Lee Enterprises Incorporated

Amplified Digital has launched Amplified AI Visibility, a new offering to help businesses measure and improve their presence across AI-powered search platforms like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity. The service provides an audit evaluating brand authority, website structure, content quality, local presence, reputation signals, and citations, then delivers actionable recommendations. President John Lich said search has fundamentally changed as consumers ask AI assistants for recommendations, and businesses not appearing in those conversations miss opportunities. The launch comes as analysts predict AI search will reshape consumer discovery by delivering direct answers instead of link pages. Amplified Digital is a full-service digital marketing agency and the marketing services division of Lee Enterprises.

Lee Enterprises has been added to the US small-cap Russell 2000 Index, effective at US market open on June 29 as part of the 2026 Russell indexes reconstitution. Membership in the Russell 2000 Index, which remains in place for half a year, is based on membership in the broad-market Russell 3000 Index, and the stock was also automatically added to the appropriate growth and value indexes. Lee's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Josh Rinehults said the inclusion reflects the team's hard work, execution, and strong financial performance, and is expected to enhance visibility, increase trading liquidity, and broaden the institutional shareholder base. According to data as of the end of June 2025, about $12.2 trillion in assets are benchmarked against the Russell US indexes, which belong to FTSE Russell.