The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises, is a daily newspaper serving St. Charles County, Ill., and St. Louis. The newspaper has a daily circulation of nearly 279,000 and a Sunday circulation of more than 428,000. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is based in St. Louis. Lee Enterprises is a publishing firm that has had contributions from various famous authors, such as Mark Twain, Willa Cather and Thornton Wilder. The company publishes nearly 60 daily newspapers and more than 300 weekly newspapers in 20-plus states. It also offers online periodicals, shoppers, classified bulletins and other specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 and is based in Davenport, Iowa.