On January 27, 2022, Alden Global Capital, LLC filed a preliminary proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated to vote for the election of its nominees, Colleen B. Brown and John S. Zieser, as directors of the Company at the Company's 2022 annual shareholders meeting. Alden Global added that it has delivered a letter to the Company withdrawing the nomination of Carlos Salas.