Michael Gulledge is publisher of the Billings Gazette in Billings, Montana, and also serves as a Publishing Vice President for Lee Enterprises, Inc., overseeing Lee newspapers in Butte, Helena, and Missoula Montana, Casper, Wyoming, Twin Falls, Idaho, Elko, Nevada, Albany and Corvallis, Oregon, Longview, Washington, Provo, Utah, Santa Maria, Napa and Hanford California, and Glens Falls and Auburn New York and Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
He joined Lee in 1983 as a college intern at The Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale while earning a degree in journalism and advertising at Southern Illinois University. He was appointed advertising manager at The Southern in 1988 and in 1990 became advertising manager of the Herald & Review in Decatur, Illinois. In 1992 he became the advertising manager of the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa. He returned to Decatur in 1997 as general manager, becoming publisher in 1998. In 2000, he was appointed publisher of the Billings Gazette. In February 2002, he received group leadership responsibilities. In May 2005 he was named a Publishing Vice President. He currently is the Chair of the Board for the Billings Chamber of Commerce as well as his duties as Chairman of the Board for the Montana Meth Project. In April 2009, Mike was honored by the Billings Clinic receiving the "Friends of Billings" award.