"Enterprise of the Year" finalists announced

The winner will be announced in November. The 5 finalists:

• Lee Agri-Media
• TownNews.com
• Cayuga Media, which includes The Citizen and The Skaneateles Journal
• Kauai Publishing Co., which includes The Garden Island
• Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star

Lee has details on why these 5 enterprises were picked. I will mention, though, that the Journal Star was selected because of  "strong performances in revenue." The paper laid off 16 employees in July to cut costs.

President's Awards announced

You can read the press release on Lee's site.

The bigger winners for "news in excellence" (with a link to the winning endeavor):

• Arizona Daily Star
  
• North County Times
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Suburban Journals of St. Louis
• The Daily Herald

Winners for "innovation": 

• Billings Gazette Communications for sellitmt.com
• The Sourthern Illinoisan, The Sentinel, Casper Star-Tribune, The Post-Star and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, but it's not clear what the "highly successful companywide initiative to gain market share by providing superior advertising reach" really was
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch for "Work2Goal"
• Suburban Journals of St. Louis for stlouisbestbridal.com
• Lincoln Journal Star for "Ultimate Home Delivery"
• Quad-City Times for "Q-C House Hunt"

"Lee Spirit":

• Courier Communications for coverage of an immigration raid, tornado that killed eight people and flooding that forced thousands to evacuate.