"That would not have been an option we considered."

February 04, 2005 12:00 am

Carl Schmidt, Lee Enterprises' v.p., cfo and treasurer on why sellside advisor Goldman Sachs would not have been considered to lead the debt financing backing the acquisition of Pulitzer.

"That would not have been an option we considered."-- Carl Schmidt, Lee Enterprises' v.p., cfo and treasurer on why sellside advisor Goldman Sachs would not have been considered to lead the debt financing backing the acquisition of Pulitzer.

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