions as a production expert, publisher, publishing
vice president and member of Lee’s top
executive team.
"We’re grateful to
John for his many years of leadership and strong record of achievement,”
Junck said. "Throughout his career in Lee, he
has handled a diverse array of key responsibilities and has always made
a notable difference. People from throughout Lee will miss him. We’ll
especially miss his can-do attitude, insightful analysis and keen
intellect.”
VanStrydonck joined the company in 1981 as production manager at Madison
Newspapers in Wisconsin and in 1986 became publisher of the Globe-Gazette
in Mason City, Iowa. In 1991, he was appointed president and chief
executive officer of NAPP Systems, Inc. of San Marcos, Calif., a
manufacturer of photopolymer printing plates. He became publisher of the Rapid
City Journal in South Dakota in 1994 and continued as chairman and
chief executive officer of NAPP Systems until Lee sold the business in
1997. He was elected a Lee vice president of publishing Lee in 2000, and
additionally became publisher of the Missoulian in 2002. Before
joining Lee, he was production manager of the Chillicothe (Ohio)
Gazette and assistant production manager at the Wall Street
Journal. He is a graduate of Monroe Community College in Rochester,
N.Y., and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Lee Enterprises is a premier publisher of local news, information and
advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 51 daily newspapers and a
joint interest in five others, rapidly growing online sites and more
than 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications in 23 states. Lee’s
newspapers have circulation of 1.7 million daily and 1.9 million Sunday,
reaching more than four million readers daily. Lee’s
online sites attract more than 11 million unique visitors monthly, and
Lee’s weekly publications have distribution
of more than 4.5 million households. Lee’s
newspaper markets include St. Louis, Mo.; Lincoln, Neb.; Madison, Wis.;
Davenport, Iowa; Billings, Mont.; Bloomington, Ill.; Tucson, Ariz.; and
Napa, Calif. Lee stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol LEE. For more information about Lee, please visit www.lee.net.
