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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block] |
| Quarter Ended |
(Thousands of Dollars, Except Per Common Share Data) | December |  |  | March |  |  | June |  |  | September |
2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenue | 192,042 |  |  | 165,461 |  |  | 172,640 |  |  | 180,343 |
Net income (loss) from continuing operations | 14,406 |  |  | (26,373 | ) |  | (1,045 | ) |  | (761 | )
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes | 218 |  |  | (169 | ) |  | (309 | ) |  | (2,266 | )
Net income (loss) | 14,624 |  |  | (26,542 | ) |  | (1,354 | ) |  | (3,027 | )
Income (loss) attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated | 14,554 |  |  | (26,625 | ) |  | (1,473 | ) |  | (3,154 | )
Earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | 0.32 |  |  | (0.53 | ) |  | (0.02 | ) |  | (0.02 | )
Discontinued operations | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.01 | ) |  | (0.04 | )
| 0.32 |  |  | (0.53 | ) |  | (0.03 | ) |  | (0.06 | )
Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | 0.32 |  |  | (0.53 | ) |  | (0.02 | ) |  | (0.02 | )
Discontinued operations | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.01 | ) |  | (0.04 | )
| 0.32 |  |  | (0.54 | ) |  | (0.03 | ) |  | (0.06 | )
2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenue | 199,485 |  |  | 171,562 |  |  | 180,457 |  |  | 175,815 |
Net income (loss) from continuing operations | 18,747 |  |  | (1,106 | ) |  | (155,067 | ) |  | (8,009 | )
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes | 230 |  |  | (343 | ) |  | (409 | ) |  | (724 | )
Net income (loss) | 18,977 |  |  | (1,449 | ) |  | (155,476 | ) |  | (8,733 | )
Income (loss) attributable to Lee Enterprises, Incorporated | 18,941 |  |  | (1,472 | ) |  | (155,553 | ) |  | (8,784 | )
Earnings (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | 0.42 |  |  | (0.02 | ) |  | (3.45 | ) |  | (0.18 | )
Discontinued operations | 0.01 |  |  | (0.01 | ) |  | (0.01 | ) |  | (0.02 | )
| 0.42 |  |  | (0.03 | ) |  | (3.46 | ) |  | (0.20 | )
Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations | 0.42 |  |  | (0.02 | ) |  | (3.45 | ) |  | (0.18 | )
Discontinued operations | 0.01 |  |  | (0.01 | ) |  | (0.01 | ) |  | (0.02 | )
| 0.42 |  |  | (0.03 | ) |  | (3.46 | ) |  | (0.20 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=20225539&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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