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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
(Thousands of Dollars and Shares, Except Per Common Share Data) | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Income (loss) attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated: |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | (14,171 | ) |  | (145,622 | ) |  | 47,224 |
Discontinued operations | (2,527 | ) |  | (1,246 | ) |  | (1,119 | )
| (16,698 | ) |  | (146,868 | ) |  | 46,105 |
Weighted average Common Shares | 49,357 |  |  | 44,912 |  |  | 44,902 |
Less non-vested restricted Common Stock | (96 | ) |  | (65 | ) |  | (347 | )
Basic average Common Shares | 49,261 |  |  | 44,847 |  |  | 44,555 |
Dilutive stock options and restricted Common Stock | — |  |  | — |  |  | 400 |
Diluted average Common Shares | 49,261 |  |  | 44,847 |  |  | 44,955 |
Earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |
Basic: |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | (0.29 | ) |  | (3.25 | ) |  | 1.06 |
Discontinued operations | (0.05 | ) |  | (0.03 | ) |  | (0.03 | )
| (0.34 | ) |  | (3.27 | ) |  | 1.03 |
Diluted: |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | (0.29 | ) |  | (3.25 | ) |  | 1.05 |
Discontinued operations | (0.05 | ) |  | (0.03 | ) |  | (0.02 | )
| (0.34 | ) |  | (3.27 | ) |  | 1.03 |

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